PROGRAMME SPECIFICATION
Programme title:
Postgraduate Certificate in CYP IAPT Management
Final award (BSc, MA etc):
Postgraduate Certificate
(where stopping off points exist they should be
detailed here and defined later in the document)
UCAS code:
(where applicable)
Cohort(s) to which this
programme specification is
applicable:
2015
(e.g. from 2015 intake onwards)
Awarding institution/body:
University College London
Teaching institution:
University College London
Faculty:
Brain Sciences
Parent Department:
Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Research Department of
Clinical Educational and Health Psychology
(the department responsible for the
administration of the programme)
Departmental web page address:
(if applicable)
Method of study:
Part time
Full-time/Part-time/Other
Criteria for admission to the
programme:
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Length of the programme:
Motivation to attend the course and for implementation of CYP IAPT
At Service Manager level with accountability for the delivery of CYP IAPT
Must be able to commit to a minimum of 20 course days over the year
Must sit on their partnerships steering group
A second class honours degree from a UK university, or an overseas
qualification of an equivalent standard obtained after a programme of
study extending over not less than three years in a university (or
educational institution of university rank), in an appropriate subject
(Psychology or related)
Or a registerable professional qualification appropriate to the programme
awarded by a UK university (medicine, clinical psychology, social work)
Or a professional qualification of an equivalent standard appropriate to
the programme awarded by a university outside the UK
Or a professional or other qualification obtained by a formal examination
and approved by the Institute.
12 months
(please note any periods spent
away from UCL, such as study
abroad or placements in
industry)
Level on Framework for Higher
Education Qualifications (FHEQ)
(see Guidance notes)
Masters Level (Level 7)
Relevant subject benchmark
statement (SBS)
Psychology
(see Guidance notes)
Brief outline of the structure
of the programme and its
assessment methods:
(see guidance notes)
Module
CYP-IAPT: CAMHS Service &
Clinical Leadership: Embedding
CYP IAPT through Cultural
Change 1
Credit Value: 30
CYP-IAPT: CAMHS Service &
Clinical Leadership: Embedding
CYP IAPT through Cultural
Change 2
Credit value: 30
Board of Examiners:
Weighting
50%
Assessment
Essay (2500 words)
50%
Oral Presentation
100%
Project Report
(5000 - 8000 words)
Name of Board of Examiners:
PG Diploma In Child and Young Person IAPT Therapy and PG Certificate in
CYP IAPT Management
(NB the Diploma Board of Examiners will also consider the PG Certificate)
Professional body accreditation
(if applicable):
N/A
Date of next scheduled
accreditation visit:
EDUCATIONAL AIMS OF THE PROGRAMME:
The Child and Young Person’s (CYP IAPT) programme is a Department of Health initiative to improve
access to psychological therapies. This programme was established in 2011 and has since established a
number of CYP IAPT training sites, focusing specifically in the first instance on CBT for Internalising
Problems (Anxiety and Depression) and Parent Training for Conduct Problems, with a later addition of
Systemic Family Practice (Eating Disorders & Depression and Conduct Disorders) and Interpersonal
Psychotherapy for Adolescents in 2014.
In the Comprehensive Spending Review announced in May 2011, the coalition government released £40
million over the next five years to train existing therapists working in Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Services (CAMHS) with the intention to improve the access and capacity of psychological therapy within
CAMHS. The College is in a strong position to respond positively to this initiative by establishing a
Postgraduate Diploma in Child and Young Person IAPT Therapy, as well as shorter related certificates for
clinical supervisors and service leaders (in related documentation).
The overall aim of the programme is to provide specialist post-qualification training for Child and
Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS)Service Leads within the CYP IAPT model, following the curriculum
specified by the Department of Health (www.iapt.nhs.uk/children-and-young-peoples-iapt/cyp-nationalcurriculum/).
Specific aims for the Postgraduate Certificate in CYP IAPT Management are:
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Extend the delivery of evidence based practice by training specific members of the clinical team.
To embed processes of outcome evaluation including session monitoring
To ensure that user participation is central to the implementation process
To extend development of multi-agency care pathways according to the specific context of each
service.
