Health and Social Care (Hons) Staffordshire University

Overview

The Health and Social Care (Hons) programme offered by Staffordshire University prepares students to develop core transferable skills and knowledge relevant to health care, social care and public health.

Meeting the health and social care needs of the population is one of the greatest challenges facing any society. It extends to almost every facet of social life, from the person who is unwell and seeking support for themselves, to political decisions about how to structure national systems of healthcare delivery.

Throughout your studies you will be taught by friendly, knowledgeable lecturers,who have been employed in either health or social care and are well equipped to help you relate your study topics to current policy and practice.

Your learning will help you to develop the knowledge relevant to a productive future in the health and social care sectors. Employability skills are embedded throughout the course, with a clear focus on how studies can be applied within the workplace.

Careers

Successful completion of this course will place you in a position to take full advantage of a diverse range of graduate-level health and social care positions, not only within the public sector, such as the Local Authority, National Health Service( NHS), Public Health England but also the not-for-profit (voluntary) and private/independent health and social care sectors.

Some examples of these roles include:

• The provision of health and social care, such as working with vulnerable adults, children and the elderly

• Management and administration positions within health and social care organisations

• Public health and community development-related roles, such as health promotion, public information and health training

• Personnel and resource management posts in the private sector, local authorities and voluntary organisations

• Policy-oriented work (including lobbying and advocacy) in the NHS, local government or voluntary sector

• Research and evaluation of health and social care services