Health & Social Care

Why choose Health & Social Care?

Our courses combine work or placements with lectures so that students can use what they have learnt in their work place or placements. We also invite employers into our lectures to share current sector information and enhance students’ experience of contemporary practice. Our staff offer years of experience, a breadth of relevant industry-related experience and many have or are working towards a Masters Degree. If you do not have the required A Level grades for any of our Health and Social care courses. You can find out about our Access to Higher Education courses (page 32).

Career opportunities:

Community Carer Counsellor Health Care Manager Midwife Nurse Residential Manager Social Worker Youth Worker

Counselling

Level 4 & 5 Foundation Degree (FdA)

Overview

If you want to gain a professional qualification which enables you to practise as a counsellor in a number of settings, or you would like to enhance your current employment role with qualified counsellor status then this is the course for you.

What you’ll learn

Within a core range of modules with content including: Counselling relationships BACP/NCS ethical framework Online/face-to-face counselling skills Creative approaches to counselling Theoretical approaches Application to practice Personal development Humanistic approaches: gestalt, transactional analysis, psychosynthesis and existential approaches Solution-focused therapy Professional practice Human development Working with loss and grief Evidence-based practice and research Mental health in a counselling context Supervision, professional and reflective

Delivery method

Through a mixture of practical work, presentations, group work, coursework and placements (30 hours counselling skills placement Level 4, 100 hours Trainee Counsellor Level 5).

Full time UCAS code YA3M

Part time Course code HBP 1145C01-1

Where it can take you

On successful completion of this course you may be able to top-up your qualification to a BA (Hons) degree at City of Bristol College or elsewhere. Alternatively, you may work as a qualified counsellor with an agency, employer or in private practice, or use your qualified counsellor status in another professional role.

Course duration

2 years full-time 3 years part-time

Where you’ll study

Ashley Down Centre

Entry requirements

Students usually need one or more of the following: 56 UCAS points Access to Higher Education Diploma Satisfactory DBS clearance A Level 3 or equivalent qualification A minimum of Level 2 Certificate in

Counselling Skills DBS clearance (approx £55) You’ll need to be prepared for an interview.

Fees Full-time

Year 1 £6000, Year 2 £6000

Part-time

Year 1 £4000, Year 2 £4000, Year 3 £4000

Additional Costs

Students are required to undergo a counselling session which varies in cost: £20 - £50 Approved by: University of Plymouth

How to apply

Full time: Apply through UCAS Part time: Apply through City of Bristol College

Counselling Top-Up Year

Level 6 BA (Hons)

Overview

This BA (Hons) degree builds on existing Counselling training at Foundation degree/diploma level to provide an academic topup qualification and to continue professional development.

This programme will equip you with contemporary counselling knowledge, theory and skills and the ability to critically reflect on counselling texts, research, ideas and practice. The experience of conducting research will equip students to work alongside other graduate professionals.

What you’ll learn

This course is built upon the curriculum design of the FdA Counselling offered at City of Bristol College. It offers you the opportunity to expand the knowledge you acquired at Level 5.

During the course, you will engage with critical contemporary counselling issues, including: Managing sustainable delivery Teamwork and collaborative practice Responding to vulnerability and crisis Working with eco-anxiety Developing transcultural competencies

The course covers counselling research, collaborative practice, leadership, coaching and mentoring. Modules will include: Collaborative practice:

Identifying and working with counselling stakeholders Research dissertation Leadership in a counselling setting Counselling within a contemporary context: working with culture, diversity and difference Coaching and mentoring

Delivery method

This course will run one day a week for one academic year through lectures, seminars, online and virtual learning platforms, collaborative study, critical reading, evaluations, independent study, workshops and guest speakers.

You will be assessed through reports, presentations, simulated coaching/ mentoring sessions, case studies and a dissertation.

Where it can take you

Once you have completed this course you will hold a full university-level degree and may wish to undertake further study at Level 7 (including through a Master’s degree) at a number of educational institutions. Alternatively, you would be able to seek job opportunities in a variety of healthcare and counselling settings.

UCAS code YA4M

Full time

How to apply

Apply through UCAS

Course duration

1 year full-time

Where you’ll study

Ashley Down Centre

Entry requirements

Entry to this programme is through UCAS and you will need 240 credits. All applicants must have: GCSEs (or equivalent) in maths and

English at Grade 4 (C) or above. A Foundation degree in Counselling or a related subject, or achieved 120

Level 4 credits and 120 Level 5 (or higher) credits in related subjects.

You’ll need to be prepared for an interview.

Fees £6000

Additional costs

Students are required to undergo a counselling session which varies in cost: £20 - £50 Approved by: University of Plymouth

Health & Social Care Practice

Level 4 & 5 Foundation Degree (FdSc)

Overview

If you work in health and social care, investing in your professional development can be a powerful way to move your career forward. Getting a better understanding of service user or patient conditions, and learning how best to improve their care, will put you in a much stronger position to progress. So, if you’re looking for your next step and currently work within the NHS or another health or social care provider, and are employed in the industry then this could be the course for you.

