Be a pillar of support to the next generation of learners. Our Health and Social Care Top-Up Degree will develop your professional skills allowing you to apply theory to practice. Our work-focused approach means that you’ll leave with an academic qualification as well as vital industry experience. Ready to transform lives? Ideal for anyone pursuing a care career, our Health and Social Care Top-up Degree reflects the changing requirements of those working in the health and social care sector. You will combine academic study with practical application, providing you with a comprehensive understanding of health and social care. You will critically reflect practice issues, identifying care challenges and how to overcome them and will work towards a higher level of practice as you identify your specialism. You will study emerging legislation, exploring the impact of this upon the sector. You will also shape your learning through research and complete a dissertation on a topic of your choice. We place a heavy emphasis on employability so you’ll apply your acquired knowledge in a practical context. Full-time students will attend a work placement 10 to 12 hours a week alongside studies, ensuring the best chance of success in the health and social care sector.

Modules may include: Research Methods Critical Reflection on Practice Issues Specialist Provision in Health and Social Care Contemporary Discourse Dissertation

You will be assessed in a variety of ways to help you to develop a range of transferrable skills, which are useful to employment. Students are able to apply theory to practice within the assignments to develop analytical thinking. Each module has at least one piece of assessed work within it. We use a variety of methods of assessment such as: Reports Presentations Debates Work based projects Dissertation

Professional Bodies are not listed for this Course.

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: 8P37

Institution code: L21

Campus Name: University Centre

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

The award adopts Leeds City Colleges admissions policy and criteria. This course has minimum entry requirements of Foundation Degree in a relevant subject e.g. Social Care (Adult and Community), Health and Wellbeing or similar, with an average grade of 55%, a relevant HND or OU qualification, together with a GCSE at grade C in English. Students for part time study will need to be working in the sector and full time students will need 10-12 hours per week, work related experience (paid or voluntary)on-going throughout their study. International qualifications will be assessed against these criteria. Speakers of other languages will need to possess an IELTS band score of 6.0 (with no-less than 5.5 in any one element) or a recognised English Level 2 qualification. As work related learning is an integral part of the course, a condition of students being accepted onto the course will be the requirement for them to complete the Disclosure and Barring Service process (DBS) prior to commencement on course. The course structure actively supports claims for Accreditation of Prior Certificated Learning. All applicants will be interviewed to assess their suitability for this programme of study and may be asked to provide evidence to support their application.

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English Language Entry Requirement Information are not listed for this Course.

Student satisfaction : 42%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 0%

Go onto work and study: 0%

England	7950.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	7950.0	Year 1
Scotland	7950.0	Year 1
Wales	7950.0	Year 1

Fees are charged per academic year. As part of this course, you will be required to have an enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check and will be expected to pay any fees associated with this. Fees are estimated to be around £60.

University Centre Leeds
Park Lane
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Leeds
LS3 1AA