Assistant Practitioner in Health and Social Care

This Foundation Degree has been designed to meet the needs of a variety of individuals and employers, while reflecting the diversity and scope of caring for service users in a variety of settings. Primarily it is aimed at health or social care assistants or support workers who are employed within settings such as hospitals, primary care services, nursing and residential units, domiciliary care or for those working with people within the voluntary sector. Learning will be a combination of university attendance, online learning, work based learning and independent study This programme aims to support you to develop specialised knowledge and transferrable skills appropriate to the role of an assistant practitioner.

This course has been mapped to National Occupational Standards, so you will gain the skills and knowledge related to your chosen professional route, as well as generic knowledge within ethics, values base, and academic writing.

Knowledge, understanding, skills and other attributes are taught within this course with students putting them into context and appreciating their relevance through applying them in the workplace. You are encouraged to undertake independent study both to supplement and consolidate your learning and to broaden your individual knowledge and understanding of the subject. In particular, work-based learning forms part of many modules, typically as work-based projects or other directed assignments.
Assessments will also include work-based projects or other assignments, drawing on your knowledge of and experience in the workplace. Throughout the programme, your employer has an important role to play in supporting assessment, in particular suggesting topics and providing feedback on formative assessment.