Health & Social Care - Online

Our three year online BA (Hons) in Health & Social Care Degree programme aims to facilitate knowledge of professional health and social care practice with consideration to both the theoretical knowledge and professional competencies which underpin the role of the health & social care practitioner.

Entry Requirements / Prerequisites

• A relevant vocational qualification – a Level 5 Major Award (ROI) or Level 3 (UK) and evidence of ability to study at academic Level 6 (ROI) or 4 (UK).
• Experience of paid or voluntary work with vulnerable people and/or other community work. This experience should be sufficient to enable the student to clearly demonstrate their commitment, motivation and understanding of social care work in practice. This understanding will be validated through the submission of an employer’s reference and/or interview where appropriate.
• Students must be available to undertake a practical supervised work placement (800 hours minimum) across a range of social care settings. Students may normally be in employment and must be able to continue working in an appropriate setting whilst undertaking the Practice Placement modules of the Degree.
• English Language Requirement: Applicants must be competent in both written and spoken English. For any applicants whose first language is not English must also demonstrate their level of English is acceptable, by achieving a score in a recognised test such as: British Council IELTS: normally minimum level 6.5 overall with a minimum of 6.0 in the reading and writing components.
• Garda Vetting is required for all Health & Social Care placements and students can apply for this through the college who in turn apply to the National Vetting Bureau (NVB) which helps to assess the suitability of all applicants on this programme. It is important to note that participation in or completion of this programme may be affected by subsequent disclosure/discovery. Depending upon the outcome of the vetting process, the college reserves the following rights: to not register a student, to remove an existing registered student, to delay the student’s practice placement modules. In all circumstances, it is the student’s responsibility to proactively disclose any convictions/cases pending.
• Students undertaking this programme must have basic IT skills and access to the necessary equipment to enable them to undertake an online programme: computer, broadband, recording equipment necessary for some skills demonstration tasks, and where applicable any other specialised software/equipment.
• Occupational Health clearance certificate which certifies that you are fit to practice as a social care worker.
• Manual Handling and/or First Aid Training (must be in date).
• Students on placement may have to get certain vaccines to enable them to work in a variety of care settings: https://www.hse.ie/eng/health/immunisation/hcpinfo/guidelines/chapter4.pdf