Bachelor of Social Health and Wellbeing Mental Health and Addictions

Bachelor of Social Health and Wellbeing Mental Health and Addictions is a Bachelor program taught at Open Polytechnic, New Zealand. The program is offered in campus-based modes with full-time options.

The Open Polytechnic Bachelor of Social Health and Wellbeing (Mental Health and Addictions) (Academic level Level 7) prepares you to work in the mental health and addiction sector. You study people-centred and relational approaches that support meaningful lives, community-based support, and effective teamwork across health and wellbeing services. The course also covers theories and models for health and wellbeing, including indigenous models, and how to evaluate information to inform evidence-based, people-centred support.

Delivery is online study. You work through course materials online at a pace that suits you between the course start and end dates, with no scheduled online classes, and support from a course facilitator, a Student Mentor, and Library and Learning Centre teams. The qualification includes compulsory workshops, noho marae, and practica, with assessed supervised practice totalling 300 hours. Practica are completed through BHW601 Practicum 1 and BHW702 Practicum 2.

Modules

• BHW601 Practicum 1
• BHW702 Practicum 2

The minimum requirements for admission in Bachelor of Social Health and Wellbeing Mental Health and Addictions at Open Polytechnic for all applicants (Domestic or International) are:

• program specific academic requirment set by Open Polytechnic.
• English Language OR any other language requirments as set by Open Polytechnic as pre-requiste for admission in Bachelor of Social Health and Wellbeing Mental Health and Addictions.

Note: Please check the university website in the link below.

Please check detail of study units at https://www.openpolytechnic.ac.nz/qualifications-and-courses/op780001-bachelor-of-social-health-and-wellbeing-mental-health-and-addictions

• Addictions Counsellor
• Mental Health and Addiction Support Worker
• Care Manager
• Community Navigator
• Connector/Kaitūhono Facilitator
• Policy Development
• Health Educator and Promoter
• Support Worker
• Care Manager
• Health Educator and Promoter
• Community Development Worker
• Social Work Assistant
• Public Health Manager or Administrator
• Hospital/NGO Service Administrator
• Case Worker/Manager
• Programme Coordinator
• Policy Development

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