New national Mental Health Core Skills Education and Training Framework announced
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Skills for Health, in collaboration with Health Education England and Skills for Care, have announced a new national Mental Health Core Skills Education and Training Framework will be launched on the 26th of October, 2016. The framework is aimed at improving the way the mental care workforce care for people with mental health issues.

Commissioned by the Department of Health, the Core Skills Education and Training Framework sets out the expected learning outcomes and minimum standards for the delivery of mental health services. It further supports workforce development specific to implementation of the national mental health strategy, No Health Without Mental Health.

The new framework defines core skills and knowledge in three tiers: 

  • Tier one – the knowledge for roles that require general mental health awareness
  • Tier two – knowledge and skills for roles that will have some regular contact with people with mental health issues
  • Tier three – details more on the knowledge and skills for those working with/caring for people with mental health needs. 

In total, the new framework is presented in 18 subjects, covering mental health identification and assessment, law and ethics, self- harm and suicide, and promoting positive relations.

In the meantime, you can read more on the mental health core skills education and training here.

For further information on the MH Framework or any of the other Core Skills Training Framework, contact: [email protected]