MNSW Learning Disabilities Nursing and Social Work

Master

In Ormskirk

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    4 Years

This innovative and intensive integrated Masters degree will provide you with the skills, knowledge and practical experience required for a career as an integrated Learning Disabilities Nursing and Social Work practitioner in a range of health and social care settings. Conferring eligibility for two professional awards, the course combines perspectives from health, social care, education and related disciplines to ensure you graduate able to work highly effectively in a multi-disciplinary environment. If you can demonstrate a clear commitment to becoming an integrated Nursing and Social Work practitioner, while also having the ability to recognise the perspectives of service users, their families and carers, then this is the programme for you.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

Career prospects are excellent as the programme offers you the opportunity to achieve a Masters level academic qualification and two professional awards.

Individuals with learning disabilities who have complex and long term conditions increasingly require a greater understanding from a more integrated health and social care perspective. This programme prepares you to undertake professional roles which fulfil that need.

128 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff. No specific subjects are required.

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Subjects

  • Health and Social Care
  • Social Work
  • Disability
  • Social care
  • Integrated Health
  • Health Care
  • Leadership
  • Social Worker
  • Practitioners

Course programme

Year 1

PUP1200 Contemporary Social Work (30 credits)

PUP1201 Contemporary Nursing (30 credits)

PUP1202 Foundations for Integrated Practice (30 credits)

PUP1203 Foundation Science, Theory and Method in Nursing and Social Work (30 credits)

Year 2

PUP2240 Adults Within an Integrated Health and Social Care Context (30 credits)

PUP2241 Children, Young People and Their Families Within an Integrated Health and Social Care Context (30 credits)

PUP2242 Law and Policy in Nursing and Social Work (30 credits)

PUP2243 Developing Capability for Integrated Practice (30 credits)

Year 3

PUP3260 Enhancing Confidence and Capability for Integrated Practice (30 credits)

PUP3261 Research Methods in Health and Social Care (30 credits)

PUP3262 Aspects of International Health and Social Care (30 credits)

PUP3266 Working with Complexity with Individuals with Learning Disabilities in Health and Social Care (30 credits)

Year 4

PUP4110 MNSW Dissertation (40 credits)

PUP4111 Leadership in Integrated Health and Social Care (40 credits)

PUP4112 Achieving Competence and Proficiency for Professional Registration (40 credits)

Additional information

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

How will I be assessed?

The programme incorporates a range of assessment opportunities. These include essays, presentations, text analysis, group work, portfolios, carers’ assessments, video/audio diaries, role plays and exams. Practice learning is also be assessed by appropriately qualified Nursing mentors and Social Work practice educators.

Who will be teaching me?

The programme is delivered by research-active professionals within the fields of Nursing and Social Work who have expert knowledge of a wide range of service settings. Contributors to the programme also include people who have direct experience of services, specialist practitioners, senior managers and policy makers.

MNSW Learning Disabilities Nursing and Social Work

£ 9,250 + VAT