Description

Welcome to our online The History of Mental Health Support and Legislation training course. All our online training courses, programmes and qualifications are accredited by the CPD Certification Service (CPDUK).

The History of Mental Health Support and Legislation eLearning course is designed to refresh your knowledge, skills and practical application to deal with any emergency that might affect a child. You will learn to access an incident, manage an unconscious casualty who is both breathing and not breathing, deal with wounds and bleeding and deal with shock all in this course.

Course content

This online The History of Mental Health Support and Legislation training course includes the following:

Introduction
Chapter 1 – History of mental health support
Chapter 2 – Legislation and regulations
Module summary.

Who is the course for?

This online The History of Mental Health Support and Legislation training course is suitable for anyone with an interest in developing their knowledge and understanding of the history of mental health support and the impact of this on current provision and also legislation and government initiatives designed to promote and protect mental health and the rights of individuals living with mental health conditions.

Course aims

The aims of The History of Mental Health Support and Legislation e-learning course are to:

Develop learners’ knowledge and understanding of the history of mental health support within the UK and the impact of this on current practice.
Enable learners to understand the key requirements of current legislation designed to protect and promote mental health and the rights of individuals living with mental health conditions.
Help learners to understand the impact of current and previous government initiatives designed to protect and promote mental health and the rights of individuals living with mental health conditions.

Learning objectives

On completion of The History of Mental Health Support and Legislation e-Learning course, the learner will be able to:

Explain the history of mental health support in the UK and its impact on current practice.
Describe current legislation designed to protect and promote mental health and the rights of individuals living with mental health conditions.
Outline current and previous government initiatives designed to protect and promote mental health and the rights of individuals living with mental health conditions.

Learning outcomes

On completion of The History of Mental Health Support and Legislation eLearning course, the learner will be able to:

Outline the history of mental health support in the UK and its impact on current practice.
Discuss the role of current legislation in protecting and promoting mental health and the rights of individuals living with mental health conditions including Equality Act 2010, Human Rights Act 1998, Data Protection Act 2018/UK GDPR, Mental Capacity Act 2005 and the Mental Health Acts 1983/2007.
Explain current and previous government initiatives designed to protect and promote mental health in the workplace.