Graduate Certificate of Completion in Mental Health and Wellness Emphasis in Community Mental Health Administration
Overview
Prepare to Load Inspiring Wellness Initiatives
Grand Canyon University’s Graduate Certificate of Completion in Mental Health and Wellness with an Emphasis in Community Mental Health Administration is a prime opportunity to build your leadership within the mental healthcare profession. Strengthen your understanding of mental and behavioral health, social services, organizational planning and principles of wellness in this multifaceted program.
If you have already earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology, counseling or a related field, the certificate in community mental health is an ideal next step. Courses in both health and organizational leadership can improve your ability to bring patient-focused, compassionate leadership to diverse communities and settings. This program is not designed to lead to licensure.
Degree Outcomes
Strengthen Your Leadership and Vision
This certificate in community mental health integrates mental and behavioral wellness principles with various aspects of organizational leadership. Learn to bring your vision for community health to life through sound management, planning and strategy, while cultivating your knowledge of various disorders, interventions, program formats and business practices.
What You Will Learn
Learn the Art of Program Planning and Development
Explore concepts of effective communication, motivation, supervisory skills, culture, advocacy, ethics and professional development within the community mental health worker certificate. The program consists of coursework in the following areas:
- Mental and behavioral health disorders and care
- Principles of government and economics
- Public policy and regulatory environment
- Organizational management
- Budgeting and financial administration
Career Outcomes
Bring Visionary Leadership to Your Community
Equipped with this graduate certificate in mental health administration, you will be prepared to work in hospitals, wellness facilities, nonprofit organizations, faith-based entities and any settings that provide social services. You may also advance your career within a public policy or health care leadership role, channeling your ability to apply integrated models to community-wide wellness.
Program Core Courses
Course Description
This course provides a comprehensive understanding of mental health, wellness, and health care, including the integration of these three fields. The course covers common mental health disorders, treatments, and supportive services, as well as an integrated focus on the mind and the body. The course examines the health challenges often faced by individuals with behavioral or mental health disorders, and it reviews appropriate services, interventions, preventative services, and treatments to achieve and maintain health and wellness.
Course Description
In this course, the role of government in the economy is explored within the general context of market failure and social equity. Topics include allocation of goods and services, income distribution, externalities, public goods, and public choice theory. This course also examines the impact of macroeconomic events and policy decisions on the budgets and service levels of public entities.
Course Description
This course focuses on how government and public organizations serve their stakeholders, the manner in which their services are carried out, how resources are managed, and how regulatory powers are complied with and/or managed. The best practices in public governance, issues related to transparency, participation, and accountability are examined.
Course Description
This course provides an introduction to the revenue and expenditure structure of the public sector, including revenue policy, expenditure policy, and budget structure and administration.
Online
Evening
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Online and Evening program disclosures (9 months)* Please refer to the Academic Catalog for more information. Program subject to change.