Health and Social Care Foundation Degree
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This highly flexible Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care is designed and delivered in partnership with local employers and provides an exciting opportunity for staff working in health and social care settings to gain new knowledge and skills. Our aim is to develop your knowledge and skills, which will enhance your role within care and enable you to document the evidence of the learning experience for your own career development.
The programme is primarily aimed at care workers who are taking on new roles such as assistant practitioners, associate practitioners or team leaders who have already achieved a level of responsibility, but who want to consolidate that with evidence of new k…
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This highly flexible Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care
is designed and delivered in partnership with local employers and
provides an exciting opportunity for staff working in health and
social care settings to gain new knowledge and skills. Our aim is
to develop your knowledge and skills, which will enhance your role
within care and enable you to document the evidence of the learning
experience for your own career development.
The programme is primarily aimed at care workers who are taking on
new roles such as assistant practitioners, associate practitioners
or team leaders who have already achieved a level of
responsibility, but who want to consolidate that with evidence of
new knowledge and skills to enhance their practice. It is, however,
open to all who are interested in exploring new aspects of health
and social care and who are in employment in a relevant place of
work. Limited study places may be available for applicants who are
currently not in employment.
Upon successful completion you will be awarded a Foundation Degree
(Science) in Health and Social Care from Oxford Brookes
University.
Please note that as programmes are reviewed regularly, the
module list may vary from that shown here:
Level 4
• Study Skills for Foundation Degrees
• Work-based Learning 1
• Science for Health and Social Care
• Applied Social Science
• Specialist Skills for Care - Therapeutic Caring 1
• Work-based Learning 2
Level 5
• Social Policy and Welfare Systems
• Specialist Skills for Care - Therapeutic Caring 2
• Work-based Learning 3
• Applying Evidence to Practice
• Legal and Ethical Issues for Care
• Work-based Learning 4
Teaching and learning experience
Throughout the programme, you will:
• Participate in lectures, seminars and workshops which will
develop your knowledge and understanding of issues related to your
role in the health and care environment
• Work in groups to examine and discuss issues
• Compile portfolios
• Work with a wide range of practical resources, including
appropriate computer hardware and software, and
• Undertake projects to benefit your own professional
development
The programme consists of units of study called modules. Your
taught sessions will contain core content and you will also have
the opportunity to customise your ‘pathway’ during the programme.
With the support of your tutors, you will be able to identify
work-based learning outcomes that reflect and respond to your
individual role and employment needs.
You will attend classes that include:
• study skills
• science for health and social care
• social and welfare systems
• legal and ethical aspects of care
• research and evidence
Teaching will mainly be undertaken in seminars and we encourage
student participation. You will also have the opportunity to use
our well-equipped clinical skills suites to learn new skills and
work alongside other health and social care students.
In addition, you will learn through your own workplace, supported
by a supervisor and work-based learning team. The focus of your
learning in the workplace will be professional skills specific to
your individual role and the completion of a personal
portfolio.
Resources
You will be provided with a suitably equipped place to work when
attending College that will include access to specialist staff, IT
facilities and other learning resources which will be appropriate
for the nature of work you will be required to undertake.
Additionally, the College offers a wide range of other resources
and facilities including additional learning support, which will be
available to you, further details of which can found in the Higher
Education Student Handbook.
As well as being enrolled at City of Oxford College you will also
be enrolled with Oxford Brookes University and so will benefit from
the same facilities and services as on campus students. These
include: use of Brookes’ libraries, Centre for Sport and Students’
Union, study support and mentoring and professional advice and
information from Brookes’ Career and Employment Centre.
Study support
If you do not have a recognised disability or specific learning
difficulty, but feel that you require additional support with your
studies, you may be eligible to access some discrete sessions in
one of the following areas:
• Assistive software training
• IT upskilling
• Essay planning and structure
• Proof reading and editing written work
• Bibliographies and referencing
• Time management and personal organisation
• Revision and exam tips
• Presentation techniques
N.B. Your eligibility for any of the above support will be reviewed
with your course tutors and a member of the study support team on
your campus.
This highly flexible foundation degree is ideal for local NHS
Trust secondees, who have the support of their managers to
undertake the programme, and are Assistant Practitioner Trainees,
or health care and social care workers who do not hold a
registration in health or social care. There may also be a limited
number of places available to applicants who are currently not in
employment.
The programme combines both classroom study and work-based
learning, and is delivered in partnership with local health and
social care employers.
Note: This Foundation degree does not award a registration in
health and social care.
Assessment methods
The modules are delivered through a variety of techniques to suit
all learning styles. The teaching and learning strategies will
include: practical sessions, workshop programmes, presentations,
student-led seminars and peer criticisms.
The assessment you undergo will be both formative and
summative:
Formative - designed to provide you with feedback on your progress
and inform you of your ongoing development. Formative assessments,
such as in-class discussions, presentations, activities, do not
form part of your grade. You will receive verbal and/or written
feedback after the formative assessments and it is very important
that you reflect on both the feedback and your performance at the
formative stage.
Summative - designed to provide a measure of your achievement in
respect of your performance in relation to the intended learning
outcomes of your programme of study. Summative marks help to
indicate your performance for the whole module and will determine
your progression on the course.
Students will normally be in employment and must be able to
continue working in an appropriate setting whilst undertaking the
Work-based Learning component of the Foundation Degree.
Each application will be considered on an individual basis
following the University principle of widening access to those who
might not have the traditional academic entry criteria to degree
level awards.
Normally the requirement would be:
• English and maths GCSE at Grade C or above, or a successful
initial assessment
• where English is a second language an IELTS score of 6.5 overall
with no aspect lower than 6.0
• an equivalent vocationally related qualification such as NVQ 3 in
Health and Social Care
• evidence of support from your employer
• a current acceptable CRB and Occupational Health clearance
CRB checks
For seconded students, the manager’s support form specifically asks
for a signature to ensure up-to-date enhanced CRB checks. For
non-secondee students, it is the College’s responsibility to ensure
enhanced CRB checks are up to date.
Admission with credit
Applicants with prior certificated or experiential learning may be
admitted with credit for up to a maximum of 120 credits at level
4.
English language
Applicants whose first language is not English must also
demonstrate that their level of English is acceptable, by achieving
a score in a recognised test such as:
• an IELTS score of 6.5 overall
Upon successful completion of the Foundation Degree in Health
and Social Care, graduates will be able to progress to the final
year of BA (Hons) in Health and Social Care at Oxford Brookes
University or the opportunity to take a further year of more
specialist study through our innovative Student Designed Award.
Whatever you choose to do, you will have achieved credit that you
can use for entry to other higher education courses.
A wide range of courses are available at Oxford Brookes for
continued professional development (CPD).
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