Social Work, Environmental and Public Health
As part of the School of Health and Social Wellbeing, you’ll learn from passionate and inclusive practitioners with real world experience. Gain in-depth knowledge of the latest practices and policies, and discover how these overlap within an integrated care system. Become confident in your specialist area and deliver results that make a difference to people and society.
100%
student satisfaction for our Postgraduate Diploma in Public Health course (Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey 2021).
100%
of Environmental and Public Health students in employment or further study 15 months after graduation (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2018/19).
19th
for our Social Work courses (Guardian University Guide 2022).
"The challenging course supports you effectively towards your first year of practice. It provides strong theoretical and practical foundations with an unrelenting focus on the lived experiences of those we work for."
Gavin Social worker, BSc(Hons) Social Work
Undergraduate Social Work, Environmental and Public Health courses (2022/23 entry)
- Health and Social Care - BSc(Hons)
- Public and Environmental Health - BSc(Hons)
- Social Work - BSc(Hons)
- Therapeutic Work with Children and Young People - FdA
Postgraduate Social Work, Environmental and Public Health courses (2022/23 entry)
- Advanced Practice - MSc/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate
- Approved Mental Health Practice - PGCert
- Environmental Health - MSc/Postgraduate Diploma
- Public Health - MSc/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate
Professional development Social Work, Environmental and Public Health courses
- Advanced Practice with Adults at Risk - Professional course
- Affect, Emotion and Society - Professional course
- Best Interest Assessment - Professional/Short course
- Community Specialist Practice - Professional course
- Complexities of Supportive and End of Life Care - Professional course
- Continence Care - Study day
- Critical Appraisal for Public Health - Study day
- Current issues in Community Practice - Professional course
- Developing Skills in Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Radiotherapy - Study day
- Dissertation - Professional course
- Dissertation (PQF) - Professional course
- Dual Diagnosis: Substance Misuse and Mental Health - Professional course
- Enhancing Practice in Palliative Care for Children, Young People and Families - Professional course
- Environmental Health Risk and Law (Distance Learning) - Professional course
- Environmental Protection (PPP) - Professional course
- Environmental Protection and Sustainability (Distance Learning) - Professional course
- Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Disease - Professional course
- Evidence and Research in Practice - Professional course
- Evidence and Research in Practice - Professional course
- Evidencing Work Based Learning (EWBL) - Professional course
- Evidencing Work Based Learning (EWBL) (for AHPs) - Professional course
- Evidencing Work-Based Learning - Professional course
- Food Control - Professional course
- Food Risk and Society (Distance Learning) - Professional course
- Health and Safety Management - Professional/Short course
- Health and Social Care Research: Methods and Methodology - Professional course
- Health Economics - Professional course
- Health Promotion - Professional course
- Health Promotion (Distance Learning) - Professional Course
- Health Protection - Professional/Short course
- Housing - Professional course
- Housing and Healthy Neighbourhoods (Online Learning) - Professional course
- Independent and/or Supplementary Prescribing - Professional course
- Independent Study - Professional course
- Integrated Practice for Sexual and Reproductive Health - Professional course
- Introduction to Environmental and Public Health (online) - Professional course
- Introduction to Global Public Health - Professional/Short course
- Introduction to Guided Imagery using Music - Professional course
- Leadership and Innovation - Professional/short course
- Leadership for Public Health - Professional course
- Long Term Conditions - Professional course
- Managing Fatigue in Long Term Health Conditions - Professional course
- Managing Maternal Critical Care - Professional course
- Managing Practice Learning for Social Work Students - Study day
- Mastering Emergency Care - Professional/short course
- Medication Management in Mental Health Practice - Professional course
- Mental Health and Well-Being of Children and Young People - Professional/short course
- Mindful Eating - Study day
- Minor Illness and Minor Injury in Children - Professional/short course
- Motivational Interviewing - Study day
- Motivational Interviewing: Strategies for Lifestyle Changes - Professional/Short course
- Offsite Practice Educators and Supervisors - Study day
- Pathophysiology and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advancing Practice - Professional/Short course
- Perinatal Mental Health For Health and Social Care Practitioners - Professional course
- Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning - Professional course
- Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning of the Presenting Child - Professional course
- Pollution Management - Professional course
- Practice Learning and Student Support - Professional course
- Principles of Critical Care - Professional/Short course
- Principles of Dementia Care - Professional/Short course
- Principles of Evidence Based Public Health - Professional course
- Professional Development - MA/MSc/PGDip/PGCert
- Professional Development - BA(Hons)/BSc(Hons)/FdA/FdSc/GradDip/Dip/CertHE/GradCert/Cert
- Professional Development (Social Work) - MSc/Postgraduate Diploma/Postgraduate Certificate
- Promoting Sexual Health in Practice - Professional course
- Promoting the Health of School-Aged Children in the Community - Professional course
- Public Health (Improvement and Protection) - Professional course
- Public Health and Health Promotion - Professional course
- Public Health Economics - Professional course
- Qualitative Health Research - Professional course
- Quantitative Health Research - Professional course
- Quantitative Health Research (Distance Learning) - Professional course
- Researching Beneath the Surface - Professional course
- Specialist Health Protection Training Course - Study day
- Stroke Care - Professional course
- Supervision Training for Music Therapists - Professional course
- Supporting and Managing Those at Risk of Suicide - Professional course
- Supporting Students in Practice - Professional/Short course
- Synoptic Module (without V100) - Professional course
- Therapeutic Songwriting - Professional/short course
- Understanding and Preventing Childhood Obesity - Study day
- V100 Prescribing Practice - Professional course
- Working with a Person Experiencing Mental Health Crisis - Professional/Short course
- Workplace Health and Well-being - Professional course
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