Health and Social Care – (B.A.)

Studying Health and Social Care offers both a stimulating course of study and a route into a large and growing number of careers. Health and social care present numerous challenges within society today as expectations rise, new technologies become available and debates flourish as to how care should be provided and paid for. Should ‘cloning' or ‘assisted suicide' be permitted? Should fertility treatment be available as a right on the NHS? Should older people pay for their own care? Are services delivered fairly to all sections of the community? You will have the opportunity to consider these and many other questions relating to these important topics.

The programme is offered within the School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research which has consistently achieved the highest ratings for the quality of its teaching and research and benefits from a number of specialist research units in the field of health and social care. This programme provides you with knowledge and skills that are likely to appeal to potential employers in the social and health care sectors, for example, the NHS, local authority adults' and children's services, and the growing voluntary and private social and health care sector. You may wish to work directly with users of services – such as children and families, older people and those with disabilities or mental health problems. Alternatively, there are many opportunities in areas such as management, research or policy.

Careers
Careers open to our graduates include: research and policy-oriented work in the voluntary sector; postgraduate training on social work and other professional courses; social care research and evaluation; social care work in the public, voluntary and private sectors; management and organisation posts in the health services; personnel and resource management posts in the private sector, local authorities and voluntary organisations.