Public Health and Social Care Undergraduate Courses

What is Public Health and Social Care?

All of our programmes within Public Health and Social Care include work placements, so you’ll gain practical experience in real-world settings. You’ll get the chance to apply the theory you’ve learnt in the classroom into live scenarios, learning interpersonal and practical skills along the way. This means you’ll be better equipped for graduate roles having gained the confidence working in industry ahead of graduating.

The Applied Social Work programme is professionally regulated. This means that students who graduate become professionally qualified social workers and youth workers.

If you'd prefer to keep your options open, our Health and Social Care programme is perfect for students who want to follow their passion for working with people, but aren’t quite sure which career path they want to follow. Completing this programme opens up a number of opportunities, particularly for postgraduate study, where you could go on to do Nursing, Social Work, Youth Work or any other area within the field.

• With a range of career options open to you, we offer a variety of courses to help you stand out in the field
• We focus on getting you work-ready. We support you in applying your learning to real situations so that you will be fully prepared to make a positive impact on the delivery of services, and changes in policy and practice at an individual, family and societal level
• We’ve worked with key service providers in statutory and voluntary health and social care settings, with service users and other stakeholders to create courses that ensure you’ll gain the skills needed to work in the sector
• BA (Hons) Applied Social Work is approved by Social Work England, meaning you’ll be eligible to apply to register as a qualified social worker when you graduate
• You’ll gain the National Youth Agency professional qualification in youth work on our BA (Hons) Youth Work and Community Development (Youth Work pathway). This will strengthen your CV and help you to stand out in the job market

For information on placements, please see course pages or contact socialandcommunitystudies@derby.ac.uk

What our Public Health and Social Care graduates do

There is a huge demand for social workers and our range of courses will set you up for a rewarding career after graduation.

Career opportunities open to graduates include:

• community work and community mental health
• family support work
• youth and adult offending and rehabilitation
• parenting support work
• health promotion
• employment support
• refugee and asylum-seeker support
• homelessness and social housing
• local authority or multi-agency teams
• residential care units
• commissioning and care management services