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FdA Creative Arts for Health and Wellbeing

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Key Details

Levels

Level 5

FT / PT

FT

Location

Great Yarmouth | The Place

Attendance

1-2 days

Duration

2 years

This dynamic and exciting course is designed to enable you to work with groups using the creative arts in art, health, care or education contexts. Creative activity is known to have tangible benefits on health and wellbeing. The arts, creative practice and the human imagination are all agents of wellness, they encourage resilience, flourishing and in mental health are an established means of aiding recovery. You will examine concepts of psychotherapy while developing creative skills and applying this to supporting the work of others.

The FdA Creative Arts for Health and Wellbeing is designed to be combined with employment or a voluntary placement while studying to gain vital relevant experience and use creativity to engage communities in ways that enrich their lives.

Whilst this is a full-time course, typically this course generally only requires 1-2 days on campus attendance, supported by self-directed study. This means you can continue to work alongside your studies and balance other commitments.

Great Yarmouth Campus Open Day

Great Yarmouth Campus Open Day

29th Aug 26 10:00 – 12:00

Course Information

Please be aware that the relevant employment or voluntary placement may require some form of DBS check. You will need to arrange this directly with the placement provider, and cover any costs involved.

You will need to have achieved 80 UCAS tariff points (or above) or an Access to HE Diploma

All applicants are required to hold GCSE English and maths at Grade C/4 or above.

Applicants who do not hold these qualifications may be considered on an individual basis based upon their overall application and the course applied for.

The ability to gain relevant employment or voluntary placement in the sector.

On successful completion of the course, graduates can move on to an appropriate progression route such as the BA (Hons) Creative Arts Practice, BA (Hons) Applied Care Practice (Mental Health Support) or BA (Hons) Applied Care Practice (Children and Families)

Modules you may study include:

  • Safeguarding in Practice
  • Equality and Diversity in Practice
  • Psychological and Sociological Perspectives
  • Client Groups and Approaches to Wellbeing
  • Developing Skills in Creative Activities
  • Creativity, the Environment and Found Resources
  • Professional Practice & Project Development
  • Creative Activities for Health and Wellbeing Projects

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