Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing BSc (Hons)

Our BSc (Hons) Child & Adolescent Mental Health & Wellbeing is designed to empower you to support the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people through inclusive, compassionate and research-informed practice.

One in eight children are now diagnosed with a mental illness, while many more experience signs and symptoms of mental ill health. If you want to work in children’s services offering support to children, young people and their families experiencing mental health problems, this progressive degree is for you.

Professionals in this sector are finding increasing numbers of children accessing services because of their mental health needs. Our child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing degree asks ‘why’? It delves into how we should address this crucial issue and how we can make treatment accessible.

Examine key Government policies and explore interventions to understand what methods work. Weigh up the strengths and weaknesses of cross-discipline approaches to treatment and support.

You’ll boost your employability with practical work experience during this evidence-based programme of study. Or perhaps you’ll use your degree as a foundation for further study.

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Your future career

This course prepares graduates for a wide range of enriching roles in health, education and social care. Opportunities from this degree are wide and varied, with multiple potential career pathways. Past students have found themselves making a difference to the lives of children and adolescents and their families as:

• Pastoral support worker
• Special educational needs coordinator
• Children’s centre worker
• Social care worker
• Teaching assistant
• Learning mentor
• Family support worker
• Parental liaison officer
• Student engagement officer
• CAMH (Child and Adolescent Mental Health) practitioner
• Perinatal nursery nurse

This degree also gives graduates the knowledge and experience required for continuing their studies in a postgraduate course or Masters. Typically, these further studies will lead into careers in child psychology, social work, research, nursing or teaching.