DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL WORK & INTERPROFESSIONAL LEARNING
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, SOCIAL WORK & INTERPROFESSIONAL LEARNING
About Us
The Department of Mental Health, Social Work and Interprofessional Learning is one of the leading providers of Mental Health and Social Work Education in the UK. In March 2005 it was awarded status as a Centre of Excellence for Teaching and Learning (CETL) by the Higher Education Funding Council. CETL status was awarded for demonstration of excellence in learning and teaching practice.
We have a large and diversely skilled staff group who has extensive knowledge and understanding of mental health, social work education and interprofessional learning in the areas of education, practice and research.
Courses
Our degree programmes in Mental Health and Social Work are designed with academic rigour to enable our students to make the transition from being graduates to working professionals. Our courses are regularly reviewed to ensure they meet the requirements of our students and of employers.
We provide placements for all our pre-qualifying programmes that meet the standards required by the General Social Care Council and the Nursing and Midwifery Council for social work and mental health practice respectively.
In addition to our core degree courses we offer a range of CPD courses to meet the continuing learning need of already qualified professionals. Our specialty is to work with employers to develop new customised programmes.
Location and Facilities
The Department of Mental Health, Social Work and Interprofessional Learning is based at the Archway campus in North London. As part of the CETL award of £1.6 million of capital funding our department has newly refurbished teaching and learning facilities. These include a studio for communication & interpersonal skills development as well as informal learning spaces with wireless access where student can meet to eat, talk and learn. These new facilities have added to other modern facilities including a specialist healthcare library and clinical skills laboratory.
Our students also have access to excellent facilities the University’s Hendon campus and have available a range of student support services including counseling, disability support, childcare, money, welfare and international advice service, finance and careers services.
Research
There is a wide range of research activity within the Department. Research is led by our research professors, Professor Peter Ryan, Professor Lynn McDonald and Professor Betsy Thom. The Department participated in RAE 2008 and we are extremely pleased with the outcome. Research activity is widespread with over the half of the Department actively undertaking research into their chosen fields. The Department welcomes research students and undertakes research and evaluations commissioned by external agencies. Visit our research page for detailed information on research and related activities within the Department.
