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FdA Social Welfare, Advice & Guidance

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Key Details

Levels

Level 5

FT / PT

FT

Location

Great Yarmouth | The Place

Attendance

1-2 days

Duration

2 years

This exciting and dynamic course has been developed to meet the education and training requirements of a range of individuals employed within the statutory, voluntary and not-for-profit welfare, advice, guidance and social care sectors. It offers you the opportunity to enhance your work-based skills and achieve a recognised academic qualification. The course has been developed in liaison with employers and employees in the social care sector, including agencies who deliver information, advice and guidance support and has been tailored to meet the specific training requirements of the sector.

You will study a range of modules in which you are able to shape and enhance your own practice and interests.

Whilst this is a full-time course, typically this course generally only requires 1-2 days on campus attendance, supported by self-directed study. This means you can continue to work alongside your studies and balance other commitments.

Great Yarmouth Campus Open Day

Great Yarmouth Campus Open Day

29th Aug 26 10:00 – 12:00

Course Information

Please be aware that the relevant employment or voluntary placement may require some form of DBS check. You will need to arrange this directly with the placement provider, and cover any costs involved.

You will need to have achieved 80 UCAS tariff points (or above) or an Access to HE Diploma

All applicants are required to hold GCSE English and maths at Grade C/4 or above.

Applicants who do not hold these qualifications may be considered on an individual basis based upon their overall application and the course applied for.

The ability to gain paid or voluntary work in an appropriate care or educational setting.

On successful completion of this course, graduates can continue to gain a full BA (Hons) degree on the one-year BA (Hons) Applied Care Practice [Progression Route] at University of Suffolk at East Coast College.

Modules you may study include:

  • Personal Professional and Academic Development
  • Foundations of Mental Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifespan
  • Safeguarding Adults and Children in Practice
  • Guidance & Counselling Skills - Using the Skilled Helper Approach
  • Empowerment and Social Justice: Advocacy in Practice
  • Society, Individualism and Social Welfare
  • Public Health Promotion for Mental Health and Wellbeing
  • Building Sustainable, collaborative and Integrated Services
  • Enhancing Leadership Skills through Reflective Supervision
  • Ethical Decision Making: Practice Values and Dilemmas in Professional Practice
  • Advancing Professional Practice: Digital and Technological Developments
  • Application of Research to Professional Practice

50/50

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