This unit is part of the NCFE CACHE Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Children and Young People’s Mental Health and has the following learning outcomes and assessment criteria:
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- Understand the concept of mental health
- Know the legislation and guidance that applies to children and young people’s mental health
- 2.1.State the key points of legislation related to: • mental ill health, mental capacity, age of consent to treatment, parental responsibility, data protection and confidentiality
- 2.2.Explain what is meant by the term ‘safeguarding’ as applied to children and young people
- 2.3.Give examples of how legislation and guidance can be used to support children and young people with mental health concerns
- 2.4.State how duty of care applies for children and young people in different settings: education, care provision, the criminal justice system
- Understand how society views mental health
- 3.1.Define the terms: prejudice, discrimination, stigma, stereotyping
- 3.2.Describe how social and cultural attitudes towards mental health have changed over time
- 3.3.Describe how social and cultural attitudes can affect a child or young person’s perception of their own mental health
- 3.4.Describe how the media can influence attitudes towards mental health
- 3.5.Describe how discrimination can affect the mental health of children and young people
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