This course is aimed at people who wish to gain entry to Higher Education (HE) to study Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Radiography, Theatre Practice and other health related fields such as biomedical science and nutrition. The course also allows entry to social work, youth & community work and general social science degrees. The course will also enhance an employment profile. As such, this is an academic route into HE with a practical work experience element arranged by the learner. It is particularly aimed at Adult learners who would like to progress to University but who do not have the relevant qualifications to enter usually because they have had a break in education or have chosen a new career path.
Provider: PRESTON COLLEGE
Hours: Part time
Duration: 32 Week(s)
Start Date: 03 June 2023
Venue Location: Fulwood Campus
, St Vincents Road
, PRESTON
, Lancashire
, PR2 8UR
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
Is this course for me?
This course is for those wishing to progress to social work or youth and community courses but who do not have the required qualifications. You need at least 2 years' appropriate formal or informal experience.
What will I study?
This course explores a broad variety of social work provision and practice. Work experience is an important component of this course.
Subjects:
Communications
Developmental psychology
Keyboarding and improving performance
Numeracy and IT skills
Social policy
Social work provision and practice
Sociology
What can I do next?
This can lead to the opportunity for higher level study, such as a social work degree or a combined degree in social work and nursing, youth and community work or employment in related areas.
This can lead to employment in:
Support work
Social support work
Provider: LEWISHAM COLLEGE
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Lewisham Way Campus
, Lewisham Way
, LEWISHAM
, GREATER LONDON
, SE4 1UT
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
What will I study?
This course is a work-based course and provides the knowledge and skills necessary to develop your practice. Your knowledge and skills are assessed both at College and in the workplace. The course comprises of four core units and two optional units related to your job role.
Subjects:
Promote effective communications
Reflective practice
Equality, diversity and rights
Protection from abuse
Safety and security in the workplace
What can I do next?
This can lead to higher education. Some candidates have also been promoted at work as a result of the course.
Provider: LEWISHAM COLLEGE
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Lewisham Way Campus
, Lewisham Way
, LEWISHAM
, GREATER LONDON
, SE4 1UT
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
Enables students to qualify as a nurse working with people with learning disabilities and as a professional social worker. Acknowledges that rights and needs of people with a learning disability are not clearly divisible into health or social work services. Some distinct teaching to both nurses and social workers and holistic approach. Placements in nursing and social work practice.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD
Hours: Full time
Duration: 3 years
Start Date: 01 February 2024
Venue Location: The Crescent
, Salford
, Greater Manchester
, M5 4WT
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
Enables students to qualify as a nurse working with people with learning disabilities and as a professional social worker. Acknowledges that rights and needs of people with a learning disability are not clearly divisible into health or social work services. Some distinct teaching to both nurses and social workers and holistic approach. Placements in nursing and social work practice.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD
Hours: Full time
Duration: 3 years
Start Date: 01 February 2024
Venue Location: The Crescent
, Salford
, Greater Manchester
, M5 4WT
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
This course is suitable for students who are interested in all aspects of health and social care and who may wish to enter Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work and other health and care related training, employment or Higher Education.
Subsidiary Diploma:
The course consists of 6 units: Developing Effective communication; Equality, Diversity and Rights; Health, Safety and Security; Development through the life stages; Health Education; Exploring Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care As part of the Professional Development unit, you will be expected to successfully complete a minimum of 50 hours work experience.
Diploma:
Successful completion of the subsidiary diploma will make up half of the diploma. In addition to the 6 units you will already have achieved, you would also complete the following units: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology; Sociology; Psychology; Values and Planning; Caring for Children and Young People; Technology in Health and Social Care Services; Personal and Professional Development in Health and Social Care. As part of the Professional Development Unit, you will be expected to successfully complete a minimum of 100 hours work experience. It is expected that you would complete this course by the end of April in the second year of your course.
Extended Diploma:
Following successful completion of the subsidiary diploma and diploma, the additional units that make up the full extended diploma are: Research Methods; Nutrition for Health and Social Care; Complementary Therapies; Caring for Older People; Applied Psychology; Vocational Experience.
To complete the Vocational Experience Unit, you would need to successfully complete 200 hours of work experience. This is in additional to the hours completed for the Certificate.
