This course is for the future professionals who can positively address the challenges that health and social care presents. In this 4 years programme, after the first year of the study is undertaken and, once successfully completed, students are then able to progress onto the BSc (Hons) Health & Social Care Three Year programme.
During the course of the study, students will be taught by friendly, knowledgeable, qualified, professional lecturers, who have been employed in either health or social care and are well equipped to help relate the study topics to current policy and practice in the domain. This offers the opportunity to develop core transferable skills and knowledge relevant to health care, social care and public health.
Your learning will help you to develop the knowledge relevant to a productive future in the health and social care sectors.
The Foundation Year in Health and Social Care will help you develop the core transferable skills and knowledge relevant to health care, social care, and public health. You will look at many aspects of Health and Social Care, including life development from birth to older adult, and will consider the influence of external factors such as the environment and policy.
You will develop core skills which are relevant to all Health and Social Care areas, such as record keeping, academic writing and reflective thinking, an understanding of how health and wellness may be measured, learn the use of common measurements of data, and how you can affect the communication of others. To support your development and work-readiness, employability skills as professionalism, effective communication, evaluation of evidence are embedded throughout the Foundation Year with the opportunity to undertake relevant work experience in a Health & Social Care setting.
As part of the BSc programme, students need to undertake a minimum of 70 hours work experience, starting in the Foundation year. Work experience should ideally be undertaken in in a health and social care setting which students have identified for themselves. Where the students cannot identify their own placement, the College will provide support. If a student is already working in a health and social care setting (e.g. Healthcare Assistant etc), then this can count as their work experience and they do not need to look for an additional placement.
Some of the places where students can complete their work experience are:
Probation Services
Youth Offending Team
Health Watch
Various Care and Nursing Homes
NHS and Partnership Foundation Trust/s
Hospitals
Public Health England
Various Food banks
Local Charity organisations such as Dougie Mac, Barnardos etc
Entry Requirements
Successful applicants will typically have 48 UCAS points, made up of Level 3 equivalent qualifications, including A Level and BTEC courses. Additionally, we welcome applications from people with a variety of qualifications, skills and experience. Each application will be assessed on their individual merits.
English Language Requirement
Students are expected to be able to demonstrate English language comprehension at a level equivalent to IELTS (International English Language Testing System) 5.5 to be able to study Foundation Year BSc (Hons.) Health and Social Care.
Tuition Fee
Full-time students enrolling on the course will pay a tuition fee of £9,250 per annum.
For more information, please visit https://www.gov.uk/student-finance. For more information, please contact our student counsellor
Duration And Delivery
The qualification is designed to be delivered over four academic years for full-time study. The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars.
Career Progression
The foundation Year in Health and Social Care is the first year of a four years programme of study. On successful completion of study, the following award: BSc (Hons.) Health and Social Care will be awarded to you.
At the end of the Foundation Year, some students chose to make an application to one of the University’s professional health programmes. Alongside some other essential entry criteria for the professional health courses, the completion of the Foundation Year can often make for a strong application. Courses could include:
• Social Work
• Psychology and Counselling
• Nursing*
• Midwifery*
• Paramedic Science*
* GCSE in Mathematics and English at Grade C (4) or above required
Once graduated, student can seek excellent careers working both in public and private sector, some examples are:
Public Health Specialist/Analyst
Residential Home Manager
Children’s Home Deputy Manager
Social Worker
Adult or Mental Health Nursing or
Research Assistants
Research Postgraduate Qualification.
BSc (Hons) Health and Social care (3 Years)
Entry Requirements Successful applicants will typically have 96 UCAS points, made up of Level 3 equivalent qualifications, including A Level and BTEC courses. Additionally, we welcome applications from people with a variety of qualifications, skills and experience. Each application will be assessed on their individual merits. English Language Requirement Students are expected to be able to demonstrate English language comprehension at a level equivalent to IELTS (International English Language Testing System) 5.5 to be able to study BSc (Hons.) Health and Social Care. The expectation of IELTS 5.5 (Reading and Writing must be at 5.5) applies to all students recruited to Foundation Year of the course. All students seeking admission (including EU and Overseas) are asked to provide/undertake one of the following: Evidence that their command of spoken and written English is at IELTS 5.5 (or equivalent) adequate for the programme of study for which they have applied. The expectation can also be met using other English language tests such as Pearson PTE, NCFE, City & Guilds, Cambridge and ESOL etc./li> Initial assessment of ICT & Maths as well as English at level 2
Duration And Delivery The qualification is designed to be delivered over three academic years for full-time study. The qualification is delivered face-to-face, through lectures, tutorials, seminars.
Career Progression On successful completion of study, the following award: BSc (Hons.) Health and Social Care will be awarded to you. Once graduated, student can seek excellent careers working both in public and private sector, some examples are: Public Health Specialist/Analyst Residential Home Manager Children’s Home Deputy Manager Social Worker Adult or Mental Health Nursing or Research Assistants Research Postgraduate Qualification.