Mental Health and Approved Mental Health Professional Practice (MSc PgDip)

Entry requirements

• You should normally hold a good honours degree in a relevant subject discipline, or hold a professional diploma, or equivalent, at an appropriate level in a relevant subject discipline.
• You need to be nominated by a local social services authority or another employer. Current enhanced DBS check.
• You must also be able to demonstrate significant professional experience at an appropriate level, as well as holding a recognised professional qualification in social work, nursing, occupational therapy or psychology and being either:

1. a social worker registered with the Health and Care Professions Council;
2. a first level nurse, registered in Sub-Part 1 of the Nurse\xc2\x92s part of the Register maintained under article 5 of the Nursing and Midwifery Order 2001, with inclusion of an entry indicating your field of practice is mental health or learning disability nursing;
3. an occupational therapist registered in Part 6 of the Register maintained under article 5 of the Health Professions Order 2001;
4. a psychologist registered in part 14 of the Register maintained by the Health Professions Council;
5. or a chartered psychologist who is listed in the British Psychological Society\xc2\x92s Register of Chartered Psychologists, and who holds a relevant practising certificate issued by the Society.

• You need to be able to demonstrate that you already have the level of professional competence, capacity and ability to undertake and complete the AMHP training programme and provide appropriate evidence that you can successfully undertake and benefit from the AMHP programme, and you need to be nominated by a local social services authority or other employer.

In addition, you should:

• be working in a field of practice where the study of mental health and AMHP practice is relevant or have sufficient access to such practice to support your studies,
• have a minimum of two years post-qualifying practice in community mental health services,
• have a current enhanced DBS check