Specialist-Trained Assistant Nurse, Psychiatry.

Description of the programme's content and goals After completing the programme, the student should have knowledge of/in 1. Recovery in connection with mental illness and how the individual's own recovery process can be supported 2. Approach and communication 3. Different types of mental illness, psychiatric conditions and their consequences at the level of the individual, the group and society 4. Evidence-based treatment methods 5. Mental illness from a multicultural perspective 6. Mental and neuropsychiatric disabilities and their consequences for the individual and those around them 7. How cognitive ability can be affected by mental illness 8. Current legislation and its consequences for the individual, the group and at societal level. 9. Different types of dependence and substance abuse and how these affect the individual and their life situation 10. Different ethical issues and ethical dilemmas in relation to mental illness 11. Documentation, evaluation of interventions. 12. Medicines and side effects linked to mental illness 13. Group development, developmental phases, change models and tools linked to leadership and supervision. After completing the programme, the student should have the skills to 1. Assess, plan, carry out, document and follow up support and rehabilitation for the service user, taking into account the individual's needs, for an improved quality of life 2. Empathetically meet, communicate and collaborate with individuals with mental illness/disabilities and their next of kin 3. Collaborate with other professional groups, both individually and in multiprofessional teams 4. Meet the individual with a professional, reflective approach in different ethical dilemmas 5. Support individuals with co-morbidity for increased participation 6. Inspire and supervise colleagues using change models and tools linked to peer supervision in their own workplace, in a solution-focused way, for positive group development. 7. Drive improvement work in their own workplace 8. Lead different discussion groups 9. Take part in systematic quality work 10. Handle necessary medicines based on their mode of action and method of administration 11. Identify relevant legislation, interpret it and communicate its significance 12. Assess the significance of culture for how mental illness and health are expressed. After completing the programme, the student should have the competence to 1. Use concrete tools to support the service user's recovery and participation in connection with housing, work, school or leisure 2. Work in accordance with current legislation 3. Draw up, use and evaluate relevant documentation 4. Work and collaborate cross-functionally 5. Contribute to organisational development 6. Independently plan and lead a group, and evaluate and reflect on the leadership in the group's actions and process. 7. Keep up to date with new findings. 8. Independently take in and critically review new findings and research on mental illness 9. Assess and understand how different ethical, religious and cultural factors affect the everyday lives of people with mental illness.