Social Care BA (Hons)

This specialist award in Social Care is designed for those who want to develop a career within the expanding social care sector. It offers opportunities to study specialist areas of social care and includes:<br/><br/><br/>- the provision of formal and informal care<br/><br/><br/>- the knowledge, core values and ethics that underpin social care provision<br/><br/><br/>- the assessment, management and organisation of social care and<br/><br/><br/>- specialisms in, child care, adult care and elder care that focus on : the child in trouble; substance misuse; mental health; and learning disability<br/><br/><br/>Graduates gain careers, mostly in the public and not-for-profit sector including:<br/><br/><br/>- care management,<br/><br/><br/>- housing associations and various forms of supported living,<br/><br/><br/>- early year settings (work with children under 5),<br/><br/><br/>- supporting young people,<br/><br/><br/>- supporting people with a learning disability,<br/><br/><br/>- supporting older people,<br/><br/><br/>- policy research and development and advocacy<br/><br/><br/>Graduates in social care with a good honours degree (2:1 or above) are eligible to apply for a Master’s level qualifying social work award.