Professional Practice Health and Social Care (Combined) - Foundation Degree (Lancaster University)

The Foundation Degree Professional Practice in Health and Social Care is designated as equivalent to 120 Credits at Level 4 in the First Year of the programme and 120 credits at Level 5 in the Second Year. The Foundation Degree: Professional Practice in Health and Social Care responds to the blurring of boundaries, largely due to greater inter-professional collaboration, between health, social care and other social services, as vulnerable adults and young people are increasingly supported within their own homes and communities by a range of agencies and practitioners working in partnership. The course is designed to equip the future workforce to meet the challenges raised by such changes by building a skilled workforce.

The programme offers opportunities for students to develop personal, professional and study skills, and specialist skills in conducting social research along with the opportunity to build and reflect upon practice-related skills in the students’ chosen vocational specialities. The course will build, empirically, upon knowledge and understanding of the wider policy, legal, organisational and practice contexts of health and social care, enabling and encouraging students to apply and often to challenge key theoretical concepts, such as evidence-based practice, interdisciplinary working and anti-discriminatory practice, and to reflect upon their own professional practice.

Year 1 - Level 4 Modules:

HSC401 Continuous Professional Development 1 - 20 credits
HSC402 Research and Academic Writing - 20 credits
HSC403 Introduction to Legal Issues in Health and Social Care - 20 credits
HSC404 Health and Social Care Practice, Social Policy - 20 credits
HSC405 Social Policy - 20 credits
HSC406 Ethics in Health and Social Care - 20 credits

Year 2 - Level 5 Modules:

HSC501 Professional Practice - 20 credits
HCS502 Independent Supervised Study - 20 credits
GER503 Foundations of Gerontology - 20 Credits
SUB503 Foundations of Substance Misuse - 20 credits
SUB505 Strategies, Policies and Practice in Substance Misuse
FAM503 Foundations of Work with Children and Families - 20 credits
LEA503 Foundations of Learning Disability - 20 credits
LEA504 Addressing the Needs of People with a Learning Disability - 20 credits
LEA505 Occupational Therapy for People with Learning Disabilities - 20 credits
LEA506 Person Centred Planning and Care Management with People with Learning Disabilities - 20 credits

Optional Modules - Level 5

GER504 Ageing, Health & Well-Being - 20 credits
GER505 Palliative Care & End of Life - 20 credits
GER506 Dementia Care - 20 credits
SUB504 Substance Misuse: Advanced Safeguarding Practice - 20 credits
SUB505 Substance Misuse: Assessment, Intervention and Recovery - 20 credits
FAM504 Working with Vulnerable Families; Cross-Cultural Perspectives - 20 credits
FAM505 Child and Adolescent Health and Emotional Wellbeing - 20 credits
FAM506 Family Needs Assessment, Service Provision and Support - 20 credits
MEN503 Foundations of Mental Health - 20 credits
MEN504 Mental Health and Social Exclusion - 20 credits
MEN505 Mental Health Across the Life Cycle - 20 credits
MEN506 Person Centred Planning and Care Management with People with Mental Illness 20 credits