Personality Disorder Graduate Certificate

University of the West of Scotland

The Graduate Certificate (GradCert) Personality Disorder is a focused qualification in working with people who have a diagnosis of personality disorder. It will give you the opportunity to develop specialised knowledge about the needs of people with personality disorder in a variety of settings. You will extend your knowledge, understanding and skills to support and meet the needs of the challenging experiences faced by people who are often stigmatised, isolated and rejected by society. You’ll extend your knowledge, understanding and skills to support and meet the needs of the challenging experiences faced by those living with personality disorders. This course is taught mainly online with three face-to-face study days per module. This will be a combination of online sessions via Microsoft Teams and on-campus delivery. You’ll be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials and workshops and put the theory you’ve learned into action in your own area of practice. You’ll be taught by lecturers with extensive and diverse experience of personality disorders and clinical experts in the School of Forensic Mental Health (part of the Forensic Mental Health Managed Care Network in Scotland) and the health sector across Scotland. You will have broadened your knowledge of personality disorder and enhanced your professional credentials. This is particularly the case if you are employed in the following settings and roles: Community, Forensic mental health, Criminal justice social workers, Mental health practitioners working in the Scottish Prison Service or policy custody, Acute mental health, Adult nursing (emergency department, medical admissions).