Health and wellbeing have never before been so prominent in the ways we seek to evaluate and assess human experience. This course is designed particularly for students already qualified at Level 5 in a subject such as counselling, health and social care, or social and community work, and it explores health and wellbeing from the perspectives offered by psychology. Youll consider how psychological theory and research provide an understanding of health and wellbeing as situated and experienced in multiple social, political and economic contexts. Youll also discover how psychology is applied within professional settings, through practices such as health psychology, counselling psychology and clinical psychology, to address health and wellbeing challenges. The course offers graduates career prospects in services providing support for, and promotion of, mental and physical health in a broad range of settings including health, education and social care in the NHS and charitable sectors. Completion of this degree will also provide you with a firm foundation for progression to further postgraduate or professional study, such as our MSc Psychology conversion course, or a research degree.
This course has strong connections with industry youll learn from lecturers who work within the NHS as practitioner psychologists and researchers. There are also strong links with local charitable organisations in the fields of mental health, wellbeing, and health psychology. Youll benefit from learning with a group of highly skilled, qualified, enthusiastic staff who have a passion for health, wellbeing, and of course psychology more broadly. The skills, knowledge and connections youll gain will enable you to graduate career-ready. Graduates from this course can go on to work as psychological well-being practitioners, education mental health practitioners, wellbeing advisors, health trainers, social prescribers and peer support workers
