Level 2 Qualifications - Children & Young Persons Mental Health

Please refer to EN's Entry Requirements Guide for specific advice on our Admissions Policy. This guide is supplied at interview to prospective students and is also available to Schools & Careers Advisers.

This course is equivalent to a GCSE level course. It will increase your knowledge and awareness of children and young people’s mental health.

If you aspire to have a career working alongside children and young people, this course will provide you with extremely beneficial knowledge. Whether you wish to become a teacher, to go into children's nursing, or to go into social work, you will learn key information to support progression onto further qualifications and into relevant employment in the health and social care or education sectors.

What will I learn?

You will study 5 units which centre around children and young people's mental health, including;

• Different factors that might affect mental health

• Behaviours associated with mental health concerns

• Researching a range of mental health conditions

• The impact on family, friends, and education

• How professionals can support with mental health concerns

These skills will prepare you for Level 3 study in a related area.

This course is 100% internally assessed - you will create a portfolio of evidence.

Grade 3 or above in GCSE English Language.

This course will enhance your knowledge on children and young people's mental health. You will also develop your independent research skills, and evaluation skills, whilst gaining a GCSE equivalent qualification which will be invaluable if you want to progress to Level 3 studies.

This course will be especially beneficial to help you progress onto;

• T-Level Education and Early Years

• Level 3 AAQ in Health and Social Care

• Level 3 AAQ in Early Child Development

• T-Level Health