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Course Length: | 2 Years Part-Time |
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Start Dates: | September 2021, September 2022 |
Subjects: | Health and Social Care |
Location: | Edge Hill University |
Specialist and multi-disciplinary services are evolving to meet the needs of children and adults with learning disabilities whose behaviour is described as challenging. This programme provides enhanced training in meeting the needs of such individuals, aiming to support true inclusion and facilitate choice and empowerment. You’ll be encouraged to use reflective frameworks to explore practice issues. Consideration of current research and evidence will allow you to critique best practice and enhance opportunities for service users.
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In Depth
What will I study?
You will study appropriate research and practice from multiple contexts.
The programme will consider ethical and moral issues within practice as well as data collection, analysis, design and implementation of support programmes.
Modules consider how complex behavioural needs can affect an individual’s access to choice and empowerment. You will be introduced to applied behaviour analysis and consider techniques for behaviour management. Practical and ethical application of techniques will also be critiqued.
Action learning sets at the end of the first year will support you in facilitating ideas, a guided process preparing you for the second year of independent study within your area of work or practice.
How will I study?
The course is delivered part-time and has been designed to support those who may have employment / carer commitments. In year 1, two modules run in the first semester and one in the second semester.
The final year of each course is designed to be completed within the work place with negotiated study periods. You will be involved in and encouraged to access classroom discussion, reflection, lectures and work based study.
How will I be assessed?
Each module has different assessment criteria and a range of assessments are used. These include assignments, reflective accounts, work based learning and presentations.
Who will be teaching me?
Qualified multi-disciplinary practitioners and academics from a wide range of settings have been involved in the development of the course. These individuals form the course team and will be involved in the delivery of the programme and supporting you whilst you study.
A Great Study Environment
The Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine is one of the leading providers of education and training for health and social care professionals in the North West of England.
Offering some of the best facilities for health, social care and medicine students in the country, the outstanding teaching and learning resources include leading edge clinical skills facilities, an 860-seat lecture theatre, and a variety of teaching rooms and social learning spaces.
The faculty is home to a thriving research culture which includes a series of staff and student conference programmes, guest lectures and seminars, as well as active research groups.
Modules
Expand AllHEA3052Student Centred Work Based Learning (60 credits)
HEA3159Introduction to Applied Behaviour Analysis (20 credits)
HEA3160Designing and Implementing Intervention Programmes (20 credits)
HEA3218Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in Health (20 credits)
For more information about each module, including the dates and times of module sessions, please visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/cpdmodules.
Timetables
You can expect to receive your timetable at enrolment. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that timetables are as student-friendly as possible, scheduled teaching can take place on any day or evening of the week.
Disclaimer
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information, however our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may necessitate alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses.
Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies, revisions to subject benchmarks statements, to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Entry Criteria
Entry Requirements
To join this programme you must be working in a suitable health and social care or third sector setting and have access to the appropriate client groups for the duration of their studies.
You should hold a GCSE at Grade C or Grade 4 in English Language or equivalent or IELTS 6.0 or equivalent (with 6.0 achieved in the written and spoken language element of the test, completed within the last two years).
You should have 240 UK credits with 120 at level 4 (Cert HE) and 120 at level 5 (Dip HE). Alternatively, students who are over 21 will be considered if they can demonstrate the ability to study at degree level by the successful completion of a 20 credit Edge Hill University degree level module.
You will have an interview with a pathway coordinator to verify that you meet the entry requirements and plan your pathway to ensure the programme will meet your individual needs.
Recognition of Prior Learning
Edge Hill University recognises learning gained elsewhere, whether through academic credit and qualifications acquired from other relevant courses of study or through recognition of an individual’s professional and employment experience (also referred to as ‘experiential learning’). This may include credit or learning undertaken at another university.
Previous learning that is recognised in this way may be used towards meeting the entry requirements for a programme and/or for exemption from part of a programme. It is your responsibility to make a claim for recognition of prior learning. For guidance, please consult the University’s academic regulations (sections C7 and F3.1) or contact the faculty in which you are interested in studying.
Career Prospects
What are my career prospects?
The courses are very practically focused and involve you actively engaging with people who have a learning disability. Support from employers and service users allows you to flourish as a critical learner and support their practice.
Developed with practitioners and in response to user and carer groups, the programme will help you work with people with learning disabilities to support their opportunities within society.
The exit award will demonstrate your ability to study at degree level and evidence a range of transferable skills.
Finance
Tuition Fees
Tuition fees for part-time study on this degree are £35 per credit for UK students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2021/22, i.e. £700 per 20 credit module. A total of 120 credits must be studied in order to complete this BSc (Hons) award.
EU students who have settled or pre-settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme, as well as Irish nationals, may be eligible for the UK part-time tuition fee rate.
The University may administer a small inflationary rise in tuition fees in subsequent academic years as you progress through the course.
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How to Apply
There is an online application process for this programme.
Visit www.edgehill.ac.uk/applydirect to access the relevant online application form and to find out more about the application process.
Should you accept an offer of a place to study with us and formally enrol as a student, you will be subject to the provisions of the regulations, rules, codes, conditions and policies which apply to our students. These are available at www.edgehill.ac.uk/studentterms.
Get in Touch
If you have any questions about this programme, please contact:
- Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine Student Recruitment and Marketing Support Team
- Tel: 01695 657249
- Email: cpdenquiries@edgehill.ac.uk
If you would like to talk to the programme leader about the course in more detail, please contact:
- James Ridley
- Tel: 01695 657010
- Email: James.Ridley@edgehill.ac.uk
Course Changes
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