Greater Manchester – Learn From Home – Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health.

The NCFE qualification is designed to increase learners’ knowledge and understanding of mental health
well-being. Successful completion of the required units will allow the learner to develop in-depth
knowledge and understanding of metal health. It will also support progression into relevant employment
within the Health and Social Care sector.

This qualification will:
• Focus on the study of mental health and mental ell-being to support different occupational areas
• Offer breath and depth study, incorporating key core of knowledge and understanding

The objectives of this qualification are to help learner to understand:
• Mental health legislation, services and public attitudes and how these have evolved
• How to support mental health through various stages of life
• Mental ill-health, treatment options available and potential consequences of mental ill-health
• The skills required to work in a mental health service

To be awarded the qualification, learners are required to successfully complete 5 mandatory units:
Unit 1: Understand the context of mental health and wellbeing
Unit 2: Promotion of mental health and wellbeing
Unit 3: Mental health problems: associated issues and consequences
Unit 4: Understand mental ill health
Unit 5: Working in mental health

This qualification is internally assessed and externally quality assured. Level 3 criteria can require learners
to analyse, draw conclusions, interpret or justify, which are all examples of higher level skills. This means
that evidence provided for the portfolio will also demonstrate the development and use of higher level
learning skills.

Successful learners could progress to other qualifications such as:
• L3 Award in Awareness of Mental Health Capacity Act 2005
• L3 Diploma in Adult Social Care
• L3 Certificate in Preparing to work in Adult Social Care