Community Nursing: Students learn to promote and maintain health in communities, to recognise community health problems and to deal with them. The factors that influence health and disease in South African communities are studied, as well as the structure, functions of and legislation relevant to health services.

Occupational Health Nursing: Students learn to protect worker health, provide a safe and healthy work environment with an emphasis on health promotion, research-based practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, improved quality of life and programme and policy development.

Primary Health Care Nursing: This programme prepares nurses to function effectively in a variety of settings where the holistic health needs of communities and families are coupled with economic and social development as a component. The primary health care framework includes acute care services, and health promotion and education. Nurses are equipped to deal with acute and common afflictions in both urban and rural communities.

Child and Youth Care

Tel: 031 373 2697

Fax: 031 373 2835

Location: Ritson Campus

Child and youth care work involves people providing direct care to children and youth and their families. The child and youth care worker is responsible for using his/her expertise to maintain a secure, healthy environment that will help children and youth reach their full potential. The goal sought is the performance of service with integrity and competence. He/she believes in the dignity and worth of the individual. Commitment is towards supporting each and every child’s optimum social, emotional, intellectual and physical development with a safe, healthy and enriched environment.

A child and youth care worker understands that all behaviour is meaningful and purposeful however disruptive, unusual, or unique it may seem. This code of ethics embodies ethical standards of behaviour for the child and youth care worker in his/her relationships with children, colleagues, employing agencies and the community.

COURSE CONTENT

Entrance Requirements

Matric certificate
Final selection is dependent on completing the SATAP test and individual interview

Duration of training towards a Qualification: National Diploma in Child & Youth Development

3 year FULL TIME course inclusive of community service learning
4 year FULL TIME course inclusive of community service learning

Foundation Course: for those students who do not attain the appropriate score to enter first year mainstream. First year is split into two years with added support subjects to help the students cope with the mainstream.

Subjects

Main stream (3 years)

Foundation Course (4 years)

Year I
Child and Youth care I
Experiential learning I
Applied Development for CYC & YW I
Communication skills I
Psychology I
Sociology I

Year 1
Psychology
Sociology
Introduction to sociological concepts
Foundational concepts in psychology
Computer and communication skills
Communication skills

Year II
Child & Youth Care II
Experiential learning II
Applied Development for CYC & YW II
Community Development Facilitation I
Social Psychology

Year II
Applied Development I
Child and Youth Care I
Experiential learning I
Developmental foundations
Foundational concepts in child and youth care

Year III
Child & Youth Care III
Experiential learning III
Applied Development for CYC & YW III
CYC/YW: Administration and Management I
Youth Justice and Probation I

Year III
Child & Youth Care II
Experiential learning II
Applied Development for CYC&YW II
Community Development Facilitation I
Social Psychology

Year IV
Child & Youth Care III
Experiential learning III
Applied Development for CYC & YW III
CYC/YW: Administration and Management I
Youth Justice and Probation I

B Tech: Child and Youth Development Degree
Duration: 1 year full time or 2 years part time

Entrance Requirements

National Diploma in Child & Youth Development
A degree or National Diploma in Human Sciences Field eg. nursing, social work, teaching etc.

There is a selection process of suitable candidates applying for the B-Tech enrollment

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Qualified child and youth care workers work in the following settings:
Residential programmes, schools and educational programmes, hospitals, day care centres, camps and adventure programmes, early childhood and education centres, courts, lifeline, as aupairs, community based child and youth organizations, child and family welfare agencies, corporate sector and in different government departments.

Environmental Health

Tel: 031 373 2696	Fax: 031 373 2038	Location: Ritson Campus
Application Instructions	BTech Application Form	Postgraduate Application Form

Environmental Health (EH) comprises of those aspects of human health, (including the quality of life), that are determined by physical, chemical, biological, social and psycho-social factors in the environment. It also refers to the theory and practice of ascertaining, correcting, controlling, minimising and preventing those factors in the environment that can potentially adversely affect the health of present and future generations.

The EH scope of practice includes:

Water pollution control
Food control
Waste management
Health surveillance of premises
Surveillance and prevention of communicable diseases
Vector control
Environmental pollution control
Occupational health and safety
Port health

This cutting edge profession is registered under the auspices of the Professional Board for EH with the Health Professions Council of South Africa. The EH programme offered at DUT is dynamic, practically orientated and incorporates integrated learning. You, our clientele are supported by enthusiastic staff that endeavours to go the extra mile in ensuring that a holistic learner leaves our department.