A: Knowledge and understanding
Knowledge and understanding of:
Teaching/learning methods and strategies:
The programme provides a knowledge
and understanding of the following:
These are achieved through the following
teaching/learning methods and strategies:
1. Understand the Children and Young
People’s IAPT project
2. Understand the importance of keypivotal elements that they will be
responsible for knitting together in
transforming their services
3. Know how to bring about the changes
necessary to implement these key
elements
4. Have demonstrated some evidence of
implementation of these key elements in
the Children and Young People’s IAPT
project in their own services
5. Understand how to maintain changes sustainability
6. Key knowledge and skills gained
through the course will include:
• Understanding clinical and service
Outcomes and Evaluation in Children
and Young People’s IAPT
• How outcomes and evaluation will be
used in supervision and practice to
guide delivery of care
• Linking job planning, appraisal, CPD
with needs assessments and skills
mix
• Service design, user and family
participation, equalities
• Capacity planning and performance
management
• Understanding of health economics and
values based system change for
Children and Young People’s MH
Services
Awareness of the factors that can
mitigate and undermine sustainability of
change, given the rapidly changing
clinical context.
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Lectures and workshops
Reading
Self-reflection on implementation within the
work setting
Assessment
50% for
Written assignment – Project Report (2500
words)
50% for
Oral Assessment (30-45 minutes)
 Presentation of 1 videotape related to
management with written reflective analysis
(1000 words)
 Presentation of written reflective analysis
of a
360o appraisal
 Presentation of oral reflective analysis of a
guided role–play of management scenario
100% for
Written assignment – Descriptive Analysis
(5000-8000 words)
B: Skills and other attributes
Intellectual (thinking) skills
Teaching/learning methods and strategies:
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Demonstrate understanding of
challenges presented by CYP IAPT
programme, its implementation
process and impact on existing
CAMHS structures and functioning.
Demonstrate forward planning,
scheduling and staff management
skills within the CYP IAPT framework
Reflect on process of implementation
and critically evaluate outcomes
Lectures
Workshops
Seminars
Assessment:
Oral and written assessment
C: Skills and other attributes
Practical Skills (able to)
Teaching/learning methods and strategies:
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Demonstrate proficiency in
harnessing existing organisational
processes of job planning, appraisal,
recruitment, strategic development
and continuing professional
development to the overall objectives
of CYP-IAPT.
Be able to enhance their own
competencies in delivering such a
comprehensive programme of
change within a cost effectiveness
framework.
Be able to produce clearly written,
appropriately referenced project
reports and analyses.
Lectures
Workshops
Seminars
Assessment:
Oral and written assessment
D: Skills and other attributes
Transferable skills (able to):
Teaching/learning methods and strategies:
Database searching, communication and
presentation skills, writing skills.
Direct teaching of database searching by staff;
communication, writing, and presentation skills
are taught and practiced in supervision, via
written assignments, and through oral
presentations.
Assessment:
Oral and written assessment
The following reference points were used in designing the programme:
 the Framework for Higher Education Qualifications:
(http://www.qaa.ac.uk/en/Publications/Documents/Framework-Higher-Education-Qualifications-08.pdf);
 the relevant Subject Benchmark Statements:
(http://www.qaa.ac.uk/assuring-standards-and-quality/the-quality-code/subject-benchmarkstatements);
 the programme specifications for UCL degree programmes in relevant subjects (where applicable);
 UCL teaching and learning policies;
 staff research.
The Programme is integral to the College’s response to the Department of Health’s call on 13 June 2011
for tenders from HEIs to provide specialist post-qualification training for CAMHS workers within the CYP
IAPT model, following the curriculum specified by the Department of Health (www.iapt.nhs.uk/childrenand-young-peoples-iapt/cyp-national-curriculum/).
Please note: This specification provides a concise summary of the main features of the programme and
the learning outcomes that a typical student might reasonably be expected to achieve and demonstrate if
he/she takes full advantage of the learning opportunities that are provided. More detailed information on
the learning outcomes, content and teaching, learning and assessment methods of each course
unit/module can be found in the departmental course handbook. The accuracy of the information
contained in this document is reviewed annually by UCL and may be checked by the Quality Assurance
Agency.
Programme Organiser(s)
Dr Peter Fuggle and Professor Eamon McCrory
Name(s):
Date of Production:
Date of Review:
30th October 2014
Date approved by Head of
Department:
October 2014
Date approved by Chair of
Departmental Teaching
Committee:
Date approved by Faculty
Teaching Committee
October 2014
November 2014