Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH) MSc
University of NorthamptonWaterside Campus, Northampton
Course overview
The University of Northampton’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health MSc is a multidisciplinary course which will develop your understanding of child development and mental health difficulties experienced by children and adolescents. The course provides a critical platform to explore the diverse and lived experiences of children, young people and their families. On the children’s mental health course, you will use your developed theory and experience to explore the socio-cultural context through which children and young people experience distress.
This child and adolescent mental health course is taught by practitioners and academics from various backgrounds, including but not limited to: mental health, education, counselling, therapeutic work, speech and language-offering a diverse range of perspectives. This Child and Adolescent Mental Health training course has been designed to contribute towards achieving the following United Nations Sustainable Development Goal: SDG3 Good Health and Wellbeing.
Key highlights
- Multidisciplinary study of child development and youth mental health difficulties
- Explores lived experiences of children, young people and their families
- Examines socio-cultural contexts through which young people experience distress
- Taught by practitioners from mental health, education, counselling and therapy
- Speech and language perspectives included within a diverse teaching team
- Designed to support UN Sustainable Development Goal 3: Good Health and Wellbeing
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:1 — to include relevant discipline; or above
- Degree: 2:2 — considered case by case
Scholarships
Alumni PGCE Bursary Award
This will be a £500 cash payment that will not have to be repaid and does not affect the payment of a student’s maintenance loans.
Up to £500Chevening Scholarships
Sir John Lowther Scholarship
The Sir John Lowther Scholarship provides financial awards of up to £2,000 to a postgraduate student within the Arts.
Up to £1,000
Careers this course leads to
- Children's mental health practitioner
- CAMHS support worker
- Children's wellbeing practitioner
- Education mental health practitioner
- Youth support worker
- Family support worker
Cost of study
UK/Home: £8,700 per year | International: £19,000 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to University of Northampton, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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