BA (Hons) Health and Social Wellbeing

Bachelor's degree

In Ormskirk

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    3 Years

Government modernisation agendas such as ‘Our Health, Our Care, Our Say’ and ‘Independence, Wellbeing and Choice: Our Vision for the Future of Social Care for Adults in England’, and more recently the Marmot report, have set out a vision to provide people with good quality health and social care in the community in which they live. This degree will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to meet local community health and social care requirements. You will gain a thorough understanding of health and social care systems which will enable you to provide and promote good health practice and community support within or outside the NHS workforce.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

Your knowledge and skills will be attractive to potential employers in the public sector, including health and social care sectors, community and peer services, social services, public health, criminal justice departments and local government departments and councils, and the growing voluntary, private, social and healthcare sectors.

112 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff, for which no specific subjects are required, plus at least five GCSEs at Grade C or Grade 4 or above (or equivalent) including English Language.

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Subjects

  • Health and Social Care
  • Full Time
  • IT for adults
  • Health Promotion
  • Social care
  • Health Care
  • Health Psychology
  • Mental Health
  • Leadership Styles
  • Management Processes
  • Protecting Children
  • Vulnerable Child
  • Social welfare

Course programme

Level 4 (Year 1 of Full-Time Programme)

FDH1100 Essential Study Skills for Undergraduates (20 credits)

FDH1101 Communication Skills (20 credits)

HUG1116 Social Policy, Health and Welfare (30 credits)

HUG1117 Social Constructs, Health and Disease (20 credits)

HUG1124 Introduction to Equality and Diversity (30 credits)

Level 5 (Year 2 of Full-Time Programme)

HUG2122 Inequalities in Health (30 credits)

HUG2123 Housing, Health and Social Welfare (20 credits)

HUG2213 Understanding Research (30 credits)

You will select two of the following modules:

FDH2100 Legal and Ethical Perspectives (20 credits)

HEA2077 Negotiated Learning Shell (20 credits)

HUG2102 Leadership and Management in the Workplace and Society (20 credits)

HUG2103 Vulnerability in Society (20 credits)

HUG2120 Older Women in Society (20 credits)

HUG2124 Community Profiling (20 credits)

HUG2125 Long Term Care and Support for the Older Adult (20 credits)

HUG2135 The Safeguarding Agenda (20 credits)

HUG2136 Psychological Approaches to Health and Social Wellbeing (20 credits)

HUG2137 Applied Health Psychology in Context (20 credits)

HUG2228 The Vulnerable Child (20 credits)

HUG2230 The Working Environment in Children and Young People's Services (20 credits)

HUG2300 An Introduction to Complementary and Alternative Therapies (20 credits)

HUG2312 Introduction to Play and Playwork (20 credits)

HUG2314 Exercise, Diet and Health Promotion (20 credits)

HUG2315 Nurturing Health and Wellbeing in the Early Years (20 credits)

Level 6 (Year 3 of Full-Time Programme)

HUG3101 Personal Career Development (20 credits)

HUG3106 International Perspectives on Health and Social Wellbeing (30 credits)

HUG3242 Contemporary Approaches to Multi-Agency Working in Health and Social Care (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

HUG3100 Dissertation (30 credits)

HUG3240 Primary Research Dissertation (30 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

HEA3065 Negotiated Learning Shell (20 credits)

HUG3103 Domestic Abuse (20 credits)

HUG3107 Approaches to Care with Older Adults (20 credits)

HUG3109 Safeguarding Children and Young People (20 credits)

HUG3113 Protecting Children and Young People at Risk (20 credits)

HUG3111 Health Promotion (20 credits)

HUG3116 Leadership Styles and Management Processes (20 credits)

HUG3118 Values in Complementary Therapies (20 credits)

HUG3125 The Wider Determinants of Overweight and Obesity (20 credits)

HUG3130 Gender in Society (20 credits)

HUG3131 Children, Young People, Crime and Deviance (20 credits)

HUG3132 Community Development Practice and Praxis (20 credits)

HUG3135 Supporting Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (20 credits)

HUG3152 Politics and Social Policy (20 credits)

HUG3153 Child and Adolescent Mental Health (20 credits)

HUG3154 Risk, Resilience and Resistance (20 credits)

HUG3155 Applied Health Psychology in Context (20 credits)

HUG3242 Contemporary Approaches to Multi-Agency Working in Health and Social Care (20 credits)

HUG3264 Exercise, Diet and Health Promotion (20 credits)

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £11,575 per annum.

How will I be assessed?

Assessment includes essays, seminar presentations, exams, work-based assessment, interactive workbook, online activities and a third-year dissertation on a topic of your choice.

Who will be teaching me?

A variety of members of the Applied Health and Social Care team will be involved in the delivery of this programme. The majority are research active Senior Lecturers in the Faculty of Health and Social Care. Their areas of expertise and knowledge include clinical communication, sexuality, ageing, health promotion, domestic abuse, nutrition, youth justice, social policy, safeguarding and behaviour support to name but a few.

Course Length:3 Years Full-Time, 5 Years Part-Time

BA (Hons) Health and Social Wellbeing

£ 9,250 + VAT