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Certificate in Understanding Mental Health Level 3

Start Date

15/09/2026

End Date

18/05/2027

Day / Time (if applicable)

Tuesday - 9:30am till 12:30pm

Course Level

Level 3

Full Time or Part Time

Part-Time

Course Ref

BHSL3008 (2026/2027A)

Location

Accrington & Rossendale College - Accrington & Rossendale College, Broad Oak Campus, Broad Oak Road, Accrington, BB5 2AS

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Course Overview Description

This programme is designed to increase learners’ knowledge and understanding of mental health and mental well-being. Successful completion of the required units will allow the learner to develop in-depth knowledge and understanding of mental health.
This year-long course allows you to gain an in-depth knowledge and understanding of mental health and mental wellbeing to support individuals with mental health problems.
Achievement of this qualification will help support progression into a variety of job roles and occupational areas within health and social care, or roles in other sectors which support people with mental health problems.
The course is 3 hours per week for 32 weeks.

What Will I Learn

To be awarded the Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health, learners are required to successfully complete 5 mandatory units:
• Unit 01 Understanding the context of mental health and wellbeing
• Unit 02 Promotion of mental health and wellbeing
• Unit 03 Mental health problems: associated issues and consequences
• Unit 04 Understanding mental ill health
• Unit 05 Working in mental health.

This course aims to increase your knowledge of mental health and mental wellbeing.
Completion of the qualification will help you to understand:
• Mental health legislation, services and public attitudes and how these have evolved
• How to support mental wellbeing through various stages of life
• Mental ill health, treatment options available and the potential consequences of mental ill health, the skills required to work in the mental health service.

How Is The Course Delivered

Learners attend weekly sessions and engage in learning activities to support the learning outcomes. Progressing each week, learning will be structured towards completing both individual and group activities to increase knowledge and understanding which will be assessed using a range of methods appropriate at level 3.
Further support and learning can be accessed through the MS Teams page, which will support the length of the course with links to further research, resources and further reading links.

Entry Requirements

Learners should be able to follow instructions in English at Level 2 and above and will also benefit from appropriate IT skills to be able to carry our research and access MS Teams.
Learners may find it helpful if they’ve already achieved a Level 2 Mental Health related qualification, or qualifications in healthcare or social care contexts.
All learners will need to initially apply online and book an interview prior to acceptance on the programme.

How Learning Assessed

• Regular submission of work that will be assessed and reviewed weekly.
• Learners will receive feedback in order to further develop their knowledge
• Learners will assess their knowledge at the start of the course and again at the end against the learning outcomes. This allows them to identify how much they have learnt and where they might need to do further study or research.
• Learners will also be supported to set an individual target(s) for the course based on starting points, personal goals and career aspirations.

You will be completing work in relation to each unit, which a range of activities and questioning to allow you to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding. You will be provided with the assessment brief as part of the programme, which will be outlined in your ‘topic and assessment plan’.

Additional Information

The Additional Learning Support Team work across college supporting students with a variety of learning needs in different ways. Support can be requested at enrolment or at any point throughout your course. For more information about ALS or for support with booking onto a course telephone 0333 0031717

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Following completion of this course the following progression option(s) are available:
• Access to Higher Education Pathways
• Level 3 Certificate in Preparing to Work in Adult Social Care
• Level 3 Certificate in Working in the Health Sector.

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The online application and enrolment process is really simple, once you have clicked the “APPLY" or "ENROL” button you will be redirected to the portal where you either log in or create an account (if you haven’t done so previously). We will then ask you to give us a couple of bits of information like address, mobile phone number ect and that’s it.

Once your applications has been made the next step will be for you to book yourself onto one of our interview evenings, depending on availability you might be able to do this straight away but otherwise we will get in contact to arrange when you come in for an interview.

At any point you can log back into the portal throughout the year, update information like your predicted GCSE grades, update contact and consent information and keep a live track of your application.

If you have any questions or run into any problems when using the portal please get in contact with us and we will help