Wellbeing and Health in the Community (Adult & Youth)
NPTC GroupUndergraduate DipHE Full-time 1 Year HealthSocial work, childhood, and youth studies
About this course
Those that choose to work within the diverse field of Community Health and Wellbeing must be able to meet the person-centred, holistic care needs of the people they encounter in their practice. Individuals accessing services may be at any stage of life and may have a range of mental, physical, cognitive or behavioural health challenges.
This course is designed to equip you with the values, knowledge and skills that can be utilised and are specifically relevant to employment in Wellbeing and Social Care within the community. The programme reflects contemporary issues, changing trends and challenges within the sector and has an emphasis on improving the quality of service within this emerging field of practice. You will study a range of topics including psychological and social aspects of health and illness, debates and dilemmas in health and social care and mental health and wellbeing.
This course is run in Partnership with the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
Career Prospects
Graduates from this course typically go into the following occupations:
2223 Speech and language therapists
3219 Health associate professionals
2119 Natural and social science professionals
1172 Social services managers and directors
2461 Social workers
2113 Biochemists and biomedical scientists
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Course Details
- Qualification
- Diploma of Higher Education - DipHE
- Study Mode
- Full-time
- Duration
- 1 Year
- Start Date
- 2025
- Academic Year
- 2025
- Campus / Location
- Port Talbot
- Scheme
- Undergraduate
- Subjects
- Health, Social work, childhood, and youth studies