BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care Management (Level 4 & 5 + Final Year from UK University)

Accredited Healthcare Management Degree UK Pathway

All PGS courses are accredited by the relevant partners and awarding bodies. This ensures your qualification meets the standards expected by UK universities and employers.

First Year Modules - Healthcare Management Degree UK

• Academic Study Skills

  This module aims to enable learners to develop the necessary skills and understanding to study effectively within higher education. This will empower learners to acquire the reflective and critical thinking skills needed to realise their individual learning potential.

• Communicating in Health and Social Care

  This module aims to develop learners' awareness of the various forms of communication utilised in health and social care settings and to underscore its significance for effective service delivery.

• An Introduction to Healthcare Policy

  This module aims to develop learners' awareness of different influences on healthcare and their effects on the development of policy. Evaluation of healthcare policy will allow learners to examine what the key contemporary issues are for those making policy, providers, and those receiving support.

• Reflective Practice

  This module is designed to introduce the learner to reflective practice in all its forms. Reflections on practice and in practice are important concepts in health and social care and feed into the idea of self-development, linking theory to practice.

• Managing People in Health and Social Care

  This module aims to enable learners to understand the processes involved in the recruitment, management, and development of people in the health and social care workplace. In this module, learners will investigate the processes involved in the management of individuals in the health and social care workplace and how to facilitate change in the organisation.

• Sociology: Concepts in Health and Ill Health

  The aim of this module is for learners to gain an understanding of sociological concepts of health and ill health and their application to care practice in health and social care. It will enable learners to gain an understanding of the nature of contemporary society and its influences on the perception of health and ill health. Learners will explore how society is structured in terms of age, gender, ethnicity, social class, family, and households, and its impact on health and well-being.

Second Year Modules - Healthcare Management Degree UK

• Principles Underpinning Health and Social Care

  All health and social care professionals have professional codes of conduct. This module aims to develop an understanding of the values, theories, and policies underpinning health and social care practice and the mechanisms that exist to promote good practice within the sector.

• The Management of Quality in Health and Social Care

  Quality is an essential component of health and social care services and a concept with many different interpretations and perspectives. The aim of this module is for learners to develop an understanding of different perspectives on health and social care service quality and how it is evaluated in order to empower and involve users of services.

• Research Project

  This module aims to develop the learner's skills of independent enquiry and critical analysis by undertaking a small pilot research project relevant to health and social care.

• Leadership and Management in Health and Social Care

  Develop the leadership and management skills needed to lead teams and drive improvements in health and social care settings.

• Safeguarding and Protecting Vulnerable Adults

  Understand the legal and ethical frameworks for safeguarding vulnerable adults in health and social care settings.

• Promoting Health and Well-being

  Explore strategies for promoting health and well-being at individual, community, and population levels.

• Working in Partnership with Service Users and Carers

  Understand the importance of partnership working and how to engage service users and carers in care planning and delivery.

• Managing Resources in Health and Social Care

  Develop the skills to manage financial, human, and physical resources effectively in health and social care organisations.

• Ethical and Legal Issues in Health and Social Care

  Examine the ethical and legal frameworks that govern health and social care practice.

• Contemporary Issues in Health and Social Care

  Explore current challenges and debates in health and social care policy and practice.

Progress to Study Health and Social Care in the UK

On completion of this programme, students have the opportunity to complete a bachelor's degree from a range of UK universities. The final year top-up can be completed on campus or via distance learning.

Partner universities include:

• Coventry University
• Anglia Ruskin University
• University of Derby
• Middlesex University
• London Metropolitan University
• University of Sunderland (On-Campus)
• Birmingham City University (On-Campus)

Note: The top up programme can be studied online or on campus. Feel free to contact PGS Global admissions team to discuss the best available Bachelor Final year University progression routes at PGS, in the UK or across the globe in addition to the admission requirements.

For entry onto the Level 4 and Level 5 Health and Social Care qualification, learners must possess:

• Relevant NQF/QCF/RQF Level 3 Award/Diploma or at the level of GCE/GCSE/ Plus 2 or equivalent qualification.
• Learner must be 18 years or older at the beginning of the course.

Successful completion of the full Level 4 and 5, Health and Social Care course and final year of an accredited Undergraduate Degree programme will act as a springboard to a professional career in health & social care services. The course pulls together theory and practice for those who wish to work with people in a caring environment.

A Health & Social Care degree covers a range of issues and helps you develop the skills to follow a career in health, social care, leisure or education. Here is a list of possible career paths you may take after completing the full degree:

• Healthcare Administrator
• Healthcare Consultant
• Healthcare Manager
• Program Director
• Health Care Manager
• Ambulatory Care Manager
• Assisted Living Administrator
• Consulting Health Care Administrator
• Healthcare Quality Improvement
• Manager
• Health Care Clinic Manager
• Home Health Care Administrator
• Hospital Administrator
• Health Information Manager
• Mental Health Facility Administrator
• Nursing Home Administrator
• Health Care Risk Manager
• Public Health Program Manager
• Healthcare Human Resources Manager