Students have to be employed in one of the following areas and have someone suitable, able and willing in their work place to assess their practice.

What you’ll learn

Modules you could study include: Essentials of health and disease Foundations of practice / extending practice Holistic approaches to care Person-centred practice Leadership for quality enhancement in practice Research methodology and methods Working effectively with long term condition Foundations of assessment Evidencing of work-based learning

Delivery method

Through a mixture of practical work, presentations, group work and coursework.

Where it can take you

It may help you to work as a Band 4 Practitioner with some employers or progress to the second year of a nursing course. This course could also enable you to join the final year of a degree course e.g. BA (Hons) Health & Social Care Management.

The programme structure has been changed to make it compatible with the new BSc (Hons) Nursing (Future Nurse) course.

More information will be available at interview or by contacting the college.

How to apply

Apply through UCAS

UCAS code

L510

Course duration 2 years full-time

Where you’ll study Ashley Down Centre

Entry requirements

You will need to be employed by a health or social care provider and will usually need one or more of the following: 48 UCAS points Advanced Level Diploma in a related subject Level 3 Health and Social Care course BTEC National Certificate/Diploma or HNC/D in a related subject VDA: AGNVQ, AVCE, AVS in a related subject Level 2 Functional Skills in English and maths 3 GCSEs 9 - 4 or equivalent including English, maths and science Access to Higher Education Diploma

If you do not have the other formal qualifications or meet the normal entry requirements, but can demonstrate relevant work and a substantial amount of experience and commitment to this area, we will consider your application.

You’ll need to be prepared for an interview.

Fees

Year 1 £6000, Year 2 £6000

Accredited by:

University of the West of England

Health & Social Care Management

Level 6 BA (Hons), top-up year

Overview

This course provides an insight into health and social care design, infrastructure, teams and delivery while giving you the means to interrogate theoretical models and develop practical leadership and management skills.

What you’ll learn

You will study a variety of modules as an introduction to a range of health and social care administration and management models and practices. Also you will study general health and social care concepts, as well as key transferable personal development and communication skills.

Level 6 modules include: Leadership in health and social care Coaching for performance Widening participation: identifying and working with community stakeholders Employability Dissertation

Delivery method

Through a mixture of practical work, presentations, group work and coursework.

How to apply

Apply through UCAS

Where it can take you

You will be well placed to apply for jobs in charitable organisations, the NHS and in the private health and social care sector. If you wanted to progress your studies further you may be able to apply for a PGCE or a Master’s degree in, for example social work, health and social care policy and management, as well as in health and social care administration.

Course duration

1 year top-up

Where you’ll study

Ashley Down Centre

Entry requirements

Students usually need one or more of the following: 5 GCSEs required at grade 4 or above including maths and English To meet the initial entry requirements for Year 3 at Level 6 you will need 120 Level 5 and 120 Level 4 credits from previous study in a related field. This could be a Foundation Degree, HND or similar.

You’ll need to be prepared for an interview.

Fees

Year 1 £6000 Validated by: University of Plymouth

UCAS code L500

Health Professions

Foundation Year / Year 0

Overview

Starting with a year’s foundation is a way to build your knowledge of health topics, science and research, so that you can then progress onto a degree programme and take your career forward. The foundation programme for Health Professions is year zero of selected degree courses in the Allied Health Professions and Nursing and Midwifery departments.

If you do not have formal qualifications or meet the normal entry requirements, but can demonstrate relevant work experience and commitment to this area, we will consider your application.

Spend a year getting a solid grounding in science and healthcarerelated topics on this springboard into higher education.

What you’ll learn

You will study a mix of subjects that will prepare you to progress onto your chosen degree course. They could include: Combined science (physics and chemistry) Foundation human biology Human anatomy and Physiology Psychology Social sciences Research methods Maths English / communication skills Introduction to evidence in practice Study skills

Delivery method

Through a mixture of practical work, presentations, group work and coursework.

Where it can take you

There are nine pathways through the foundation programme. After successful completion of the course and a health screening questionnaire you can progress you onto a variety of undergraduate degrees (BSc (Hons)) in Nursing (Adult, Child, Learning Disabilities and Mental Health), Midwifery, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Radiography and Oncology, Diagnostic Radiotherapy, Sport Rehabilitation.Successful completion of the BSc makes you eligible to apply for Professional registration.

Course duration

1 year full-time

Where you’ll study

Ashley Down Centre & UWE Glenside campus

Entry requirements

No formal entry requirements Satisfactory DBS clearance

You’ll need to be prepared for an interview.

Fees

Year 1 £8645 (paid to UWE)

In association with:

University of the West of England

How to apply

Apply to UWE via UCAS

UCAS code

B900