Course overview
This full-time programme is delivered over three days (including placement) and is a foundation degree for health and social care practitioners.
Level 4 modules:
- Learning to Learn
- Developing Effective Care Practice
- Maintaining the Safety of Vulnerable People and Staff in Care Settings
- The Psychosocial Context of Care
- Carry out 150 placement hours in a healthcare or social care setting. Students are responsible for arranging their own placements.
Level 5 modules:
- Applying Effective Care Practice
- Principles of Public Health & Wellbeing
- Understanding Evidence-Based Practice
- Social Care and Support for Individuals with Specific Needs
- Carry out 150 placement hours in a healthcare or social care related setting. Students are responsible for arranging their own placements.
Course information
You can progress onto a range of health and social care programmes determined by students’ own area of interest. Progression on to the final year of the degree programme (Level 6 Top-Up) or employment within health and social care, particularly management roles or an associate practitioner.
Be 18 years old or over by 31 December in the first year of study
Have a level 4 Health and Social Care qualification
Have some experience working in the sector
Have an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
Attend an interview.
The programme is assessed through course work which includes essays, reports, case studies, research reports, portfolio work and placement based assessment.
Apply now for this course at https://www.tees.ac.uk/undergraduate_courses/Nursing_Midwifery_&_Health_Professions/FdSc_Health_Wellbeing_and_Social_Support.cfm
Learning will be classroom based with a variety of lectures, electronic resources, group work, presentations and portfolio requirements.
