Social Care with and Within Groups (level 4) - a Home Study Distance Learning Course

COURSE OVERVIEW

A distance learning course is the ideal way to gain a qualification in Social Care With and Within Groups. Whether you're looking to go on to further education, improve your job prospects or expand your knowledge, distance learning Social Care With and Within Groups is a flexible and convenient course, which allows you to comprehensively prepare for an exam or career through home study. What's more, because the distance learning Level 4 Social Care With and Within Groups course is a fully comprehensive course, no prior knowledge is required.

This course is designed to give students the skills to develop critical appreciation and knowledge about social work group practice. As the power of the group can be extremely powerful and influential, it is necessary to gain a critical appreciation of the group process so that it does not overwhelm. Social Work With and Within Groups provides the theoretical framework and skills for effective social work practice and interaction with many different types of groups, including family, community and professional. In this course you will learn how to best work both as an external facilitator or as a member, and how best to switch from one to another of these positions during your group interaction.

Course Key Topics The Level 4 in Social Care With and Within Groups course is divided into six comprehensive modules.

Module 1: The Basics of Groups and Group Work
Module 2: Working with Professionally Defined Groups
Module 3: Working with Family Groups
Module 4: Working with Community Groups
Module 5: Working with User Groups
Module 6: Working with and within Teams

Home Study Tutor Support

You will be provided with comprehensive materials designed to provide you with everything required to complete your Social Care With and Within Groups course. You will have your own personal tutor helping you with your course work and with any questions you may have. Plus you can contact our Student Advisors by email or phone for all the practical advice you may need – so we really are with you 100%.

What's more, you'll have access to the online student portal, where you can interact with other students, browse our resource library and manage your account.

Course Assessments

The Social Care With and Within Groups courseis marked through a process of continuous assessment guided by your tutor following NCFE guidelines. This means that your qualification will be awarded according to your performance on assessments rather than by taking an exam.

We send the full course out with the units listed above, you then read through the course in your own time and complete the assignments which you send to your tutor for marking. There is no word count for these assignments. However, one sentence answers will be rejected and you will have to re-submit it for marking.

Upon verification of the activities, exercises and assignments, a certificate of achievement will be awarded by the national awarding organisation NCFE, as confirmation that your written work has met all of the learning outcomes and assessment criteria for the programme.

Course Duration

We recommend you spend approximately 120 hours of your time studying for the Social Care With and Within Groups course. The pace of study is completely up to you. To give an example, if you dedicate 2 hours a week to the course it would take you a year to complete but if you could spare 4 hours a week you could complete it in six months.

Get started today, and you can earn your Level 4 Award in Social Care With and Within Groups in as little as six months, or take up to a year, if you prefer – the choice is yours.