Health & Social Care (Top-up)

Our module will provide you with the opportunity to explore the concept of leadership and fellowship within a Health and Social Care environment. You will develop knowledge and skills of the leadership process and how this will meet the demands of your current and future role.

The aim of the module is to provide you with the opportunity to explore the concept of leadership within healthcare services. You will develop a range of leadership skills to meet current and future demands of complex healthcare organisations.

In this module, you will develop your knowledge of practitioners in safeguarding. You will understand how practitioners work with multi-agencies and partnerships to protect children and adults.

This module aims to provide you with the opportunity to undertake a literature based project in exploring areas of health and social care that would benefit from development.

This module aims to prepare practitioners to critically examine their approach in the maintenance of patients' tissue and skin integrity and viability. It also aims to encourage practitioners to develop critical and reflective approaches to patients with wounds through enquiry and evidence based practice.

Develop your understanding of the nature of substance use and misuse in society within a Public Health and Primary Health Care framework.

This module aims you to develop an in-depth understanding of contemporary care practice particularly, in relation to dementia care.

In this module, you will gain an understanding of the current challenges concerning the end of life care. You will be able to critically examine the professional, managerial, and supportive frameworks that are required for end of life care.

The aim of the module is to promote an awareness of the current infection prevention and control evidence to enable you to apply relevant strategies. You'll be encouraged to explore microbiology, epidemiology, immunology, plus the political, social and economic issues that influence infection prevention and control.

This module provides you the opportunity to explore and critically evaluate the management and enhancement of quality in health and social care settings.

This module will allow you to critically evaluate promoting and supporting healthier lifestyle choices with a client group and develop your skills in helping others to improve their health and wellbeing. You will also learn how to engage with local community agencies within the Health Social and Voluntary sector.

This module aims to develop your understanding of the nutritional status of populations and how food and nutrition policies are formulated. You will have an understanding of some of the factors that influence the quality and quantity of foods eaten by individuals and learn about epidemiological investigation and clinical and community trials.