Our BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care graduates work with a variety of service user groups in areas such as mental health, domestic abuse, substance abuse, and older people. They work for organisations such as the NHS, Local Authorities, schools, colleges and universities as well as charities/private organisations such as Age UK, MIND, and Turning Point to name a few.Further study is also a route chosen by our graduates. Some choose professional routes such as Nursing, Social Work, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Counselling or Teaching. Others choose business and management routes such as Human Resources; or research degrees such as a PhD.

Sociology graduates have wide range of employment, further study and research opportunities, including:

Welfare services, including housing and homelessness, domestic violence support, substance misuse, immigration and working with minority groups such as BAME and LGBTQI+ populations
International institutions and humanitarian work, including NGOs and INGOs, the United Nations, human rights, women’s rights, international aid, poverty and development
The criminal justice system, including youth offending teams, probation, working with hate crime victims (and perpetrators) and the police