This course is suitable for healthcare professionals who encounter patients with a mental illness or a learning disability. It provides the opportunity for those who are not trained mental health or learning disability specialists, but who provide care for this vulnerable group, to further develop knowledge and skills that can be applied within a clinical environment.

• Through developing your knowledge and understanding of core conditions, this course will assist you in gaining the skills and competencies required to act as an advocate for people with mental illness and or learning disabilities within a clinical setting.
• You will consider the aetiology of major mental illness and learning disabilities and explore the potential impact on health outcomes.
• Advanced communication skills are essential when working with vulnerable groups, you will explore what this means and how to work therapeutically using collaborative working and therapeutic interventions.