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Postgraduate Diploma in Psycho-Social Rehabilitation
Postgraduate Diploma in Psycho-Social Rehabilitation
Course
Psycho-Social rehabilitation services and supports are collaborative, people oriented, and individualized. It is an essential element of the human services spectrum. It promotes personal recovery, successful community integration and satisfactory quality of life for people with mental illness. It focuses on helping individuals develop the skills needed to remain successful and satisfied in the living, working, learning and social environments of their choice.
Psycho-social rehabilitation approaches are evidence-based practices in key life domains such as employment, education, leisure and wellness. It also includes family involvement, peer support and delivered services. Psycho-social rehabilitation has been successful in helping people cope with mental illness. Thus, these approaches should be made available to people living with long term mental illness and/or substance abuse problems.
Eligibility
Candidate must have passed Bachelor degree examination in any discipline from a recognised university with a minimum of 50% marks (45% in case of SC/ST/PH students) with Psychology as one of the optional subjects.
Duration: 1 Year
Course Objectives
- To provide students with a thorough understanding of psychosocial rehabilitation principles and practices.
- To provide practical knowledge for implementing in a range of mental health services based on best practices.
- To build upon the assessed strengths of people rather than their deficits and problems.
- To place people in their chosen goal settings such as jobs and housing and facilitate support in those settings.
Career Opportunities
On completion of this course, students can work as rehabilitation counsellors in organizations, NGOs, tribal and community development centres, and disaster management centres.
