Foundation Degree
If you’re aspiring to a career in health and social care and want to gain practical experience while developing your knowledge, then this course is ideal.
The programme has been developed in close and continuing partnership with employers to ensure its currency, fitness for purpose and your employability.
The need for services that provide care for older people is growing as the population ages and there is continued need for community based, hospital or residential care for people with a physical disability or long term health conditions.
This course will enable you to secure employment in such areas and will begin the process of equipping you for positions of leadership in roles that transcend the traditional boundaries between healthcare and social care.
The strength of this course is in how the curriculum and tutoring draw upon the knowledge and skills of healthcare and social care and the integration of theory and practice. You’ll be studying alongside people with a wide range of experience and your tutors are all professionally qualified.
You’ll learn how to plan and implement good practice in care and understand the implications of the ever-changing legal and policy context. You will learn to become a reflective practitioner, able to use your knowledge of health and social conditions, human growth and behaviour to implement evidence based innovations.
The course is delivered on one very full day of learning activity each week and requires concurrent paid or voluntary work or a placement. Success on the course will provide a CV packed with experience as well as graduate ability.
Some of our modules
- Care of People with Long Term Conditions
- Supporting Vulnerable People
- Essential Care Skills
- Caring for Older People
- Mental Health
- Mentoring, Coaching and Supervision
Benefits
- strong emphasis on work-based learning and assessment
- employer engagement with the design and delivery of the course and modules
- study support for applicants returning to education
Career paths
- healthcare trusts — assistant practitioners
- local authorities — care managers and direct payment workers
- voluntary, independent and private sectors — senior assistants and managers
Are there any placements for this course?
Concurrent placements or paid work of a minimum of 60 days
How will the course be assessed?
Assessment will include coursework, work-based projects, direct observations of practice and portfolios.
Entry requirements
- points for foundation degree: 120 using the UCAS Tariff system
- employer support if employed and placement if not employed
- applicants will need a satisfactory enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure obtained through the University of Gloucestershire
Location
Francis Close Hall