FdSc Health and Social Care

Year 1

Core modules

• Communication in Care (WEYM1062)

  Effective interpersonal skills are an essential part of any healthy relationship. Being able to communicate is the basis of interaction; communication skills, in particular listening skills, are essential in health and social care for effective delivery of services and productive teamwork. To be truly effective in interpersonal skills practitioners must be aware of our own behaviour, and how their behaviour might affect others

• Foundations of Health and Welfare (WEYM1063)

  This module enables students to gain understanding of the shifting boundaries between health and social care and the notion of care. Students will explore who gives and who receives care; its history and development and the changing notions of welfare. The module focuses on the impact that social inequalities in society have on life chances and opportunities

• Causes and Impact of Illness and Disease (WEYM1064)

  The study of health and illness is essential in care and will encourage you to think about health beyond traditional boundaries. The module will explore the influence of biomedicine on health care policy and practice, along with the social challenges to that model. The module will consider health inequalities, their link to social and economic factors and the strategies that have been developed to tackle them.

• The Role of Public Health (WEYM1065)

  This module requires students to investigate the roles of different agencies working within communities to reduce the incidence of disease and illness. Students will investigate infectious and non-infectious diseases that are widespread and analyse the effectiveness of strategies that are in place to control the incidence of disease. Regional, national and international perspectives and priorities will be considered

• Safeguarding in Health & Social Care (WEYM1066)

  This module enables students to understand different types of abuse that can occur within the community and with care users. Students will study signs of abuse and factors that contribute towards individuals being vulnerable. This will be followed by identifying legislation and policies, how professionals work within the guidelines and standards to safeguard both practitioners and users of care services

• Study Skills & Professional Development (WEYM1067)

  Students will be introduced to and allowed to develop a range of study skills so as to ensure academic standards relevant to a higher programme are established and maintained. Students will be required to develop planning, reading, writing, communicative and IT based abilities. Students will also continuously reflect on their work based learning placement and develop the skills required to be reflective practitioners

Final year

Core modules

• Health Promotion (WEYM2058)

  Defining health is complex. We all have our own ideas and experiences of health and the way in which it is promoted. The aims of this module are to show the dynamic nature of the subject and focus on the different perspectives that feed into it. Attempts to define the strategies for improving the health promotion is a core feature of this particular module

• Organisational Management in Health & Social Care (WEYM2059)

  Students will investigate the processes involved in the management of individuals in the health and social care workplace. This not only includes the recruitment of the most appropriate personnel but importantly the support of employees in carrying out their work effectively in teams and developing their knowledge and skills so that they can contribute to the delivery of a quality service

• Research Project and Work Based Learning (WEYM2060)

  To introduce the students to the range of methods which can be used to carry out research and to understand how to select and justify methods for a particular topic. This will enable the student to become more confident, evaluative reader of research and give them tools to interpret and evaluate current and contemporary research in health and social care

• Ethics, Values, Diversity & Rights (WEYM2061)

  The need to practise in a non-judgemental and anti-discriminatory way towards people requires us to have an awareness of our own prejudices, values and beliefs. By exploring values and issues of prejudice, discrimination and inequality and discussing and reflecting on these things the module will be introducing diversity and equality and what these mean to the care professions and those who use their services

• Health & Social Policy (WEYM2062)

  This module covers the factors that influence social policy, including historical, political, regional, national and other agents of social change. Analysis of social policy will enable students to evaluate sufficiency and deficiency in provision. Tracing developments from 1945 to the present, students will compare competing perspectives and examine contemporary issues for policy makers, welfare recipients and providers.

• Mental Health and Well-Being in Health and Social Care (WEYM2063)

  Students will understand the psychological factors which influence human behaviour and the effects these factors may have on users of health and social care services. Students will focus on the basic approaches to understanding human behaviour drawn from psychology. Students will examine and evaluate the impact of a range of mental health conditions and recovery and their impact on society