Managing Youth Mental Health Services

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2016:

170 hours

Undergraduate degree in a health-related discipline

For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Objectives, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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Course content includes:

• Management issues in mental health service delivery
• Components of youth mental health services
• Integration of components into a system of care
• Interfaces between youth mental health services and the wider community
• Users and carers as partners
• Innovation in youth mental health: Putting values into practice

By the end of this subject students should be able to:

• Articulate the principles of underlying youth mental health care
• Outline the planning process for youth mental health services
• Describe the components of youth mental health services
• Understand youth mental health within the wider community context
• Understand the roles of users and carers in youth mental health
• Design, implement and evaluate innovative approaches to youth mental health

• 25% weekly quizzes on lecture content (4 multiple choice questions per week for 5 weeks and 5 multiple choice questions in the last week = 25 questions in all)
• 25% graded contribution to discussion board (weekly contributions to the graded discussion board constituting one original post and at least one follow up post, totally a minimum of 12 posts in all. Forum receives an overall grade according to marking criteria)
• 50% major assignment (service proposal), 3,000 words due Week 6 of the subject

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

• Theoretical knowledge
• Critical appraisal
• Skills in written communication
• Analytic skills
• Problem-solving skills
• Planning and time management skills