University of Central Lancashire | BSc (Hons) Mental Health and Wellbeing

Duration 3 Years
Start September, January, May
Delivery Campus Taught

Foundation Entry

Our Mental Health and Wellbeing degree is outlined to give you the knowledge and skills to identify, understand and respond creatively to the various factors that influence issues and importance surrounding all areas of mental health and wellbeing.

This will enable students to pursue careers supporting individuals, their communities, organisations, and society to maintain and promote mental health and wellbeing.

Throughout the programme, students will develop a solid foundation of skills that are essential to effective mental health and wellbeing practice for successful graduate career. With ethical practice at its core, this degree is structured to provide students with the knowledge and skills essential for working in diverse range of mental health and wellbeing services and making positive differences to the lives of individuals and their communities.

Students will examine biological, psychological, social, cultural and environmental factors that influence mental health and wellbeing throughout individual lives. Similarly, students will develop an understanding between clinical, non-clinical and individuals' perspectives.
Students will also explore the services across public, private and third sectors working to improve, maintain and promote mental health and wellbeing.

Why study with us

Examine the key theoretical concepts, policies and legislation underlying mental health and wellbeing, to critically evaluate their application in professional practice.
Use current and relevant evidence to critically analyse contemporary political, economic, social, technological, legal, cultural and environmental factors and issues affecting mental health and wellbeing on an individual, community and societal level.
Critically analyse appropriate and relevant evidence to demonstrate an informed understanding of the different and varying perspectives and approaches to mental health and wellbeing across diverse groups and cultures.

Key Features

The curriculum is designed to equip you with current knowledge and skills applicable to and transferable across a diverse range of working contexts in the public, private and third sector services.
A range of authentic assessments that align with professional practice, such as portfolios, risk assessments, intervention plans, and interviews.
The academic lecturing team draw from their diverse range of professional practice and industry experience to enhance your learning opportunities.
A focus on personal and professional development, to support and enable you to pursue careers supporting individuals, organisations, and communities to maintain and promote mental health and wellbeing.

What you'll do

You will be allocated a Personal Development Tutor at the start of your course. This will be your first point of contact for questions about your studies. Regular sessions with your tutor ensure they will be up to date with your academic progress and able to offer insightful guidance to assist you in reaching your full potential.

All our students at University of Central Lancashire London have the opportunity to complete our Employability Award during their time with us. Our aim for the Employability Award is to increase students’ awareness, knowledge and skills to succeed in the graduate job market, postgraduate study or business enterprise.

All assignments during your course are designed with your career progression in mind and give you opportunities to develop and improve transferable skills employers look for.

Modules

Foundation:

Data Skills
Research Skills
Communication Skills
Professional Development Skills

Year 1:

Academic and Professional Skills
Mental Health and Wellbeing in Context
Positive Psychology and Resilience
Mental Health, Wellbeing and the Individual

Year 2:

Children and Young People’s Mental Health
Adult Mental Health
Mental Health in the Workplace
Skills and Interventions of the Mental Health Practitioner

Year 3:

Global Perspectives and Cultural Comparisons
Community Health and Wellbeing in Practice
Mental Health and the Media
Undergraduate Project (Health and Social Contexts)

Careers

A Mental Health and Wellbeing degree aims to equip you with the knowledge and skills to identify, understand and respond creatively to the various factors that influence mental health and wellbeing.

By examining biological, psychological, social, cultural and environmental factors that influence mental health and wellbeing throughout individual lives, and developing an understanding between clinical, non-clinical and individuals’ perspectives, this will enable graduates to explore a wide range of mental health and well-being services across public, private and third sectors to improve, maintain and promote mental health and wellbeing, to make positive differences to the lives of individuals and their communities.

Career Paths

Graduate employment opportunities that might be available to graduates of the programme could include:

• Assistant practitioner eg Occupational Therapy Assistant

• Care Home Manager

• Community Development Worker

• Healthcare Manager

• Health Promotion Specialist

• NHS Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services

• Primary Care Graduate Mental Health Worker

• Progression to PG Study to access further careers eg Nursing, Public Health, Social Work, and Teaching.

• Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner

Assessment

This programme is assessed via a number of methods including individual management reports, presentations, examinations, group work, boardroom simulations and portfolio writing.

Entry requirements

96 UCAS tariff points from 3 A Levels or equivalent, eg CCC.

Alternatively;

Irish Leaving Certificate: BBCCC.
Scottish Highers: BBCCC.
BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma: DMM in a business-related subject.
International Baccalaureate Diploma: 24 points.
All applicants are required to have at least 3 GCSEs at grade C, or grade 4, or above, including English and Maths.

Candidates must demonstrate a certificated level of proficiency of at least IELTS 6.0 (Academic level) or equivalent English Language qualification.

Candidates who meet the above entry criteria, but have been out of study for 5 years, will be required to pass an academic interview.

We will also consider applications to level 4 entry from those who are not able to meet our normal course entry requirements but can demonstrate that they have achieved the required level of knowledge and skills and have the potential to benefit from the course, for example: through relevant work experience and professional development.

For Foundation entry, a UCAS Tariff Entry of 40 points.

We will also consider applications to level 3 entry from those who are not able to meet our normal course entry requirements but can demonstrate that they have achieved the required level of knowledge and skills and have the potential to benefit from the course, for example: through relevant work experience and professional development.

Fees and funding

2023/24

UK
Full-time	£9,250 per year

Scholarships and Support

Top Achievers

Scholarships of £2,000 are available for the overall Top Achievers in Year 0 (Foundation Year), Year 1 and Year 2.

The winners are presented with their scholarships during our Top Achievers event which is hosted twice a year. The scholarship is applied to tuition fees for the next academic year.

Travel Bursary

The Travel Bursary has been designed to help students cover the costs of studying at university in the city each semester. Eligible students can receive a payment of £250 for each semester, with the opportunity of receiving up to £500 per Academic Year.

Requirements:

Studying for an undergraduate degree
90% minimum attendance across all modules for the semester
Submitted all assessments on time (If an assessment offence has been proven, it will be considered as non-submission)

The eligibility of students will be assessed at the end of Semester 1 and Semester 2. If you qualify to receive the Travel Bursary for Semester 1, the required attendance and assessment criteria would have to be maintained during Semester 2 to qualify for the second payment at the end of Semester 2.

Payment:

For qualifying students, the payment will be £250 after the assessment results are confirmed for Semester 1, and £250 after the results are confirmed for Semester 2.
You will be notified by e-mail as to what date you can expect payment to be made.
Should you qualify for Travel Bursary, you will be able to enter your bank details in a secure repository on VLE which will be used by Finance to make the payment. You will be solely responsible for ensuring the accuracy of these details. Central Lancashire London will not be liable for any loss as a result of incorrect payment details.

Attendance Monitoring:

You can keep track of your attendance online through the VLE and this is updated on a daily basis.
Please note that if you record your in-class attendance later than 10:30 am (if you have a lecture in the morning) and 2:30 pm (if you have a lecture in the afternoon), you will be marked as absent.
If you believe you are having a technological issue registering your in-class attendance via VLE, please make an attendance enquiry through VLE for assistance.

Central Lancashire London reserves the right to withdraw the bursary at any time if deemed necessary.

If you have any issues with your attendance, please email the attendance team at: icentre@london.uclan.ac.uk

If you have any enquiries about the bursary, please email the finance team at: finance@london.uclan.ac.uk

DSA Grant

This request is available for students who are unable to pay the contribution of £200 towards the DSA equipment. We will need a copy of the Disabled Student Allowance Entitlement letter from Student Finance before we can assess your application.

If you would like to apply for the DSA grant, please send an email to finance@london.uclan.ac.uk

Please note this is only available to students with an approved Disabled Student Allowance from the Student Loan Company.

To read our DSA grant terms and conditions click here.

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