HCPC seeks views on criteria for approving Approved Mental Health Professional programmes in England

The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is now seeking views from stakeholders as part of a new consultation on draft criteria for approving Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) education programmes in England.

Until its closure last year, the General Social Care Council (GSCC) had statutory responsibility for approving AMHP education programmes in England. The HCPC have now taken on this responsibility.

The criteria under consultation will be used to approve AMHP programmes, to check that education providers manage their programmes appropriately and to make sure that professionals who complete the AMHP training meet the necessary competencies. The draft criteria focus on the knowledge, understanding and skills necessary to practise as an AMHP.

Under the Mental Health Act 1983, registered social workers, mental health and learning disabilities nurses, occupational therapists and practitioner psychologists can train to become AMHPs. They exercise functions under the Act relating to decisions about individuals with mental health problems, including the decision to apply for compulsory admission to hospital.

Michael Guthrie, Director of Policy and Standards at the HCPC, said:

“When drafting the criteria, we considered the key competencies set out in mental health legislation, our own standards of education and training, as well as the GSCC’s standards and learning from their own approval of AMHP courses.

“We also held a stakeholder event involving professionals, employers, educators, service users and carers. We asked them about their expectations of safe and effective AMHP training and asked them to look at our draft criteria. We are very grateful to those who attended for their involvement as their feedback was invaluable.”

The consultation on the criteria will run from Monday 21 January 2013 to Friday 19 April 2013.  It will be of particular interest to education providers delivering AMHP training, professional bodies, employers, service users and AMHPs themselves.

Once the consultation closes, the HCPC will analyse the responses and publish a document detailing the comments received and explaining the decisions made as a result. These will be published on the HCPC website. The HCPC then hopes to publish the approved criteria in autumn 2013, with visits to AMHP programmes taking place in the 2013-14 and 2014-15 academic years.

Further details: http://www.hpc-uk.org/mediaandevents/pressreleases/index.asp?id=599

 

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