Health and Social Care (W69)

Health and social care professionals at all levels need to be proactive and flexible to succeed. This diploma develops your critical understanding of health and social care policy, theory, and practice, which is essential in today's fast-changing care sector. Through your studies, you’ll develop the skills you need for effective practice in a diverse, multidisciplinary environment. You’ll also gain an understanding of how ethical, legal, social, economic and political factors influence the provision and development of services and be equipped to apply this knowledge in professional practice.

Key features of the course

• Applies new ideas to real-life issues and situations that affect us all

• Helps you to develop as an independent and reflective learner

• Explores the context and processes of change

• Examines new ways of working across agency and professional boundaries

Course Modules

This health and social care diploma has two stages, each comprising 120 credits.

In Stage 1, you’ll study a 60-credit module that introduces the experience of giving and receiving care across a range of settings, including family, community and residential environments. You’ll also choose one further 60 credit module from a range of options that reflect your interests, such as childhood studies, wellbeing across the lifecourse or social care practice.

In Stage 2, you’ll study a 60-credit module that explores critical issues in health and social care in greater depth and develops skills to support both your studies and professional practice. You’ll also choose one further 60 credit module from a range of options focusing on specific areas of health and social care practice.