RSPH Level 3 Award in Theories and Principles of Behaviour Change
Level 3 Ref. Q000088
Alongside health inequalities and the wider determinants of health, our behaviour has a huge impact on our health and wellbeing. Our regulated Level 3 qualification will help you to better understand and use the theories and models of behaviour change that you can use to support others to make changes that can improve their health and wellbeing.
What is Level 3 Theories of Behaviour Change?
Behaviour change refers to any actions that someone can take to make improvements to their health and wellbeing. This could be anything from stopping smoking, to adopting a healthier diet, to being more physically active. This accredited qualification is designed to help you to understand how to effectively use communication skills and behaviour change techniques to support an individual to plan for a behaviour change.
This qualification is regulated by Ofqual.
Who is this qualification for?
The Level 2 Award in Theories and Principles of Behaviour Change is valuable for anyone in or looking for employment supporting others to make changes to their behaviour in order to improve their health and wellbeing.
All employees
Regardless of your role, the Level 2 Supporting Behaviour Change help you to support customers, service users and colleagues.
New starters
Looking to start strong in a new role where you support individuals around changes to their lifestyle? Show your knowledge with this course.
Looking to upgrade your health?
Understanding what makes behaviour change happen will help you to make changes to your own lifestyle.
Key skills
By completing this qualification, you will come away with practical, actionable understanding of how to support others using behaviour change principles and theories, including:
- Effective communication and rapport building
- Factors than can impact on behaviour change and how to discuss them
- Supporting an individual to consider a behaviour change
- Helping an individual to plan for behaviour change
For full details, read the course specification below.
How long does it take to complete?
The qualification takes a total of 60 hours to complete, including 20 hours of guided learning, and the completion of a portfolio of evidence.
Career progression
Completing the Level 3 Award in Theories and Principles of Behaviour Change is a valuable step on the route to a wide variety of careers, including:
- Social prescribing link worker
- Health coach
- Health navigator
- Community health and wellbeing worker
- Health improvement practitioner
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Level 3 Award in Theories and Principles of Behaviour Change - Specification
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