Mental Health and Wellbeing: NQ (Level 5)

What you will learn

The units you will study include the following:

• Understanding Mental Health Issues
• Influences on Mental Health and Wellbeing
• Coping strategies and Building Resilience
• Care: Values and Principles
• Prevention of Infection
• Care Essentials and Best Practice
• Understanding Loss and Grief
• Healthy Eating
• Communications
• Numeracy
• Counselling: An Introduction
• Care: Human Behaviour
• Care: Social Influences

Entry requirements

• 3 Nat 4's at grade C or above OR
• successful completion on Senior Phase Mental Health and Criminology OR
• NQ Level 4 Mental Health and Criminology OR
• consideration will be given to those with extensive life experience.

For this course, if English is not your first language

• you need to have SQA ESOL National 5 (or equivalent, click here to see equivalent qualifications)

• If you do not have a formal ESOL qualification but your language skills meet this level, you should apply for your course and then contact our Admissions team to organise an internal language assessment  here at the College.

Applicants will be offered a place on the course, based on their application, personal statement and performance at interview

Future prospects

Candidates may progress onto NC L6 Health and Social Care at Glasgow Kelvin College which could then lead to studying at a higher level and eventually university.

Alternatively you may wish to look at studying Social Sciences. There are also opportunities to gain employment in care after completing the Level 6 course.