Mental Health Courses - Undergraduate

Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing student Emily Taggart stands by a lake on the eastern side of the campus.

Want to promote and protect mental health? Join us to support people throughout their lifetime or specialise in improving the mental health of children and adolescents. You’ll learn from lecturers with experience working in this area and working with people with mental health issues. They’ll share new thinking and interventions discovered through research and innovation.

Training can be tough at times, but we’ll support you every step of the way. You’ll have the skillset you need to help people overcome their unique challenges and be the perfect match for a range of roles, from family support worker to recovery coordinator, learning mentor to employment specialist.

Did you know one in four adults and one in eight children experience mental health issues? At Edge Hill, we’ll help you make a positive impact and boost wellbeing, whether you want to work with adults or specialise in improving the mental health of children and adolescents. Training in this area can be tough, but we’re here to support you every step of the way.

You’ll be taught by a team with experience working in this area and working with people with mental health issues. Listening to their stories will help you understand how to support individuals, their families and different groups. We’re carrying out lots of research in this area too, so you’ll always hear about new thinking and ways of working.

Flexible and innovative mindset with a person-centred approach– these are the traits our mental health graduates boast. You’ll be prepared for a range of roles, from family support worker to recovery coordinator, pastoral lead to employment specialist. But whatever you decide to do, you’ll be able to empower people to overcome their unique challenges.

Learn from a teaching team who have first-hand experience. They’ve worked with children, young people, families and communities, and in the mental health sector, including in child and adolescent mental health services.
Our courses are really specialised to help you develop sought after expertise in areas including child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing, and contemporary mental health practice.
Boost your employability with courses combining knowledge of theory with practical experiences. You’ll complete invaluable work placements in years 2 and 3.

Courses

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Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing

BSc (Hons)

Explore why children and young people experience mental ill health, from pre-conception to adulthood, analysing how this can develop as they grow and examining the influences on wellbeing and the barriers to treatment.

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UCAS Code:	BB76
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time 5 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Contemporary Mental Health Practice

BSc (Hons)

Discover contemporary approaches to enable, promote and protect mental health, as you develop the skills to conduct compassionate-centred conversations and engage with individuals, families and communities.

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UCAS Code:	B765
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time 5 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Course Name	Qualification	UCAS Code
Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing	BSc (Hons)	BB76
Contemporary Mental Health Practice	BSc (Hons)	B765

Counselling & Psychotherapy

BA (Hons)

Prepare for a career as a professional counsellor or psychotherapist, gaining experience with real clients and developing emotional and relational awareness through a person-centred experiential model of therapy.

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UCAS Code:	BC98
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Critical Approaches to Counselling & Psychotherapy

BSc (Hons)

Discover a range of counselling models and develop empathic listening and groupwork skills, gaining experience of supporting the emotional wellbeing of others through setting up and running your own support group.

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UCAS Code:	B9C8
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time 6 Years Part-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Mental Health Nursing & Social Work

MNSW

Gain eligibility to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a qualified mental health nurse and apply for registration with Social Work England as a qualified social worker.

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UCAS Code:	BL65
Course Length:	4 Years Full-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Nursing

MSci

Gain eligibility to register as a qualified nurse in two fields of nursing with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as you develop leadership skills and benefit from extensive practice opportunities.

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UCAS Code:	B700
Course Length:	4 Years Full-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Nursing (Mental Health)

BSc (Hons)

Gain eligibility to register as a qualified mental health nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as you develop leadership skills and benefit from extensive practice opportunities in a variety of community settings.

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UCAS Code:	B760
Course Length:	3 Years Full-Time
Location:	Edge Hill University

Course Name	Qualification	UCAS Code
Counselling & Psychotherapy	BA (Hons)	BC98
Critical Approaches to Counselling & Psychotherapy	BSc (Hons)	B9C8
Mental Health Nursing & Social Work	MNSW	BL65
Nursing	MSci	B700
Nursing (Mental Health)	BSc (Hons)	B760

Student Views

As talking about mental health becomes more and more accepted, the skills you learn on this course are going to be in demand for a whole range of jobs in the future.

Emily Taggart

BSc (Hons) Child & Adolescent Mental Health and Wellbeing

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Facilities

View across the lake on the western side of campus looking towards the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine. The Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine is one of the leading providers of education and training for health and social care professionals in the North West of England.

Offering some of the best facilities for health, social care and medicine students in the country, the outstanding teaching and learning resources include leading edge clinical skills facilities, an 860-seat lecture theatre, and a variety of teaching rooms and social learning spaces.

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Students engage in discussion during a seminar.

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Students sit in small groups and engage in discussions during a seminar in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine.

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Two students sit by a window overlooking the lake on the western side of campus.

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A student sits on a settee in a simulated home environment in the Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre.

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Open Days and Virtual Events

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