Mental Health and Wellbeing (Level 4)

• Glasgow:  Tuesday from 1:30 – 4pm.
• East Dunbartonshire:  Thursday from 1:30 – 4pm.

Our mental health and wellbeing has a massive impact on the quality of our lives.  This course is designed to help you explore these issues and to empower you to develop healthy coping strategies so you are well equipped to go to into College, University or employment, and live a positive and healthy life.

You’ll develop an understanding of mental health, influences and coping strategies. You’ll take part in a group project talking about stigma around mental health and wellbeing and gain an insight into how you can support yourself and others.

Working as part of a supportive group that will examine the influences of mental health and wellbeing, coping strategies and resilience as a way of gaining a greater insight into mental health and wellbeing.

This is an interactive and engaging class linking and developing knowledge through learning development and project work.

Exploring and improving wellbeing is an engaging and informative qualification that allows you to look at how you can improve your well-being and how to implement it in your life.

Entry Requirements  

This course would particularly suit S4 students who are looking to make a positive impact on their individual mental health and wellbeing.  Applicants are expected to be working at Level 3 / 4 English.

Progression Pathways

Whilst this course can be studied for personal development, it also acts as an entry point into qualifications in Health and Social Care.

You can progress directly to Level 5 courses in Early Years, Counselling or Social Care, which open up access to a variety of HNC, HND and degree programmes.  

Explore the Full Course Progression Pathway.

Employment Prospects

This course could be the first step into a varied and engaging career sector; from Youth Work to Paramedic Science, Occupational Health to Counselling.

Education, Health Workers and Social Services are all within the top five employing occupations in Scotland, and this is projected to continue to be the case for the foreseeable future.