HND Health and Social Care Part time

Bachelor's degree

In Bolton

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Bolton

  • Duration

    3 Years

The health and social care sector is vast, and this HND course gives you an excellent opportunity to begin developing the values, skills and knowledge so essential to good health and social care practice in the UK. These can support your initial development in providing valuable support for people of all ages and walks of life who have disabilities or mental health issues, or are vulnerable in other ways.

The course is linked closely to the UK government’s agendas for health and social care, so we offer you the chance to experience a current and carefully considered balance of policy, practice and academic training. Join us as we explore the principles of care, care planning and delivery, the ethical aspects of care, and areas such as health promotion and safeguarding, among many more – with learning that focuses on the workplace environment.

We’ll support you every step of the way as you learn how to collaborate across professional boundaries, use evidence to support your professional decision-making, and enhance your understanding of critical issues in health and social care.

Our focus is on helping you become a knowledgeable, compassionate, and person-centred care professional.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Bolton (Greater Manchester)
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Deane Road, BL3 5AB

Start date

On request

About this course

Our HND in Health and Social Care is designed to provide you with a sound understanding of policy, theory and practice in health and social care. The programme aims to provide experience and learning for those who want to follow a career in health and social care who are not yet committed to one particular career but want a generic course. It’s also suitable for people seeking an excellent basis for more specific vocational training, such as social work or occupational therapy.

Some of the key skills you can gain include communication, team work, time management, people management, organisation and problem solving.

What Can I Do With This Qualification?
After successfully completing this programme, you’ll be well placed to seek a career in business and administration in health and social care. These roles could be in human resources, healthcare analysis and planning, or in more managerial jobs within health and social care settings in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Some examples of employers in health and social care include the NHS, drug and alcohol agencies, mental health organisations, hospices, social care agencies and charities.

Successful completion of this course may also allow you to gain entry into nursing and social work degrees, as well as being relevant to charitable organisations with either a health or social care focus.

Alternative Career Options
Counselling
Writing and journalism
Mental health
Social work
Teaching and education
Health promotion
Mentoring
Armed forces
Community support
Youth work
Care home management
Health services management
Child protection
Health administration
Early years
Occupational therapy
Residential care

Any subjects are acceptable at Level 3. You should also have five GCSEs at grade C or above or grade 4 to 9 (or equivalent) in any subjects.

If English isn't your first language you'll also need IELTS 6.0 with no less than 5.5 in any band (or equivalent).

Our approach to teaching and learning is ‘student-centred’, so we’ll work with you as an individual, and provide tailored help and support throughout your studies.
You’ll be able to benefit from our teaching and research staff’s vast range of professional experience in health and social care – and our close links with the social care sector, the NHS, and several voluntary and charitable organisations.
You’ll also get to take full advantage of a placement in a health and social care setting.
We’ll encourage and support you in taking voluntary work placements in health and social care environments throughout your studies. These can contribute significantly towards your portfolio of evidence, and impress potential employers.
By studying alongside students who are already health and social care professionals, you can benefit from their knowledge and experience.

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Subjects

  • Simulation
  • Team Training
  • IT Development
  • Employability
  • Planning
  • IT for adults
  • Mental Health
  • Career Development
  • IT
  • Health and Social Care
  • Skills and Training
  • University
  • Full Time
  • Communication Training
  • Part Time

Course programme

Modules

Modules listed below are a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules as part of the course.
  • Communication and Information Technology
  • Legal and Ethical Issues
  • Introduction to Social Policy
  • Using Research Evidence
  • Principles of Care
  • Health, Safety and Emergency Care
  • Group Dynamics and Working in Teams
  • Work-based Experience
  • Planning Care Delivery
  • Health Promotion - Challenges and Opportunities
  • Employability Skills
  • Social Inclusion, Empowerment and Health
Teaching, Learning And Assessment

To make this course as engaging and beneficial as possible for you, we offer a range of learning, teaching and assessment methods designed to help you develop the skills, knowledge and competencies you’re aiming for. Just as importantly, we aim to help you develop the values and attitudes essential to good health and social care practice. Learning focuses on the workplace environment.

To complement lectures that introduce the course content, seminars and group-based activities allow you to explore subjects, policies and practices in greater detail. Tutorials give you the opportunity to clarify your understanding of the topics we cover in lectures and seminars, while we use case studies, practical scenarios and role-playing to help you apply your newly acquired knowledge and theory to real-life problems, and gain valuable insights into health and social care practice. You’ll also have the chance to develop your practical skills in our clinical skills laboratory, and we encourage you to use our extensive online learning resources to support your self-directed learning.

In addition, we offer masterclasses with practitioners from the health and social care sector, plus insightful sessions with guest speakers who either provide or use health and social care services.

Our assessment methods are designed to reflect what may one day be required of you in a health and social care setting. For example, the course requires you to submit written reports, give presentations, develop your practice portfolio, analyse care plans and review relevant literature, and analyse complex cases and discuss how to manage change. Meanwhile, we expect you to write essays and reflective accounts, take practical and written tests, and play an active part in group discussions. Some assessments contribute to your final module marks, while others are designed to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses, and help you identify where you need extra support from course tutors.

Disclaimer

The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up to date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.

HND Health and Social Care Part time

Price on request