BA Hons Degree Adult Health and Social Care in Blackpool. Classes run at Blackpool and The Fylde College University Centre Campus, full-time during the day. This one-year top-up course builds on your Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care, validated by Lancaster University with Blackpool and The Fylde College. You must have completed that Foundation Degree at Blackpool and The Fylde College to apply. You'll also need at least four hours a week of paid or voluntary work in an adult health and social care setting. The course develops leadership, entrepreneurship, and management skills for senior roles in the sector.
Who this course is for
This one-year top-up course is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills that you will require to become a change agent and leadership figure in the sector. It will provide you with the necessary skills and attributes to gain graduate employment within senior management and leadership roles or progress onto postgraduate study. Many of our graduates have advanced to become the leaders and managers of the future with skills in entrepreneurship and creativity for the services and clients using Health and Social Care services. This course is available to any student who has completed the Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care at Blackpool and The Fylde College in the last 5 years.
Entry requirements
Only applicants that have successfully completed the Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care, validated by Lancaster University, with Blackpool and The Fylde College are eligible to apply to this course. There is a mandatory requirement of a minimum of 4 hours a week of paid or voluntary work in an adult health care setting. and social care setting, proof of this place will be required before commencing the programme.
What you will learn
You'll develop leadership and management skills for senior roles in health and social care.
You'll explore how to act as a change agent within care services.
You'll build skills in entrepreneurship and creative service design.
You'll study approaches to improving outcomes for clients and service users.
You'll strengthen your understanding of governance and accountability in care settings.
You'll prepare for graduate-level employment or postgraduate study in health and social care.
How you will learn
Teaching is classroom based, full-time during the day at the University Centre Campus. The course is delivered over one year. Assessment methods are not specified in the source data. Contact the centre directly to confirm how you will be assessed on this BA Hons Degree Adult Health and Social Care course.
What you will need to bring
The centre will provide most materials. Blackpool and The Fylde College University Centre Campus will confirm anything else you need before you start. You will need to provide proof of at least four hours a week of paid or voluntary work in an adult health and social care setting before the programme begins.
Where next
Jobs you could do
Care home manager: lead a residential or nursing care service
Adult social care team manager: manage frontline care staff and caseloads
Service development manager: design and improve care services
Health and social care coordinator: oversee care delivery across a team
Registered manager: hold CQC registration for a regulated care service
Social care entrepreneur: develop new services or community care initiatives
What you could study next
Master's degree in Health and Social Care Management: deepen your expertise and move into senior strategic roles.
Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a health sector focus: combines management theory with health and social care leadership.
Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE): if you want to teach health and social care at further education level.
Professional qualifications such as CIPD or CMI at Level 5 or 7: strengthen your management and HR credentials for senior leadership posts.
