Mental Health Wellbeing and Society

Overview

The experienced lecturers of the Mental Health Wellbeing and Society course from Canterbury Christ Church University will help you to learn through a blend of interactive activities, lectures, small group discussions, one-to-one tutorials, online resources, and peer support. 

You will have the opportunity to reflect on your personal strengths and values in a supportive environment that will assist you in planning your future study and preparing for a health-related career. At each level of study you will take a work-based module that focuses on mental health in the workplace.

Why Study Mental Health, Wellbeing & Society

The Mental Health, Wellbeing & Society degree aims to develop knowledge, skills and attributes that a wide variety of employers, both in the private and public sectors, are looking for. The course will provide you with an in-depth understanding of mental health and related public health policies that apply to England. Employability will be embedded within different modules across the course and the work-related experience modules all have specific employability focus.

All about the course

The BSc Mental Health, Wellbeing & Society focuses on teaching and learning around the growing understanding that the prevention of mental and physical ill health and promotion of mental health and wellbeing is far better for individuals and society than a sole focus on curing illness.

You will explore areas including:

• understanding mental health, wellbeing and illness
• communicating health information
• promoting and improving mental health
• mental health research
• mental health promotion.

Your future career

Upon successful completion, you will have the skills to pursue careers in areas such as graduate entry healthcare, mental health support, social prescribing, public health, health and mainstream education, campaigning and policy development, health-related charity work and increasingly, private sector organisations who are commissioned to improve particular aspects of health and wellbeing. Further progression into the MSc Global Public Health and PhD is available at Canterbury Christ Church University.

Typical areas of employment that you can enter after completing this degree are:

• Commissioning public health services
• Public health intelligence and surveillance
• Mental health support practitioner
• Project management: bid writing, community engagement and empowerment
• Health policy and electoral reform
• Health research
• Communicating mental health information through social marketing and health-related media
• Health services improvement and administration
• International development and global health: education programmes, tackling poverty, human rights
• Charity work: fundraising, improving life-chances for vulnerable people and those with disabilities Non-Governmental Organizations
• Undertake further study to become a Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
• Improving healthy lifestyles to impact on mental health (e.g. physical activity, sexual health, smoking cessation, drugs and alcohol, weight management)
• Town planning, urban development and regeneration, healthy places
• Health protection, health improvement, environmental health, risk management, emergency planning
• Occupational health – workplace mental health and wellbeing, human resources
• Coaching, mentoring, counselling, supporting people with mental health issues, youth support work Leisure industry