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Child and Family Health and Wellbeing with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

University of Derby online learning

Bachelor's degree

Online

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

Are you passionate about supporting children and families? Would you like a career where you can tackle issues such as health inequalities and poverty? Achieve your ambitions by studying on this exciting four year course which includes a foundation year and offers you the ideal preparation.
A good application/performance will be taken into account if you do not meet the criteria/offer conditions
Prepare for a fulfilling career in roles such as family support worker or community health worker
Engage with our enthusiastic and highly experienced teaching team who are dedicated to your success
Make the most of our exceptional learning facilities
The Foundation Year course leads on to the full BSc (Hons) Child and Family Health and Wellbeing degree.

About this course

Graduates from the full BSc (Hons) Child and Family Health and Wellbeing course will be ideally prepared for careers in:

Family Support
Health Promotion
Health Work in Schools
Community Work
Family Centres
Parenting Support
Childcare Teams
Targeted work with vulnerable families
You could also continue your studies to postgraduate level if you would like to specialise further. For example, you could consider one of our postgraduate courses in Nursing or our MA Social Work. If your interest lies in teaching, there are opportunities to progress to a PGCE too.

GCSE Maths and English are preferred, however if you don't have these qualifications you will be able to undertake Maths and English at L2 as part of your course of study.

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Subjects

  • Health
  • Health Services
  • Skills
  • Skills and Processes
  • Communication
  • Communication Training
  • Learning
  • Learning and Development
  • Discriminatory
  • Discriminatory Practice
  • Mental
  • Mental Health Treatment

Course programme

What you will study

You’ll study modules such as:

Foundation Year
  • Study Skills
  • Arts and Health
  • Communication Skills
  • Working in Health and Social Care
  • Work-Based Learning
  • Anti-Discriminatory Practice
  • Fundamentals of Public Health
  • Introduction to Mental Health
If you do not have GCSE in English and/or Maths, you will need to take these as core components of your foundation year, in place of some of the above foundation year modules.

Stage one
  • Reflective Practice and Study Skills
  • Anti-discriminatory Practice with Children and Families
  • Social Pedagogy
  • Child Development and Health
  • Family, Community and Society
  • Protecting and Safeguarding Children
Stage two
  • Developing Practice with Research Methods
  • Integrated Working with Children and Families
  • Family Learning
  • Creative Approaches with Children and Families
  • Family Mental Health and Parenting
  • Health and Nutrition
Stage three
  • Integrated Practice Placement
  • Managing and Leading Work with Children and Families
  • Complex Health Conditions in Children
  • Resourcing Services and Social Enterprise
  • Independent Study (double module)

Additional information

UK/EU fee
£9,250 per year (2020/21)

International fee
£14,045 per year (2020/21)

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Child and Family Health and Wellbeing with Foundation Year BSc (Hons)

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