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University of Bolton, why we are the right choice
Location - Bolton, Greater Manchester
The FdA in Health and Social Care is your opportunity to take big professional and academic leaps toward helping improve the day-to-day lives of vulnerable people. With access to excellent facilities, you can gain the skills, knowledge and understanding you'll need to embark on a genuinely rewarding career in this sector.
Award:
FdA
Mode of Study:
Full-time
Duration:
2 years
Location:
University of Bolton
UCAS code:
L510
Start date:
To be confirmed
The health and social care sector is vast. The University of Bolton's FdA Health and Social Care provides an opportunity to develop the values, skills, and knowledge essential to good health and social care practices in the UK. These can support your initial development in providing support for people of all ages and walks of life who have disabilities, mental health issues or are vulnerable in other ways.
The course is linked closely to the UK government's health and social care agendas, so you'll experience a current and carefully considered balance of policy, practice and academic training. Join us as we explore the principles of care, care planning and delivery, the ethical aspects of care, and areas such as health promotion and safeguarding, among many more – with learning that focuses on the workplace environment.
We'll support you every step as you learn how to collaborate across professional boundaries, use evidence to support your professional decision-making, and enhance your understanding of critical health and social care issues.
Our focus is on helping you become a knowledgeable, compassionate, and person-centred care professional.
Where changes are made to material information contained in this course description or a decision is taken to suspend a course between the offer of admissions and enrolment, we will inform applicants at the earliest possible opportunity and will outline the various options available to the applicant.
The University of Bolton's FdA Health and Social Care is ideal if you wish to further your career in health and social care services. It provides an excellent platform for various roles in care homes, residential homes, voluntary organisations, special schools and agencies providing domiciliary care.
Some key transferable skills offered by this course include communication, teamwork, negotiation, presenting ideas and arguments, working independently, and reflecting on and reviewing progress.
As a graduate, you'll be able to use your health and social care skills to seek employment in the youth justice system, NHS trusts, private hospitals, children's services, social services, family centres, and children's homes. You might also find work in the voluntary sector or with medical charities and not-for-profit organisations.
Further academic studies and professional training in numerous fields such as social work, teaching and allied health professions are possible future options.
Graduates can also progress to the final year of the BA (Hons) Health and Social Care offered by the University of Bolton.
Graduates can also use the qualification to enter a range of other careers. For some of these roles, relevant experience and/or postgraduate study may be required. Some of these careers include:
As an international student you are not allowed to study this course because of the restrictions on your visa.
We offer a wide range of full-time courses in lots of different subjects, many of our courses start in September and January. If you would like to see what courses are available please visit our Course Search.
Important note regarding tuition fees for the 2020-2021 academic year: EU nationals who meet residency requirements (have settled or pre-settled status) may be eligible for 'Home' fee status. If you do not meet these residency requirements, overseas fees will apply. Irish citizens living in the UK or Ireland will be eligible for 'Home' fee status under the Common Travel Area arrangement. Please read the student finance for EU students web page on www.gov.uk for information.
The fees for a student's course of study will be set for the normal duration of that course subject only to inflationary increases – measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) recorded in March each year to take effect for subsequent start dates.
For 2020-2021 entry, the maximum government approved undergraduate tuition fee for UK students is £9,250 per year. The University is able to charge this fee subject to an approved Access and Participation Plan for 2020-2021 and its current rating in the Teaching Excellence Framework.
For details of how to apply for this course, please choose your status from the options below:
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We use various learning, teaching and assessment methods to make this course as engaging and beneficial as possible. These help you gain the skills, knowledge and competencies you need for a successful career in health and social care. We also support you in developing the values and attitudes essential to good health and social care practice. Learning focuses on the workplace environment.
Lectures introduce the course content. To complement these, seminars and group-based activities allow you to explore subjects, policies and practices in greater detail. Tutorials help to clarify your understanding of the topics we cover in lectures and seminars. At the same time, we use case studies, practical scenarios and role-playing to help you apply your newly acquired knowledge and theory to real-life problems. These activities help you gain valuable insights into health and social care practice.
You'll also have the chance to develop your practical skills in our clinical skills laboratory. We'll also encourage you to use our extensive online learning resources to support your self-directed learning. In addition, we offer masterclasses with practitioners from the health and social care sector, plus insightful sessions with guest speakers who either provide or use health and social care services.
Our assessment methods reflect what you may be required to do in a health and social care setting. For example, we require you to submit written reports, give presentations, develop your practice portfolio, analyse care plans, review relevant literature, analyse complex cases, and discuss managing change. We also expect you to write essays and reflective accounts, take practical and written tests, and play an active part in group discussions. Some assessments contribute to your final module marks, while others help you identify your strengths and weaknesses and where you can seek extra support from course tutors.
The modules listed below may be a mixture of compulsory and optional. You may not have the opportunity to study all the modules shown as part of the course.
Level | Assesment method |
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Level one | Coursework 95%, Practical exams 5% |
Level two | Coursework 100% |
Level | Learning activity |
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Level one | Guided independent study 29%, Placement/study abroad 50%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 21% |
Level two | Guided independent study 29%, Placement/study abroad 50%, Scheduled learning and teaching activities 21% |
Disclaimer
The university will use all reasonable endeavours to deliver your course as described in its published material and the programme specification for the academic year in which you begin your course. The university considers changes to courses very carefully and the university will minimise any changes. Please be aware that our courses are subject to review on an ongoing basis and changes may be necessary due to legitimate staffing, financial, regulatory and academic reasons. The content of course modules and mode of associated assessments may be updated on an annual basis. This is to ensure that all modules are up-to-date and responsive to employment and sector needs. The published course material and the programme specification contain indicative ‘optional modules’ that may be subject to change due to circumstances outside of our control. For this reason, we cannot guarantee to run any specific optional module.
The academic staff detailed above teach across a range of courses in this subject area and may not teach on this course specifically.
A.Beard@bolton.ac.uk
+44 (0)1204 903843
A.Morris@bolton.ac.uk
+44 (0)1204 903915
enquiries@bolton.ac.uk
+44 (0)1204 903903
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