**Please check the Sheffield Hallam University website for the latest information.** **Course Summary** Successfully completing this course enables you to take on the role and responsibilities of an approved mental health professional, once warranted by a local authority. - Study the application of values, ethics and dilemmas, mental health and wider associated law and policy. - Examine current research that informs knowledge about mental health conditions and treatments. - Develop the ability to work with a range of professionals to promote recovery. Study on a course approved by The Health and Care Professions Council, aimed at qualified experienced professionals in mental health who wish to become approved mental health professionals (AMHP). **How You Learn** All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive. This course consists of three modules including a placement organised by your sponsoring authority, where you apply the teaching from all modules in practice. You learn through: - workshops - lectures - group and individual tasks - practice - private study **Applied learning** Work placements: Placements are in your own sponsoring agency, usually with an AMHP team. An allocated practice educator provides supervision while you shadow and then lead assessments with a range of AMHP colleagues.