PYMLTP: Leadership Training Practice for Children and Young People's Mental Health Services

Module code: PYMLTP

Module provider: Psychology; School of Psych and Clin Lang Sci

Credits: 40

Level: 7

When you’ll be taught: Semester 2 / Summer / Semester 1

Module convenor: Mrs Babs Evetts, email: b.j.evetts@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s): IN THE SAME YEAR AS TAKING THIS MODULE YOU MUST TAKE PYMLTT (Compulsory)

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: NA

Academic year: 2025/6

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: Yes

Last updated: 16 December 2025

Overview

Module aims and purpose

A core principle of Children and Young People’s Mental Health agenda (CYP MH) is to transform organisations into bodies capable of commissioning and delivering a maximised combination of best clinical effect with cost. This module aims to enable leaders to apply the theory of CYP MH learned in PYMLET to their own services and organisations to strengthen delivery of mental health and wellbeing care for the children and young people sustainably into the future.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to:

1. Reflect on and apply principles of equity, diversity, inclusion, and intersectionality to promote inclusive leadership practices, in relation to the local population, the organisation, and the workforce
2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the importance of different types of partnership working in CYP MH provision, and skills in ways of facilitating this
3. Examine and reflect on interpersonal leadership and communication skills to foster positive organisational culture, support others effectively, and promote collaborative working as well as applying these skills in the workplace
4. Develop and critically evaluate knowledge of models, frameworks and theory that will enable participants to implement effective service transformation, driven by national and local policy and need
5. Critically appraise the importance of meaningful participation across service design and delivery, and develop methods of embedding this effectively in the service

Module content

The format will comprise: A tutor-led course comprising a minimum of 18 contact hours and project-based work in the clinical service of 200 hours delivered by specialists in the field of NHS Change Management and University of Reading Child CYP MH Course tutors. The content follows a national curriculum.

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

The module will involve a range of methods including lectures, seminars and guided independent reading.

Study hours

At least 18 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

Students need to achieve an overall module mark of 50% to pass this module.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in your Individual Learning Plan): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each calendar day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three calendar days;
• where the piece of work is submitted up to three calendar days after the original deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in you Individual Learning Plan), the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three calendar days after the original deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in your Individual Learning Plan), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three calendar days after the original deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in your Individual Learning Plan): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three calendar days of the deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in your Individual Learning Plan): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three calendar days after the original deadline (or a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment indicated in your Individual Learning Plan): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

Where a piece of work is submitted late after a deadline which has been revised owing to an extension granted through the Assessment Adjustments policy and process (self-certified or otherwise), it will be subject to the maximum penalty (i.e., considered to be more than three calendar days late). This will also apply when such an extension is used in conjunction with a DAS-agreed extension as a reasonable adjustment.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

Completion of a service transformation project plan in June.

Reassessment

Additional costs