Ready for a rewarding career using play specialism to support sick children? This course will provide you with all of the knowledge needed to use play to aid with children’s cognitive understanding and to minimise trauma. Healthcare play specialists can gain progressional registration with Hospital Play Staff Education Trust (HPSET). Blending theoretical knowledge, practical experience and reflective practice, our foundation degree will teach you to effectively use play as a therapeutic tool in hospitals, the community and home-based settings. Our extensive support and specialist mentoring will prepare you for a challenging yet rewarding career. You will gain a broad understanding of play and recreation as well as relevant policies. In addition, you will explore child development while learning how to enhance resilience in children and young people among other important topics relevant to this field of study.

Modules may include: Level 4: - SEARCH for Health - Using evidence in Health & Social Care - Children and Young People: Policy and Practice - Play and Recreation - Child Development - Reflective Skills & Practice Assessment Level 5: - Children and Young People: Leadership and Management - Health in Children and Young People - The Child, Family and Society - Enhancing Resilience in Children and Young People - Investigating Resources and Practice Assessment

Assessment will be through a combination of work based tasks to assess competencies, presentations and assignments. During the first year students will sit a multiple choice exam and during the second year they will sit a written exam answering questions related to a set case study.

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Institution code: L21

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Year 1

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It is expected that all candidates for The Foundation Degree will have achieved a minimum of a pass at a level 3 qualification in Early Years or a related field with two years work experience. An example of a level 3 qualification would be BTEC or CACHE Diploma. Candidates will also need to be able to demonstrate/evidence of Literacy and Numeracy Skills at Level 2.

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Student satisfaction : 42%

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England	3975.0	Year 1
Northern Ireland	3975.0	Year 1
Scotland	3975.0	Year 1
Wales	3975.0	Year 1

Fees are charged per academic year. A fee will be required to register as a Healthcare Play Specialist with HPSET on successful completion of the course. New registrants do not have to pay a re-registration fee in the year following graduation because their first fee payment is covered by the £100 indexation fee which is paid at the start of the course. Thereafter, all registrants need to renew their registration annually by submitting the online renewal form and paying a fee of £30.00. Please note students will need to hold a live enhanced DBS which may incur costs.

University Centre Leeds
Park Lane
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Leeds
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