Core These are a compulsory part of your degree: you cannot change them. units (60 credits)

A person may be admitted as a student who: (a) has a recognised degree at 2:2 or above in a health related discipline or (b) has extensive experience of work in a mental healthcare setting and a demonstrated capacity to work at a masters level, and will either be employed in a primary care setting or have managerial support for access to patients in primary care settings. Except with the permission of the Faculty it will be a condition of registration that a student is to be an employee of the National Health Service or of an employer deemed to be equivalent.

 

The programme of study will be pursued for one year full-time. Supervised clinical practice will be for a minimum of four days per week in the students work place throughout the programme of study with a combined total of 40 hours clinical and case management supervision and 80-150 hours clinical practice.

A student who fails in any part of the examination may be permitted to retake that part of the examination on one occasion only.  Should the  second submission fail, the student will be asked to submit mitigating circumstances for the Exam Board to consider.  If the Board upholds the presence of mitigating circumstances, then a third and final submission is requested.  The second submission will be deemed not assessed and does not count towards the accrued fail total.

If mitigating circumstances are not upheld, then the second submission stands.  The Exam Board will then take action under the Progress of Students regulations.  Should a trainee accrue three fails in any one module at any one time then the Exam Board will take action under the Progress of Students regulations.

A student will undertake clinical work including the production of a Practice Portfolio.  The Practice Portfolio needs to be passed to pass the course.

The student will undertake:

a) case management supervision

b) clinical supervision

c) assessment of clinical competence in the workplace

d) reflective writing

e) a process review of case management supervision

f) assessment of clinical competency in the University and

g) observed structured clinical exams

The programme of study will be pursued for one year by a full time student.  A single extension to registration of one year is the maximum.  Supervised practive in low intensity work in IAPT services will be for a period of four days per week throughout the programme of study. 

A student who contravenes the standards of conduct, performance and ethics for the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy or the Generic Professional Practice Guidelines of the British Psychological Society may be dealt with under General Regulations as to Progress of Students, the General Regulations relating to Student Fitness to Practice or the General Regulations as to the Discipline of Students.

No aegrotat award can be made from this programme.