Course Introduction

Course Introduction:

1. Working in Partnership in Health and Social Care:
   This module is to provide learners with the underpinning skills and knowledge
   required to develop productive and new partnership working opportunities within their own and other organisations.
2. Managing the Safeguarding and Protection of Vulnerable Individuals:
   This module provides learners with an understanding of the legal framework for safeguarding and protecting vulnerable individuals, whilst developing the knowledge and skills required to manage and develop staff understanding of this critical area. Learners will become aware that, because of the changing and dynamic nature of safeguarding, the need to manage, monitor and update their knowledge of safeguarding issues is vital in order for them to perform their role legally and effectively.
3. Health Education and Promoting Wellbeing:
   This module develops learners understanding of approaches to health education and the
   methods that are used to identify health inequalities. Theoretical models using health education to bring about behaviour change will be examined and learners will be able to design a health education campaign
4. Team Management in Health and Social Care:
   This module illustrates that they can manage and supervise a team and develop their
   performance in the health and social care setting. The unit also explores recruitment in health and social care settings.
5. Professional Supervision Practice in Health and Social Care:
   This module covers theories relating to supervision and the purpose and processes of professional supervision, together with performance management and methods of managing and addressing conflict.
6. Research Methods in Health and Social Care:
   This module aims to develop learners’ understanding of the purpose of research in the
   health and social care sectors and the implications and ethical issues relating to this research. Learners will be able to explore  different research methodologies, enable them to plan and conduct their own research relating to a health or social care issue and evaluate the success of the outcomes.