Health and Wellbeing

Do you aspire to join this rapidly expanding workforce? Our programme offers the necessary skills required to support the prevention of poor health and help to tackle inequalities amongst local people and communities that are sustainable and inclusive.

The Health and Wellbeing workforce is informed by the wider social determinants of health, such as the social, cultural, political, economic, commercial and environmental factors that shape the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. The broad purpose of this occupation is to work in partnership with those individuals and their communities to identify and address health and wellbeing needs to improve overall health.

This exciting programme will ensure you are industry relevant and employable by embracing the priorities of the Leeds City Council ‘Leeds 2030: Shaping our best city ambition’, which is focused towards a community driven, strength based and asset-based approach.

Health services have moved towards delivering intervention and social prescribing based on a knowledgeable and qualified health workforce to support society with the tools to empower them to make positive changes to their health and wellbeing.

This course focuses on the health and wellbeing of individuals and groups, their assets around them and how these can be shaped into a holistic support mechanism, embracing the sustainability agenda, that meets their individual needs.

Combining science and wellbeing, this foundation degree increases your knowledge allowing you to use new therapies and developments to tackle existing healthcare issues. Deepen your understanding of anatomy and

physiology, explore the legal aspects of healthcare and develop your communication and interpersonal skills ready for progression. This course has been designed in consultation with health and wellbeing stakeholders to allow you to develop the relevant skills and knowledge needed to fulfil job roles that support health and wellbeing.

Our selection of modules support your personal and professional development. Alongside exploring concepts of health and wellbeing you will study complementary therapies identifying alternative approaches to conventional medicine. You will also study topics such as anatomy, physiology, nutrition, emotional wellbeing, mental wellbeing and more. With this foundation degree, you will acquire the specialist knowledge which will allow you to pursue a particular health and wellbeing specialism or progress on to a top-up degree or relevant employment.

Course Modules

Modules may include

Year 1 (Level 4): 120 credits

Academic and Digital Skills (20 credits) will provide you with the underpinning skills required for undergraduate study. These skills will be transferable to their professional development journey and provide a framework to support their academic progress.

Fundamental of Health and Wellbeing (20 credits) will give you the opportunity to understand what it means to have positive health and wellbeing. It will introduce the basic principles, concepts and models which inform contemporary practice.

Communication and Interpersonal Skills (20 credits) will enable you to develop knowledge and understanding of communication and interpersonal skills required for the health and wellbeing sector.

People and Places (20 credits) will allow you to examine and explore factors affecting society and the natural environment, within a range of settings, to understand influences and barriers for individual, community and population health and wellbeing. Community development and sustainability approaches will be a central theme within this module.

Interventions for Wellbeing (20 credits) enables you to examine and review a range of interventions in health and their implications for wellbeing from a preventative and treatment focused perspective. A range of settings for individual and population health and wellbeing will be explored, considering the sustainability of these approaches.

Factors Affecting Health and Wellbeing Behaviour (20 credits) will help you to understand how humans interact within their environment and how this affects their health and wellbeing through a biological/psychological/sociological model. This module will also provide a foundation understanding of the regulatory and legislative drivers, both historically and currently.

Year 2 (Level 5): 120 credits

Research Methods (20 credits) provides you with an understanding of research methodology, methods, and an ability to appraise current research linked to Health and Wellbeing. This will provide a foundation for those who wish to progress onto higher level learning in the future.

Creative Approaches for Mental Health and Wellbeing (20 credits) focuses on creativity and what this means to different people. This module aims to examine and explore a wide array of services including the arts, physical activity and other therapeutic activities that aim to promote health and wellbeing.

Project Management in Health and Wellbeing Practice (40 credits) This module will build on existing student habitus and develop you into an innovative practitioner who can lead bespoke interventions or campaigns which promote wellbeing in specific populations.

Contemporary Issues in Health (20 credits) provides you with the opportunity for you to investigate contemporary issues which affect health and wellbeing. The module will explore what the local determinants of health and wellbeing are and examine local policies and strategies.

Leadership of Wellbeing in the Workforce (20 credits) will investigate the complex factors that contribute to wellbeing in the workforce and allow you to explore leadership and management strategies which will promote a healthy working environment.