FdSc WORKING WITH VULNERABLE ADULTS
Type: 2 year Foundation degree in collaboration with Edge Hill University (3 years part-time)
Time: Wed - 1.15pm - 8.00pm
Costs: £1310 (2010 -11) Tuition fee loan and maintenance grant available from Students Loan Co.
Notes: This degree will interest you if you plan to, or are currently working with, elderly people in residential care or nursing homes, homeless people, travellers, asylum seekers or adults with disabilities or any disadvantage.

The degree will develop your study skills if you are returning to education after a gap, your knowledge of human development, your communication skills and the legal, ethical and social issues relating to adult care.

A placement is an essential part of the course for all students. If you are already in employment related to, or are supporting, any of these client groups, you will be able to use this experience within the course with the approval of your employer and clients. The degrees have been designed with employers in the public, private and voluntary sectors.

FdSc Working with Vulnerable Adults

Year 1
  • Essential study skills
  • Healthy development & its promotion
  • Essential skills for health & social care
  • Social inclusion, Service provision & Support
  • Communication
Year 2
  • Vulnerability, Individuals and Groups
  • Legal and Ethical Issues
  • Legal and Ethical Issues
  • Care Co-ordination of Long-term Conditions with health & social needs
  • Negotiated Learning module
You will need a level 3 or equivalent professional qualification or relevant work experience, plus GCSE English Language and Maths at grade C (or equivalent). If you do not have the specified entry qualifications, your experience and your ability to study at degree level will be considered.
Contact Alyson Small adulted@kgv.ac.uk - 01704 530601