About BA (hons) Health And Wellbeing In Early Childhood in Bishop Grosseteste University

The BA (Hons) Health and Wellbeing in Early Childhood course at BGU, Lincoln supports a wide range of career opportunities if you want to work with young children.

This highly current BA (Hons) Health and Wellbeing in Early Childhood programme is informed by the crucial significance of the formative years of 0-8 for health and wellbeing. It focusses on the early identification of barriers and risks to wellbeing (in its widest sense) and interventions through the development of early enabling environments for positive health and wellbeing.

This degree provides understanding of the crucial 0-8 developmental stage, individual needs and the broader sociocultural context of young children and their families. The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (2020) landmark report, prioritises three areas to be address in the UK: reducing child inequalities; prioritising public health, prevention and early intervention; and building and strengthening local and cross sector services. In support of this agenda, this degree focusses on concepts such as multi-agency working with critical, reflective and evidence-based practice.

Personal, professional and ethical values will be explored within health and social care practice with young children and their families. The BA (Hons) Health and Wellbeing in Early Childhood programme supports those who aspire to become, for example, Early Help Workers attached to Children’s Centres, Family Health Workers; maternity healthcare support workers or midwifery assistants, child mental health support workers.

This places graduates undertaking the BA (Hons) Health and Wellbeing in Early Childhood in a strong position to address these agendas in supporting young children and their families in a variety of formal and informal educational and health roles and settings.

The Health and Wellbeing in Early Childhood degree offers a firm base for students hoping to enter a variety of career pathways including, but not limited to, education-related, health, mental health or voluntary sector careers. The ability to critically analyse a problem, formulate a considered response, create an argument and generate new ideas, lend themselves well to careers in the creative industries, the legal sector, government administration and education. Maintaining the focus on real-world application throughout the programme is vital for providing students with a sustained focus on employability and possible career routes. Key stakeholders such as employees within the sector have been consulted and have informed the development of the programme in terms of its currency and relevance.

Possible future career paths for BA (Hons) Health, Wellbeing and Early Childhood graduates may include:

• Teaching;

• Early Years practitioners

• Maternity Support workers

• Graduate entry Nursing (Pediatric)

• Graduate entry Social Work

• Speech and Language therapy

• Graduate entry OT

• Early Help Workers attached to Children’s Centres

• Family Health Workers

• Maternity healthcare support workers or midwifery assistants

• Child mental health support workers

Students will normally need 96-112 UCAS tariff points (from a maximum of four Advanced Level qualifications). A range of qualifications that meet this requirement, include A/AS Levels, BTEC, Access Courses, International Baccalaureate (IB), Cambridge Pre-U, Extended Project etc.