Program Overview

BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care

Course Overview

Our three-year BSc (Hons) in Health and Social care course will help you make a positive impact on the daily lives of vulnerable people.

This undergraduate degree, delivered in excellent teaching facilities, offers you the opportunity to develop the values, practical skills and knowledge essential for a successful career in the global health and social care sector.

Led by our highly experienced and dedicated team, you will explore key principles such as professional values, ethical care practices, promoting physical and mental health, safeguarding, and advocating for diversity and inclusion. Our focus is on helping you become a knowledgeable, compassionate, and person-centred care professional.

Why Study This Course?

• This degree is delivered in excellent teaching facilities which provide a stimulating learning environment that will be both engaging and memorable.
• This undergraduate course offers you the opportunity to develop the values, practical skills and knowledge necessary for a successful career in the global health and social care environment.
• Our highly experienced and dedicated team will lead you in an exploration of the principles of care, professional values, attitudes and behaviour, ethical practice of care, promoting physical and mental health and emotional wellbeing and safeguarding and promoting diversity and inclusion.
• Our focus is on helping you become a knowledgeable, compassionate, and person-centred care professional.

Course Structure

• Compulsory Modules:
  • Legal and Ethical Issues (HSO4001)
  • Introduction to Social Policy (HSO4002)
  • Principles of Care (HSO4004)
  • Anatomy & Physiology for Health and Social Care (HSO4007)
  • Introduction to Research and Evidence-Based Practice (HSO4008)
  • Enhancing Communication and Academic Skills (HSO4009)
  • Group Dynamics and Working in Teams (HSO5000)
  • Work-based Experience (HSO5003)
  • Health Promotion – Challenges and Opportunities (HSO5004)
  • Social Inclusion, Empowerment and Health (HSO5005)
  • Employability Skills (HSO5006)
  • Person Centred Health and Social Care (HSO5007)
  • Research Proposal/Methods (HSO6000)
  • Compassionate Health and Social Care (HSO6001)
  • Dissertation/Research Project (HSO6002)
• Optional Modules:
  • Contemporary Mental Health (HLT6060)
  • Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults (HLT6012)
  • Care of the Older Person (HLT6015)
  • Working With Children and Families (HLT6125)
  • Safeguarding Children (HLT6027)

Career Progression

Upon successfully completing this programme, you will be prepared for work in a wide range of statutory, voluntary and independent settings. These include:

• Local authority teams
• Health promotion projects
• Refugee and asylum service hospitals
• Sheltered accommodation
• Hospices and day centres
• Residential care units

In addition, graduates with a health and social care background are in a good position to be considered for careers in health education and health promotion, welfare, health research, community mental health and commissioning, and care management services.

Graduates may seek roles as service managers and coordinators, in advocacy, education and training, or as technicians and support workers helping children and families, older and disabled people, drug and alcohol abusers, and people with mental health problems.

Entry Requirements

• GCSEs: A minimum of two GCE A2-level passes (or equivalent), including any subjects and five GCSEs at grade C or above (or equivalent), including any subjects
• IELTS 6.0 (or equivalent), in cases where English is not your first language.

Alternative Assessment:

For mature students (those over 21 years old), or those requiring an alternative kind of assessment:

• You must take part in an academic interview to demonstrate your non-academic achievements, such as work experience.