About BA (hons) Integrated Health And Social Care in Manchester Metropolitan University

Overview

We know that services for people are most effective when they are joined up and when health and social care professionals work together. It’s important to understand people’s physical health needs, their emotional needs and their social circumstances. This can help us to appreciate each person’s unique circumstances and work in joined up ways to find solutions.

Traditional health and social care roles are changing. There’s a shift towards partnership working across the health and social care sector including within social services, charities, the NHS and social enterprises. We’ve designed this course to help you work across these settings so you can have a positive impact on people’s lives.

You won’t simply learn the theory behind integrating health and social care, you’ll explore how it works in practice from working with service users to designing service provision. Topics might include how unevenly distributed resources across society affect a person’s life, how the support and care a person needs changes as they age or how to recognise a person’s strengths to make a difference to their life.

You’ll also explore global representations and perspectives of health and social care. Alongside lectures and seminars, you’ll work in small groups to solve problems set by employers such as developing ideas for community projects around homelessness, poverty and isolation.

Features and Benefits

• Employability- You’ll go on 120 hours’ worth of placement to put what you learn into practice.

• Teaching excellence- You’ll learn from experts in a wide range of areas including substance misuse, communities, criminal justice and mental health.

• Guest lectures- You’ll experience guest lectures by people who use health and social care services, as well as practitioners, to give you a deeper understanding of the sector.

• Industry mentor- You’ll benefit from contact with employers and working professionals in every year of your course. In your final year, a sector leader will be your mentor.

Career prospects

Perhaps you’ve been inspired by a social enterprise and want to set up your own? Maybe you want to work in advocacy and campaign work? Or, conduct research in the fields of mental or sexual health?

From working with vulnerable individuals with emotional and behavioural disorders to community health development, the health and social care sector offers a variety of career paths.

Sectors you could work in include criminal justice, mental health, community care, and public health, and you could work for organisations such as the NHS, local authorities, private companies, or social enterprises.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Higher Secondary School Certificate awarded on completion of Standard XII with good grade.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS     :   6.0, with no component below 5.5
• TOEFL   :   Overall 79,  With no individual test score below:Listening: 17,Reading: 18,Speaking: 20,Writing : 17
• PTE        :   53, with no less than 51 in any section

Manchester Metropolitan University Highlights

Manchester Metropolitan University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

• The estimated cost of attendance while studying in the UK depends on several factors like the program applied for, tuition fees, books and supplies, housing, dining, transportation etc.
• Estimated Tuition Fees for 2020-2021 academic session at Manchester Metropolitan University are:

• Tuition Fees for some courses can vary depending upon any additional cost such as field trips or expense of equipment.
• Tuition Fees for postgraduate research courses (Ph.D., MPhil, MRes) are categorized into 5 Tuition bands,
• Students can expect an average cost of living ranging from 7,500 - 8,500 EUR per year, based on the minimum expenses.