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BSc (Honours) Applied Nursing (Learning Disability) and Generic Social Work

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In Sheffield ()

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Course description
Study to become a learning disability nurse and social worker in facilities described by the Nursing and Midwifery Council as ‘a beacon for the future development of health education in this country’. Students who leave the course as qualified nurses and social workers go on to work in a wide area of health and social care settings.
What you study
Each year you study two interprofessional modules. These are designed to offer you the opportunity to experience learning alongside a range of other healthcare professionals in the faculty of health and wellbeing. This shared learning experience allows you to develop team working and to understand the contribution of other professionals.
The course is a mix of health and social care modules, based around the central learning disabilities theme. Topics include • assessment, planning evaluation and review • managing risk • preparing for learning disabilities practice • understanding health and social care • policy and law • meeting complex care needs • anti-oppressive practice • working with vulnerable and marginalised groups • professional ethics.
Course design
People with learning disabilities often have a wide range of physical and mental health conditions. Learning disability nurses and social workers work in partnership with them and family carers to provide specialist health and social care. The aim is to support the wellbeing and social inclusion of people with a learning disability. Having a joint award qualification gives you the skills and knowledge to facilitate this.
You develop the skills and expertise to support people with learning disabilities from a joint health and social care perspective. This combination fits well with the government’s modernising agenda to integrate health and social care and make sure professionals and agencies work together.
Placements and work experience
Practice-based learning is central to your development, and you spend 50% of...

About this course

Let our expert lecturers, practice partners and users of services transform you into a competent and compassionate health professional.

Entry requirements
2017 entry requirements
You must have some experience of delivering care in a professional or voluntary capacity, and a reference from a current or recent employer or educational institution.
Normally five GCSEs at grade C or grade 4 or above, including English language or literature and mathematics plus one from the following
• 120 UCAS points from A levels or equivalent BTEC National qualifications. We do not accept AS levels. We accept A level General Studies.
New UCAS tariff points system for courses starting from September 2017. This is significantly...

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Subjects

  • Social Work
  • Public Health
  • Design
  • Disability
  • Health and Social Care
  • Public
  • Healthcare
  • Joint

Course programme

Course structure

Three years full-time

Typical modules may include

Course design

Each year there is an interprofessional education module which is shared with a range of other healthcare professionals in the faculty.

Year one modules

• essentials of nursing and social work: science and practice • essential sciences for nursing and social work practice • introduction to relationship centred care in nursing and social work: science and practice • understanding the person centred approach in relationship centred care • fundamentals of public health: science and practice • foundation for effective collaborative practice

Year two modules

• integrating the science of nursing and social work • developing relationship centred care in nursing and social work : science and practice • application of the science and practice of public health • developing capability for effective collaborative practice • evidence informed nursing and social work

Year three modules

• consolidation of the science of nursing and social work • leadership and management for excellence in relationship centred care: science and practice • managing public health: science and practice • enhancing quality of services through effective collaborative practice • research for nursing and social work practice

BSc (Honours) Applied Nursing (Learning Disability) and Generic Social Work

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