Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Tutorial
Module Offerings
4515ARCMH-JAN-PAR
Aims
1. To gain an insight and understanding of the legislative and policy framework that has structured the development of mental health care provision in Britain, following deinstitutionalisation.
2. To situate Safeguarding legislation and guidance within all aspects of mental health care practice.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Explain the nature and role of social policy within the context of mental health care.
2.
Identify the contribution of individuals, groups and organisations (actors) in the shaping and development of mental health care provision.
3.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of current policy frameworks shaping mental health practice.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Social policy and its’ role in relation to mental health in the UK
Interpretations from economic, political, sociological and epidemiological perspectives
Influence of stakeholders in mental health care
Deinstitutionalisation and the move towards community care for people with mental illness
The NHS and Community Care Act (1990)
The political concept of the ‘internal market’
Safeguarding adults in mental health
Human rights and mental capacity
Mental Health Act (1983 – amended in 2007)
Exploration of issues relating to non-accidental injuries in children and young people -policies and guidance on safeguarding
Child protection
Safeguarding adults
Professional accountability and the regulation of services
The Care Quality Commission
Equality Act (2010)
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Gender and mental health policy
Feminist perspectives on mental health
The emotional effects of domestic violence
Payment by Results (PbR)
Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Commissioning Quality & Innovation (CQUIN)
NHS Long Term Plan (2019)
Additional Information:This module provides an overview of social policy both past and present. It encourages students to appraise the development and implementation of legislation and welfare policy and to discuss and analyse how this may influence both positively and negatively upon the context of mental health practice.
Regular tutorials will provide opportunities for informal formative assessment to support student learning and discuss their overall progress.
Students will choose a policy or government strategy re mental health and evaluate it and put forward suggestions for improvement or amendments that could be mage to improve it.