BSc (Hons) Child Health and Wellbeing

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Bachelor's degree

In Ormskirk

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    3 Years

This degree provides you with the knowledge to work with children in a variety of settings including health, education and social care. It prepares you to work across boundaries while leading, managing and evaluating projects that support children and meet the five key outcomes of the Every Child Matters initiative. You will be able to recognise the health, social and economic factors that impact upon individuals and make a difference to the health and wellbeing of children and young people.

A work placement will provide practical experience and enhance your employment opportunities. In addition, you will be able to prepare for Masters level study in areas including social work or postgraduate teaching programmes.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

The children and young people’s workforce is undergoing great change in the current political and social climate and there is a desire to attract graduates who can adapt to a changing environment with flexibility. Graduates of this degree will therefore be able to apply for a variety of roles in children’s services including health, education and social care. The degree is also beneficial for those who wish to progress onto specialised Masters courses, such as social work, or those who wish to train to teach.

In addition to the above, graduates of this programme have also entered careers in school pastoral care and early years teaching.

112 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff, for which no specific subjects are required, plus at least five GCSEs at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent) including English Language.

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Subjects

  • Full Time
  • Child health
  • Wellbeing
  • Communication Skills
  • Child
  • Childhood Nutrition
  • Vulnerable Child
  • Public Health
  • Health Promotion
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Psychological
  • Health Psychology
  • Nurturing Health

Course programme

Level 4 (Year 1 of Full-Time Programme)

FDH1100 Essential Study Skills for Undergraduates (20 credits)

FDH1101 Communication Skills (20 credits)

FDH1103 Child and Young Person Development in the Social Context (30 credits)

HUG1184 Childhood Nutrition (20 credits)

HUG1185 Family and Community Dynamics (30 credits)

Level 5 (Year 2 of Full-Time Programme)

FDH2100 Legal and Ethical Perspectives (20 credits)

HUG2213 Understanding Research (30 credits)

HUG2228 The Vulnerable Child (20 credits)

HUG2229 Public Health and Health Promotion (30 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

HEA2077 Negotiated Learning Shell (20 credits)

HUG2102 Leadership and Management in the Workplace and Society (20 credits)

HUG2124 Community Profiling (20 credits)

HUG2135 The Safeguarding Agenda (20 credits)

HUG2136 Psychological Approaches to Health and Social Wellbeing (20 credits)

HUG2137 Applied Health Psychology in Context (20 credits)

HUG2230 The Working Environment in Children and Young People's Services (20 credits)

HUG2300 An Introduction to Complementary and Alternative Therapies (20 credits)

HUG2312 Introduction to Play and Playwork (20 credits)

HUG2314 Exercise, Diet and Health Promotion (20 credits)

HUG2315 Nurturing Health and Wellbeing in the Early Years (20 credits)

Level 6 (Year 3 of Full-Time Programme)

HUG3101 Personal Career Development (20 credits)

HUG3238 Positive Behaviour Support (30 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

HUG3100 Dissertation (30 credits)

HUG3240 Primary Research Dissertation (30 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

HEA3065 Negotiated Learning Shell (20 credits)

HUG3103 Domestic Abuse (20 credits)

HUG3109 Safeguarding Children and Young People (20 credits)

HUG3113 Protecting Children and Young People at Risk (20 credits)

HUG3116 Leadership Styles and Management Processes (20 credits)

HUG3118 Values in Complementary Therapies (20 credits)

HUG3125 The Wider Determinants of Overweight and Obesity (20 credits)

HUG3131 Children, Young People, Crime and Deviance (20 credits)

HUG3132 Community Development Practice and Praxis (20 credits)

HUG3135 Supporting Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (20 credits)

HUG3153 Child and Adolescent Mental Health (20 credits)

HUG3154 Risk, Resilience and Resistance (20 credits)

HUG3264 Exercise, Diet and Health Promotion (20 credits)

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £11,575 per annum.

How will I be assessed?

All modules contain opportunities for your work to be formatively assessed prior to summative assessment. Summative assessment consists of presentations, reflective essays, scenario based assignments and case studies with the possibility of seen and unseen exams and in some instances, primary research.

Who will be teaching me?

A variety of members of the Applied Health and Social Care team will be involved in the delivery of this programme. The majority are research active Senior Lecturers in the Faculty of Health and Social Care. Their areas of expertise and knowledge include nursing, health promotion, domestic abuse, nutrition, youth justice, social policy, safeguarding and behaviour support to name but a few.


Course Length:
3 Years Full-Time, 6 Years Part-Time

BSc (Hons) Child Health and Wellbeing

£ 9,250 + VAT