Child & Family Health & Wellbeing

In this course, you’ll explore child and family healthcare during online and in-person lectures, and gain knowledge and skills to boost your employability and career prospects.



With strong support from your lecturers, you’ll learn about children’s rights, child and adolescent mental health issues, child and family relationships, global child health and complex healthcare needs. You’ll also study various research methods and undertake a real-world research project.



Access individual support

This interdisciplinary course is for recent graduates or professionals who work or aspire to work with children, young people and families. Class sizes are small, so you’ll benefit from individual guidance and in-depth discussions.



Once you graduate, you’ll be sought after for roles in areas like educational inclusion, mental health liaison and child health promotion. Alternatively, you may choose to move into research or education.

The MSc in Child and Family Health and Wellbeing will appeal to recent graduates and early or mid-career professionals who work with, or who aspire to work with children, young people and their families in various capacities. The programme is suitable to individuals from across different disciplines, including, but not limited to, children’s nurses and other nursing disciplines, allied health and social care professionals, and related areas such as those working in community, voluntary and non-governmental organisations.



The programme aims to deepen the knowledge, skills and competence of students to:



Critically evaluate contemporary evidence and issues in promoting child, young person and family health and wellbeing

Foster critical reflection and analysis to address current and future child health societal challenges

Promote and advance interdisciplinary skills to enhance collaboration across disciplines in research, policy and practice.



The MSc in Child and Family Health and Wellbeing is a two-year, part-time, blended-learning (online and face to face contact) programme which enables students to consider how their learning impacts their field of practice in improving health and wellbeing outcomes for children and their families, and ensure the acquired knowledge supports their professional development in their working environment.



Students will complete the following modules:



Child and family focused care and wellbeing

Children’s rights and participation

Global child health and health inequalities

Care and service provision closer to home

Research methods and evaluation

Contemporary issues in child and adolescent mental health



Students will also complete a year-long supervised research dissertation module.



Applicants who wish to exit from the programme with the an alternate award of Graduate Diploma should discuss this in further detail with the Programme Chairperson.

Applicants will typically hold a (NFQ) Level 8 Honours Degree with a H2.1 or equivalent. Candidates will generally hold a primary degree in a relevant discipline, for example:



Children’s nursing or other nursing disciplines; applied health and social care; education; child, youth and family support work; or a cognate discipline.



Due to the specialist nature of this programme, please contact the Programme Chair using the contact details above, to discuss your application.

2 Years Part Time Blended



Year 1 includes 6 days on campus combined with online teaching on Tuesday and Thursday evenings (Semester 1 and 2 ).



Year 2 includes 2 days on campus per semester combined with online teaching on one evening on selected weeks.

Careers

The programme is designed to provide continuous professional development for a wide range of professionals working with children, young people and their families to significantly positively impact employability and career prospects. Graduates of this programme will progress into leadership roles, or continue into a research or education capacity.