BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care Bachelor's degree at Huddersfield

The module will introduce you to relevant English legislation and social policy underpinning health and social care practice. You'll cover topics including economic and political context of law and social policy, legislation and policy that applies to health and social care practice, the criminal justice system, work with children and families (including risk and safeguarding issues), work with adults (including risk and safeguarding issues), human rights and the political impact and influence u

This module introduces you to sociological and psychological theories that can help us to understand people's lives and circumstances. You'll have the opportunity to develop your understanding of these approaches and consider the ways in which they impact upon professional practice in a range of social care settings.

This module helps you to develop the key skills required for undergraduate study, professional development and life-long learning. You'll have the opportunity to develop autonomy in planning, managing and evaluating your own learning through discussions and debates in seminars. You'll be introduced to theories methods and techniques to enable you to develop your reflective practice and enable you to begin to examine your progress as a professional.

You'll have the opportunity to develop an understanding of what it is like to be a service user or a carer in today's society. Your understanding of particular groups will be supported through a series of sessions delivered by service users, service providers and carers.

This module introduces you to a number of the methods used to assess communities and their needs. You'll consider and appraise needs assessments, community audits and community profiles as methods of assessing community needs and assets. You'll also consider ways in which a community can organise and participate in such assessments. There will also be consideration of the ethics of such assessment.

In this module you'll consider the context of health and social care practice and how you can take responsibility for your career development. You'll explore issues related to defining and understanding leadership, theoretical approaches to leadership and the application of leadership theory to diverse community settings. You'll explore the wider context of health and social care practice, and gain an understanding of ethics, power, culture, diversity and values.

You'll be introduced to key issues in research, exploring a range of research designs and examining the concepts of reliability, validity, trustworthiness and ethics at different stages of the research process. This module will help you to develop the necessary skills to understand and undertake research projects, and to engage with, use and critique published research.

In this module you'll examine human development across the life course and look at how professionals intervene in order to support people during these changes. This involves looking at some of the contemporary approaches that social work and social care professionals use that support individuals and families. You'll be encouraged to critically consider how methods of intervention can be applied in practice. This module will help to prepare you for how you can work with people when you are on you

You'll be encouraged to critically explore the underpinning theory and methods of assessment, which will enable you to develop the ability to hypothesise, assess and analyse situations. You'll also be supported to learn how to construct support plans and explore ways of assessing children, families and adults.

This module introduces you to a critical understanding of health and social development from a global perspective. You'll explore key concepts including globalisation, citizenship, social exclusion and inclusion and how they influence the health of individuals, groups and communities.

This module provides you with the opportunity to gain suitable work experience in an industry placement of your choice and develop an understanding of the core purpose and management of your chosen organisation. You'll be expected to identify, develop and maintain a role as a working member of the team, appreciating the rights and responsibilities of yourself and the organisation.

This module will provide the opportunity for you to examine the complexity of the relationship between legislation, health and social care, and social work practice. You'll have the chance to enhance your knowledge of a wide range of professional social work laws and examine how legislation sets the boundaries for social work practice.

This module introduces two approaches that underpin much of current social care and social work policy and practice in the UK; Think Family and Strength Based approaches. You'll be encouraged to develop your awareness, knowledge and understanding of the importance of practitioners taking account of the wider family circumstances, needs and responsibilities when working with an individual adult or child and when developing services within a community. You'll be supported to develop a systematic u

In this module you'll consider contemporary British society in relation to issues of race, ethnicity and difference. You'll explore the extent to which race and ethnicity continue to shape contemporary society, in relation to education, health, employment, government policies and popular culture such as films and music.