You will also study Information Technology as a Key Skill and may have the opportunity to study for the following: First Aid at Work; Food Hygiene Certificate; Manual Handling Training. You may
Provider: COLLEGE OF WEST ANGLIA
Hours: Full time
Duration: 2 Year(s)
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: RAMNOTH ROAD
, WISBECH
, CAMBRIDGESHIRE
, PE13 2JE
Opportunities: 1 other date(s) or venue(s) available
The programme for students who are already qualified in social work or who work with refugees or asylum seekers; the course explores and analyses social change and professional responses in a globalised world and equips students for future local or international practice in their area of work.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON
Hours: Part time
Duration: 6 semesters
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Docklands Campus
, 4-6 University Way
, Newham
, London
, E16 2RD
Opportunities: 1 other date(s) or venue(s) available
The course is a professional qualifying course in social work and is intended for graduates in any discipline who are committed to a future career in social work.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON
Hours: Full time
Duration: 2 years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Docklands Campus
, 4-6 University Way
, Newham
, London
, E16 2RD
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
The programme for students who are already qualified in social work or who work with refugees or asylum seekers; the course explores and analyses social change and professional responses in a globalised world and equips students for future local or international practice in their area of work.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON
Hours: Part time
Duration: 6 semesters
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Docklands Campus
, 4-6 University Way
, Newham
, London
, E16 2RD
Opportunities: 1 other date(s) or venue(s) available
The programme for students who are already qualified in social work or who work with refugees or asylum seekers; the course explores and analyses social change and professional responses in a globalised world and equips students for future local or international practice in their area of work.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON
Hours: Part time
Duration: 6 semesters
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Docklands Campus
, 4-6 University Way
, Newham
, London
, E16 2RD
Opportunities: 1 other date(s) or venue(s) available
The programme offers an opportunity for qualified social workers or qualified community development workers from all over the world to share together in learning about social work and community development across the globe; the course content explores and analyses social change and professional responses in a globalised world and equips students for future local or international practice in community development or social work; the emphasis is very much on learning from other countries and cultures.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON
Hours: Full time
Duration: 1 years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Docklands Campus
, 4-6 University Way
, Newham
, London
, E16 2RD
Opportunities: 1 other date(s) or venue(s) available
The course prepares students for careers in social work and those who successfully complete the course are eligible to register with the GSCC as social workers; the course equips students with the necessary knowledge, skills and values to practise as a newly qualified social worker and consists of 200 days structured academic learning and 200 days of learning in practice settings arranged by employers; key aspects of the programme include: A commitment to evidence-based practice; the development of communication skills; exploration of inter-professional working; consideration of all aspects of the assessment, planning, intervention and review of service delivery; knowledge of the law, policy, human growth and development, mental health and disability; all modules are compulsory and there are no electives; teaching and learning opportunities include lectures, seminars, student-led projects, presentations, workshops and self directed study.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
Hours: Full time
Duration: 2 years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Opportunities: 1 other date(s) or venue(s) available
The course prepares students for careers in social work and those who successfully complete the course are eligible to register with the GSCC as social workers; the course equips students with the necessary knowledge, skills and values to practice as a newly qualified social worker; the programme is supported by key agency stakeholders, including Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool Social Service Departments and a range of voluntary sector agencies; health and social care service users and carers are involved in the design and development of the programme.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE
Hours: Part time
Duration: 3 years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Opportunities: 1 other date(s) or venue(s) available
Students gain the skills, confidence and ability to deal with people in a caring and professional manner; to assess situations for change; to write concise and coherent reports; to make convincing presentations (both spoken and written) of ideas; to summarise and present data; to work individually and as part of a team, in producing solutions to problems. Computer literacy is also enhanced. The programme is geared to training and supporting knowledgeable and skilled practitioners, who are aware of the importance of service users, and to giving them a genuine voice and choice in the services available to them. Underpinning all aspects of the training offered on this course is a commitment to ethical and anti-oppressive values. Collectively the knowledge and work-experience secured through the course enables students to use the Code of Practice for Social Care Workers and the British Association of Social Workers Code of Ethics as significant reference points for professional practice. There is a strong emphasis on integrating practice and theory, with the purpose of producing theoretically informed and highly competent practitioners. The curriculum is mapped against 3 sets of guidelines: the Department of Health Requirements for Social Work Training, the Quality Assurance Agency's Benchmark Statements for Social Work and the National Occupational Standards.
