BSc (Hons) - Children and Young People's Health and Wellbeing

Year one

The first year will encourage academic and personal development whilst looking at policy and practice and the development of individuals with regards to health and wellbeing.

• Developing Academic Writing and Reflective Practice
  Supports your confidence in beginning undergraduate study and developing professional skills.
• Introduction to Health and Wellbeing
  Beginning to explore a variety of issues affecting our health and wellbeing.
• The Core principles and Concepts of Social Prescribing
  An introduction to the professional role of social prescriber and explore where they have come from and why, along with how a social prescriber can work on an individual level as well as with communities.
• Development Through the Life Course
  Explores human development and the transitions from birth to old age.
• The Wider Determinants of Health and Health Inequality
  Understand various perspectives of health and why it is important to explore different lenses and consider the impact of health inequality for the individual or the community.
• Social and Political Influences on Policy and Practice
  Explores inequalities in society and how they affect people’s lives.
• Qualificatory Practice Unit
  Experiential learning in practice.

Year two

Year two focuses on skills supporting health and wellbeing, and understanding the importance and value of equality, diversity and inclusion in communities and societies.

• Introduction to Advancing Mental Health Across the Healthcare Spectrum
  Developing an innovative practice in health and wellbeing, with a focus on mental health.
• Theories of Behaviour Change Principles of Motivational Techniques and their Application to Personalised Care
  Apply key models and consider interventions used by social prescribers to evoke positive change, whilst focusing on the practitioners’ values, attitudes and behaviours.
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion: Equity in Practice
  Exploring issues of equality in the workplace and in our community practice.
• Conduct and Personalised Care Consultation
  Using purposeful real-world tasks to enable critical reflection, and explore skills such as positive challenge, conflict and lack of self-worth.
• Leadership and Change
  Developing knowledge on leadership and management across the sector, supporting personal career development.
• Negotiated Learning
  A student-led enquiry into a health and wellbeing topic.
• Qualificatory Practice Unit
  Experiential learning in practice.

Year three

A focus upon the principles of leadership and management and how equality, diversity and inclusion can lead to social change and improved practice.

• Extended Professional Practice Report: Research
  An opportunity to choose your own related topic for extended study, developing personal expertise.
• Collaborative Working
  Explore the importance of collaborative working building upon the knowledge and skills developed in year 2 and examine the skills required to support effective partnership working.
• Contemporary Approaches and Fundamental Principles of Safeguarding Across the Lifespan
  The importance of multi-agency working in practice and a clear focus on safeguarding issues.
• Managing Self and Others
  A focus on professional skills looking ahead to managing others and ensuring personal health and wellbeing.
• Advanced Negotiated Learning
  A student-led enquiry into a health and wellbeing topic.