Social care in Scotland is increasingly multidisciplinary and community focused – requiring a skilled, adaptable workforce to deliver high quality services. This diploma will deepen your understanding of social care and social work, and develop the knowledge and skills you need to support vulnerable adults and children effectively in multiple settings. It places a strong emphasis on working across professional boundaries, with service users firmly at the centre. **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 and new ways of working across agency and professional boundaries - Builds a solid foundation for further study

This qualification has two stages, each comprising 120 credits. You’ll start Stage 1 with a 60-credit module introducing health and social care followed by another 60-credit module, which explores the ideas and ways of working with people that underpins social work practice with a range of different service user groups. Next, in Stage 2, you can choose from a variety of modules to complete your diploma, with a choice of subject areas including adult health and social care; mental health; end-of-life care; dementia care; the law and social work; and working with children and young people.

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There are no formal entry requirements to study this diploma, but you need to be working in or have access to a social care agency – for example, through voluntary work.

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