Provider: LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY
Hours: Full time
Duration: 2 years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Kingsway House
, Hatton Garden
, Liverpool
, Merseyside
, L3 2AJ
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
The course is open to qualified social workers who wish to update their awareness of developments in social work values, knowledge and skills, and social welfare policies; it is also a flexible and relevant social work Master's degree for international students; it offers a unique opportunity to develop the best of western working practices and to apply these in an effective cross-cultural fashion to the social needs of the student's own country; the course offers critical appreciation of contemporary social welfare policies and understanding of research methods for social work.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
Hours: Part time
Duration: 2 years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: University Park
, Nottingham
, Nottingham
, NG7 2RD
Opportunities: 1 other date(s) or venue(s) available
The aim of the programme is to facilitate graduates to gain knowledge and understanding and application of social work knowledge which will be enhanced and complemented by the students' practice placements to enable them to work with and support families and individuals who have complex needs; a key theme of the programme is to develop and enhance students' ability to critically analyse the values which underpin social work such as social justice, equality and fairness; additionally, students will develop understanding of social policy and current social work legislation and practice skills with the aim of developing critically reflective practitioners who can demonstrate, excellent communication skills, creativity and emotional resilience to deal with the complexities of the social work task.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH
Hours: Full time
Duration: 2 calendar years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Mansion Site
, Bexley Road Eltham
, Bexley
, London
, SE9 2PQ
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
The aim of the programme is to facilitate graduates to gain knowledge and understanding and application of social work knowledge which will be enhanced and complemented by the students' practice placements to enable them to work with and support families and individuals who have complex needs; a key theme of the programme is to develop and enhance students' ability to critically analyse the values which underpin social work such as social justice, equality and fairness; additionally, students will develop understanding of social policy and current social work legislation and practice skills with the aim of developing critically reflective practitioners who can demonstrate, excellent communication skills, creativity and emotional resilience to deal with the complexities of the social work task.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH
Hours: Full time
Duration: 2 years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Mansion Site
, Bexley Road Eltham
, Bexley
, London
, SE9 2PQ
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
This course satisfies both General Social Care Council (GSCC) and academic requirements and thus successful students achieve both a higher degree and a professional qualification in social work; the various aspects of the course are fully integrated and students are encouraged to develop academic and practice skills, plus, from the beginning of their studies, a value and evidence-based approach to the profession; members of the social work teaching team are GSCC-registered social workers and have extensive practice experience with key groups of service users; students spend the 1st term of each year at the university; and the 2nd and 3rd terms (January to July) comprise taught input at the university, as well as 100 days on placement in a variety of professional agencies where learning is supervised and assessed by a suitably experienced practitioner; placement opportunities include statutory settings as well as in private and voluntary agencies; both encompass a wide range of service user groups and offer the opportunity to work in partnership with other relevant professionals; practice learning is structured in recognition of the fact that students may embark on the course with only a limited knowledge of social work practice, but complete it as a professional ready to embrace employment in a range of settings.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE
Hours: Full time
Duration: 2 years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Park Square
, Luton
, Luton
, LU1 3JU
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
Graduates of the course are eligible for registration with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy; years 3 and 4, for eligible social workers, may be taken as an Advanced Award in Social Work.
Provider: UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE
Hours: Part time
Duration: 4 years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: Park Square
, Luton
, Luton
, LU1 3JU
Opportunities: 0 other date(s) or venue(s) available
Research is organised into 4 themes: social divisions and conflict; contemporary social issues and policy; identities, lifestyles and culture; family policy and child welfare.
Provider: QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST
Hours: Part time
Duration: 4 - 6 years
Start Date: 01 September 2023
Venue Location: University Road
, Belfast
, Antrim
, BT7 1NN
Opportunities: 1 other date(s) or venue(s) available
