Leadership in Health and Social Care - PgDip part-time
Bachelor's degree
In Bolton
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Bolton
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Start date
Different dates available
Why choose this course? This course will give the opportunity to consider contemporary approaches to leadership and management within health and social care, considering key issues such as the drive towards integrated services and the role of commissioning. It is flexible, allowing you to take single modules, or work towards a Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert), Postgraduate Diploma (PgDip) or MSc. Course overview The MSc in Leadership in Health and Social Care is a route within the MSc Professional Development Framework in the Health and Community Studies department. It is aimed at professionals with leadership and or management responsibilities working in health, social care and related fields. The first three modules, comprising the PgCert, are usually taken over an eighteen month period and cover a range of topics around management and leadership skills. As you progress, on the PgDip, you will take three further modules that engage with leadership and management at a strategic level. Although the modules are designed to facilitate a natural progression towards an MSc, each can be taken as a stand-alone module. In taking these modules you will reflect on your practice, develop your skills and confidence as a leader and manager, and have the opportunity to consider in depth the challenging issues facing leaders within health and social care. To gain the MSc you will undertake a research dissertation, researching in depth an issue that is relevant to your role and practice. About the course Studying on the MSc Leadership in Health and Social Care course will help you to develop, or prepare for, a career leading and managing within the health, social care or voluntary sector by enhancing your leadership and...
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- IT
- Leadership
- Health and Social Care
- IT Management
- Management
- Skills and Training
- IT Development
- Performance
- Credit
- Part Time
Course programme
What you will learn
The course will develop your understanding of service organisations, including the roles of the people involved in managing and leading those organisations, and the changing external context in which they operate. It will help you prepare for, or develop, your management career in the health, social care or voluntary sector by developing your leadership and management skills. It will deal with key issues for today, such as integration, commissioning and the challenge of leadership in a changing and highly-demanding environment.
An essential function of a manager/leader is the ability to analyse and evaluate complex issues, both systematically and creatively, in order to improve services. This course will help you develop these skills, along with your ability to build and develop teams, manage individual and team performance and your change management skills.
The programme will facilitate the development of structured academic thinking relating to management issues and use a theoretical evidence base to evaluate your own and your organisation’s behaviour in order to plan and implement service improvement.
What you will studyThe PgCert will be achieved upon completion of 60 credits, the PgDip upon a total of 120 credits and the MSc upon a total of 180 credits. In order to achieve PgCert/PgDip/MSc there are two compulsory modules at each level thereby allowing one module at each level to be selected according to your own developmental needs. Modules must be at Level HE7.
Postgraduate CertificateYou must take 60 credits worth of modules.
Core modules: Leading and Managing in Context (20 credits);
Leading Service Evalution (20 credits).
Elective modules: choose one 20 credit module at level HE6 or level HE7 and another 20 credit module at level HE7 from our range of professional development modules (visit http:///healthcpd for details). In particular we recommend the Leading and Managing People module.
Postgraduate DiplomaYou will need to complete the postgraduate certificate modules above plus a further 60 credits. At this level these will usually include broader professional modules as well as a research methods module that will help prepare you for the masters-level dissertation.
Core modules 1 (choose one): EITHER Critical Evaluation of Evidence and Practice (20 credits); OR Principles and Concepts in Research Design (20 credits).
Core modules 2 (choose one):
EITHER Managing and Commissioning for Performance (20 credits) OR Strategy, Marketing and Commissioning (20 credits).
Elective module: choose one 20 credit module at level HE7 from our range of professional development modules (visit http:///healthcpd for details). In particular, if you have not chosen Managing and Commissioning for Performance as your second core module we encourage you to chose this module as your elective.
MScFor the masters degree you must complete the postgraduate certificate and diploma modules above plus:
Research Dissertation (60 credits).
All of the modules are currently under review, to ensure that they are fully reflect the issues and challenges facing today’s health and social care services.
You can begin the programme by building modules of 20 credits to gain a PgCert or use individual modules as single professional development modules.
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Leadership in Health and Social Care - PgDip part-time