Health and Social Care

This module follows the life course and considers the factors that impact upon health and social well-being. The module is taught by academics, practitioners and people who use health and social care services.

This module provides opportunities to develop those critical interpersonal skills in communication needed when working with people using services, with colleagues, and across the health and social care professions. This module will help students to reflect on their learning experiences, build upon them and work on the skills for successful academic study and employment.

In this module you will develop an understanding of ethical issues in health and social care by examining the development and impact of personal and professional values on practice. You will also be introduced to the importance of evidence informed practice and the key skills and knowledge of the research process to support literature searching and reviewing for academic learning. 

This module examines the structure of health and social care services and its relation to the policy, legislative and economic contexts, social policy and people and communities. This module introduces you to the concepts of risk and safeguarding as an example of policy that guides practice, and encourages you to explore these concepts. 

This module provides opportunities to engage with external organisations enabling you to develop and reflect upon employability skills that are crucial in the health and social care sector. 

This module will explore the relevance of theoretical frameworks for care contexts. Developing skills and knowledge of the research process, you will develop understanding of literature searching and reviewing, qualitative and quantitative research methods and methodologies. 

This module will give you the opportunity to apply theoretical perspectives to understand lived experience of a societal issue. This is a core module but one that allows you to select a societal issue to explore in depth from options provided on the basis of topical issues, developments in the sector, and research which draw on expertise in the department. Examples of topics offered might include criminal justice, disability, learning disability, assistive technologies, asylum seeking or substance use. Theoretical perspectives recognising global, social and cultural factors will be examined and applied to the chosen topic area. 

This module examines how community-based services deliver care. The module will include visits to spaces and agencies where services are co-produced and delivered, raising awareness of different employment settings.

This module explores the concepts, policies & practices of mental health and wellbeing. Current issues & strategies of MHWB will be considered when working with others and self in developing positive MHWB & resilience.

This module explores changes and challenges in the lives of children, young people and families. Framed by a social science perspective, it considers varied life events and how family life is much richer than policy makers might assume.

This module examines concepts and models of leadership in health and social care. Active development of an innovative approach to the delivery of a health and social care service will help increase your awareness and articulation of employability skills for job applications.

This module explores working with individuals, families and communities from strength based approaches. This will take an interdisciplinary stance to enable students to apply theories and concepts across integrated care sectors.

This module provides a framework for you to specialise in an area of study and engage in a small scale literature review, research or work-based project.

This module explores current issues of relevance to & about adults in society, by examining the experiences & needs of a diverse adult population from cultural, sociological, psychological & health perspectives in adult health & social care.