Child and Family: Mental Health

Whether you work within or with the Education, Health, Social Care, or Voluntary sector, our innovative, flexible, and applied degree is ideal for you if you are passionate about actively supporting the mental health and well-being of children, families, and communities. Informed by dimensions of happiness and well-being and associated concerns regarding societal progress in these areas, the degree empowers you in examining child and family mental health by taking a holistic approach, which also encompasses physical and social well-being and is viewed across the lifespan.

• Earn while you learn - this Degree is carefully designed to ensure that you can continue to earn through employment and study for your Degree.

• Evening and Saturday teaching to fit into your work and family commitments

• Flexibility to study fully online or a blended approach to suit your location and learning preferences

• Opportunities to apply your learning directly to community practice throughout the degree

Modules on this Degree have been informed and designed by our Academic team, employers and the child and family workforce. Our modules also reflect our unwavering commitment to achieving the sustainable promotion and improvement of mental health and wellbeing for children and families that are at the heart of our practice.

• This degree programme is run by a dedicated team of experts in the field who have a wealth of experience in supporting students to flourish.
• Our module sessions are based upon fun, interactive and critical discussions and activities that ensure that you are supported in understanding and applying your learning to your own professional and personal contexts.
• Our teaching is based upon building trusting, authentic relationships with our students, that provide the foundations for you to confidently progress

Our Assessment Strategy prioritises inclusivity, authenticity and personalisation – meaning that we assess you in a variety of ways (no exams!) and that you have the flexibility to tailor the assessments to suit your own related passions and interests. You’ll see that we also foster your digital capabilities throughout the Degree, for instance through the creation of your own Podcasts and E-Portfolios.

Assessment modes include: portfolios, podcasts, training package design and delivery, essays, posters, proposals and a research project.