| UCAS code | |
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| Duration | 2 years part time |
| Entry year | 2025 (January start) |
| Campus | Streatham Campus |
| Discipline | Psychology |
| Contact |
| Typical offer | Qualification as a Wellbeing Practitioner for Children and Young People (CWP) or an Education Mental Health Practitioner for Children and Young People (EMHP), plus 2 years' experience. |
|---|---|
Overview
- Develop supervision and advanced clinical practice competencies in low-intensity practice for children, young people and families that support your career progression into the Senior Wellbeing Practitioner (SWP) role.
- Enhance and expand on your specialism as a Wellbeing Practitioner for Children and Young People (CWP) or Education Mental Health Practitioner for Children and Young People (EMHP).
- Attend workshops on theoretical and clinical skills, plus a minimum of 6 supervision of supervision sessions/implementation groups to support your developing supervisory skills.
- While knowledge, facts, theories, and approaches to problems and solutions are taught, an equal weighting is given to learning through reflection on the process of supervision/learning itself, underpinned by peer support and mentoring.
- Taught by CEDAR, you'll benefit from our strengths in self-reflection and self-practice, live competency assessments and new technologies such as the “flipped classroom” to maximise the learning experience and accessibility to learning.
Clinical Education Development and Research (CEDAR)
This programme is delivered by Clinical Education, Development and Research (CEDAR): an applied psychological practice centre of excellence, focussed on training the new psychological therapies workforce of the future.
Competency-based training, delivered according to the latest evidence-informed clinical pedagogic approaches
Dedicated training facilities equipped with video and audio recording
A strong emphasis throughout the programme is placed upon your personal and professional development
Competency-based training, delivered according to the latest evidence-informed clinical pedagogic approaches
Dedicated training facilities equipped with video and audio recording
A strong emphasis throughout the programme is placed upon your personal and professional development
Entry requirements
Applicants will need:
- To be a qualified mental health practitioner: either a Wellbeing Practitioner for Children and Young People (CWP) (e.g. with a GradDip/PGDip or GradCert/PGCert in Low-Intensity CBT for Children, Young People and Families) or an Education Mental Health Practitioner for Children and Young People (EMHP) (e.g. with a GradDip/PGDip in Mental Health Practice in Education Settings).
- Evidence of at least 2 years working therapeutically, clinically, or consultatively with children, young people, and families within a mental health setting.
- Ideally a minimum of 2 years’ post-qualification experience as a CWP or EMHP delivering CBT-informed, low-intensity practice across a range of settings.
- The ability to study at a postgraduate level.
- Where there are gaps in knowledge, trainee SWPs must be able to make this up in a timely manner during the course training. This is a supplement to the existing curriculum and may involve joint attendance with EMHP or CWP trainees for additional teaching opportunities.
Entry requirements for international students
Please visit our entry requirements section for equivalencies from your country and further information on English language requirements.
Course content
The PGDip Senior Wellbeing Practitioner (SWP) will provide you with the opportunity to develop supervision and advanced clinical practice competencies in low-intensity practice for children, young people and families that subsequently support career progression into the Senior Wellbeing Practitioner role.
It will enable the development of clinical knowledge and practice skills that align with priority development areas of the national CYP mental health workforce strategy and are responsive to areas of need. Guided by the national curriculum, the training programme will provide an extensive professional development opportunity, enhancing clinical practice and developing clinical supervision competency.
The training aims to extend the clinical skillset of the CWP and EMHP roles, enhance their specialisation for community and educational settings respectively, expand supervisory capacity, support workforce retention within the low-intensity profession and enable widened participation and social mobility within this workforce.
PGDip Senior Wellbeing Practitioner (Low Intensity Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Children Young People and Families)
120 credits of compulsory modules
Note: Modules need to be taken in following pairings: PYCM123 and PYCM090; PYCM124 and PYCM125, and in either order.
Compulsory modules
| Code | Module | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PYCM123 | Supervising Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Education Settings | 30 |
| PYCM090 | Clinical Supervision Practice Placement (Wellbeing Practitioner for Children and Young People) | 30 |
| PYCM124 | Enhanced Practice in Early Intervention | 30 |
| PYCM125 | Adapting Low Intensity Practice with Children and Young People (and Families) with Neurodiversity | 30 |
How to apply
You will be put forward for the course by your participating service and will need to be available for approximately 1.5 – 2 days per week for training/study.
Please note it is not possible to apply directly to the University of Exeter as you are required to be working within a clinical service in order to participate in the course.
Fees
This course is funded by Health Education England, so fees are not payable by candidates.
Scholarships
The University of Exeter has many different scholarships available to support your education, including £5 million in scholarships for international students applying to study with us in the 2025/26 academic year, such as our Exeter Excellence Scholarships*.
For more information on scholarships and other financial support, please visit our scholarships and bursaries page.
*Terms and conditions apply. See online for details.
Teaching and research
Learning, teaching and assessment methods will be comparable to our other clinical training programmes delivered by CEDAR: we have developed an innovative approach to learning combining distinctive pedagogic approaches for the delivery of declarative, procedural and reflective content. We have strengths in self-reflection, self-practice (experiential/reflective learning techniques) and live competency assessments, and are using technologies such as the “flipped classroom” to maximise the learning experience and accessibility to learning.
Teaching consists of tutorials, small group supervision, practice-based supervision of supervision placement, and guided independent study. A minimum of 6 supervision of supervision sessions/implementation groups will support you in developing supervisory skills and overcoming implementation challenges.
Types of assessments include:
- Reflective report
- Reflective commentary
- Essay
- Supervisor-rated competency tape
- Practice Portfolio.
Careers
This programme is training people already in a career within the NHS or NHS funded Community Sector service. It will provide you with an outstanding opportunity to develop your competencies and knowledge associated with your work as a practitioner.
A strong emphasis throughout the programme is placed upon your personal and professional development.
Advantages of the programme:
- You will study within a vibrant, stimulating and internationally-recognised research environment, where members of your teaching team have first-hand experience within the clinical setting.
- Your learning experience will be enriched by nationally-recognised, innovative, clinical teaching approaches, designed to develop you on your terms.
