Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Mental Health and Social Work
Lead Institution: Middlesex University, Director: Nicky Torrance
Contact: Nicky Torrance, Tel.: +44 ( 0) 20 841 16723 Email: n...@mdx.ac.uk
School of Health and Social Sciences
Queensway, Enfield
London EN3 4SA
The Mental Health and Social Work CETL, involves close partnership working with the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health (SCMH), which has a long-standing relationship with the Mental Health and Social Work Academic Group of Middlesex University. Additional resources will help us further enhance the quality of our learning and teaching through:
- designing and developing programmes from a service user, capability capability- based perspective
- participation in design, delivery and assessment of educational programmes with students, service users, social service departments and NHS Trusts
- bridging the gap between the campus and fieldwork settings so as to enhance student skills in practice
- high quality innovative programmes, locally and nationally
- a team team-based approach to student teaching and assessment
- active commitment to evidence-based practice and rigorous evaluation
- skills-lab approach to enhancing practice skills
- developing further educational programmes which service users want and which the they can take part in
- integrated approaches to work with practice colleagues through joint appointments and video conferencing.
In our first year we will:
- identify best teaching practice both within the CETL and the School of Health and Social Sciences
- create new consultative forums for students, mental health service users and our partner Trusts
- explore innovations in curriculum, development - particularly in the area of shared learning for social workers and mental health nurses
- audit our educational provision against the Essential Shared Capabilities
- enhance our supervision of practice through our new joint appointments.
