CONCEPTS OF ENGAGEMENT:EMPOWERMENT & RECOVERY (ACCELERATED) - 2021/2
Module code: NUR3289
Module Overview
To critically discuss the concepts, principles and values of empowerment and recovery and the application to contemporary mental health practice.
Module provider
School of Health Sciences
Module Leader
TOBUTT Clive (Health Sci.)
Number of Credits: 15
ECTS Credits: 7.5
Framework: FHEQ Level 6
Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A
Overall student workload
Workshop Hours: 12
Lecture Hours: 18
Practical/Performance Hours: 3
Module Availability
Semester 2
Module content
Principles and values of recovery
Principles and values of empowerment
Sociology of mental illness
Power and consumerism
Mental health policy in England
Physical Health Assessment
Working with families and carers
Working with those hard to reach
Psychosocial interventions
Multi-Agency Working/Integrated Working
Motivational Interviewing II
Recovery: Problem Drug Users
Service users
Young people and carers
Creative therapies
In-Hospital resuscitation update
Medicines management (pharmacology
Assessment pattern
| Assessment type | Unit of assessment | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Coursework | ESSAY ASSIGNMENT (2000 WORDS) | 100 |
Alternative Assessment
N/A
Assessment Strategy
The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge that they are gaining and the importance of relating this to the application of knowledge and practice.
Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:
- Mental Health Nurses have a responsibility for developing mental health practice which works towards implementing the values and principles of empowerment and recovery. Using recovery literature critically discuss how the values of recovery are developed and integrated into professional practice. Discuss in 2,000 words.
Formative assessment
- A plan/idea for the assignment will be submitted to the module tutor for review and feedback.
- Further guidance about the formative submission will be provided during the module.
Feedback
Oral and written feedback are given for both formative and summative assessments
Module aims
- To critically discuss the concepts, principles and values of empowerment and recovery and the application to contemporary mental health practice.
Learning outcomes
| Attributes Developed | ||
| 1 | Identify and define the principles and values of empowerment and recovery in mental health care, acknowledging the possibility of new concepts within existing frameworks. | |
| 2 | Cultivate and develop a deep understanding of the concepts of ‘empowerment' and ‘recovery’ using sociological, political, mental health service and economic frameworks as a contextual framework. | |
| 3 | Identify, evaluate and critically appraise engagement skills that can create empowering and recovery-based interventions for individuals and their families/carers when working in non–crisis situations. | |
| 4 | Identify and show a systematic understanding of the conceptual challenges of inter disciplinary working in contemporary mental health practice and relate these to the principles and values of empowerment and recovery | |
| 5 | Evaluate practice experiences, whilst analysing own capabilities, appraising own capabilities and relate these experiences to the principles and values of empowerment and recovery |
Attributes Developed
C - Cognitive/analytical
K - Subject knowledge
T - Transferable skills
P - Professional/Practical skills
Methods of Teaching / Learning
Lecturers, seminars, large and small group work, role play.
Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.
Reading list
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Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2021/2 academic year.