Public Health and Social Care at the University of Derby video transcript

University of Derby

BA (Hons) Applied Social Work
BA (Hons) Health and Social Care

Making you career ready.

There is growing demand for our students who have gone on to excel in a variety of fields.

• Family Support
• Health Work in Schools
• Community Work
• Family Centres
• Child protection
• Mental health
• Disability and youth justice
• Working with vulnerable or older adults
• Homelessness and social housing services
• Refugee and asylum-seeker support agencies

[Close up of two people’s hands, one laid on top of the other. Two students talking to a lecturer]

Put theory into practice on placements to boost your CV and grow your professional network .

BA (Hons) Applied Social Work
Here’s some of what you’ll study…

• Attitudes and Values
• Communication Skills
• Social Work Law and Policy
• Applied Sociology
• Human Growth and Development
• Assessing Risk, Need and Vulnerability
• Safeguarding Adults
• Protecting and Safeguarding Children and Young People

[A worker speaking to a client in a front room setting]

BA (Hons) Health and Social Care
Here’s some of what you’ll study…

• Social Approaches to Health and Wellbeing
• Psychological Approaches to Care
• Working with People
• Health Policy and Social Trends
• Understanding Physical Health Conditions
• Ways of Knowing
• Safeguarding Children
• Public Health and Health Promotion

[Young adults in a social care setting playing table football]

We’ve created our courses with key service providers in statutory and voluntary health and social care settings to ensure you’ll gain the skills needed to work in the sector.

Learn from a teaching team that are qualified professionals that have come from many different areas of practice – health visitors, nurses, youth workers and social workers.

We have experienced practitioners to bridge the connection between theory and practice.

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