YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Delivering Physical Activity for Individuals with Mental Health Conditions (601/4796/9)

Learners will cover:

• Key mental health conditions
• The relationships between mental health, society and lifestyle
• Legislation and government policy relating to mental health
• The role of national organisations relating to mental health
• Roles and boundaries of the people involved in programming physical activity for individuals with mental health conditions
• How to motivate and support individuals with mental health conditions
• How to evaluate the usefulness of a range of resources of information on mental health and its relationship to physical activity
• How to evaluate the effectiveness of a range of mental health interventions
• How to program physical activity for individuals with mental health conditions How to deliver physical activity programmes to individuals with mental health conditions

There are 8 assessment elements across the 3 mandatory units:

• Theory paper
• Research worksheet
• Analysis task
• Knowledge questions
• Programme design
• Programme delivery
• Professional discussion (programme delivery)
• Evaluation of programme delivery

You can find further information on these assessments in the qualification syllabus and/or learner assessment record, which are available for centres to download from Y-Connect.

This qualification expands learner’s scope of practice to work with a wider range of clients. It can also provide progression to other qualifications at the same and higher levels e.g.

• YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Weight Management for Individuals with Obesity, Diabetes Mellitus and/or Metabolic Syndrome
• YMCA Level 4 Certificate in Programming Physical Activity for Individuals with Low Back Pain

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