BA (Hons) Health and Social Care

The focus of this module is to introduce you to contemporary perspectives on health. This will explore the theoretical, historical and political context of health, illness and medicine to consider how these matters affect society.

The aim of this module is to introduce you to equality, diversity and inclusion, and how they relate to health and social care. You will be encouraged to understand how different life experiences can impact health, wellbeing, opportunities and experiences of care. 

This module aims to get you thinking of your personal development and career planning from the beginning of your study at university. It will reinforce the importance of graduate skills in the job market.

This module will introduce students to key themes and theoretical approaches to life course development. Students will also be given the opportunity to relate specific stages of life course development to real life experiences and challenges. Students will also begin to develop transferable graduate skills when undertaking the module. These include analysing and solving problems, team working, interpersonal skills and written communication. Assessment will be staged to assist development of ideas and concepts, and assist students to develop confidence as they progress through this module.

The aim of this module is to enable an understanding of contemporary political, social and economic perspectives as they impact on the delivery and development of health and social care, education and housing provision in the UK.

This module provides you with an insight into the professional skills that are necessary as you begin your course and as
you progress through your programme of study and into a career in Health and Social Care. The module blends both taught and practice elements  to enable you to have not only an understanding of why these skills are important but the opportunity to practice them. The work-based learning activity will be developed by employers. 

The aim of this module is for you to able to apply knowledge of safeguarding to real life situations where children or vulnerable adults might be at risk and to formulate context/service user specific information.

The module will provide you with grounding in the key research methods used in health and social care. It will prepare you for your own research activity, as well as enabling you to become more critical consumers of the quality of evidence used in the development of health and social care policies and practices.

This module allows you to develop your knowledge on health from an international viewpoint, focusing on low and middle-income countries and understand the challenges of health and health care in context of resource poor nations.

Students undertaking this module will consider wellbeing, communication and reflection and how these aspects lay the foundations for personal and professional development for health and social care professionals. 

This module aims to provide you with the resources, skills and knowledge to optimise opportunities provided in the workplace to develop and strengthen a range of professional skills, relevant to the field of Health and Social Care, via participation in a health and social care based project.

You will be able to discuss how different forms of media and technological advancements influence health and social care, the effect this has on individuals and contemporary society and the future opportunities and challenges within this field.

Opting for this module will see you study full-time study at an approved higher education institution, replacing one semester of level 5 study at LJMU. The modules to be studied would be agreed in advance, and will be an appropriate substitute for the modules being replaced. Assuming successful completion of this semester, mark-bearing credit will be awarded by the Faculty Recognition Group. The grade conversion scale to be used will be made available in advance of your semester abroad.

This module focuses around a major project or dissertation related to health and social care. It will offer an opportunity for an data analysis and reporting based on empirical study or desk-based research. Students will be allocated a supervisor who will guide them through the research process, from identifying a suitable area to reporting findings and analysis.

The aim of this module is to be able to critically analyse aspects of health-related and potentially risky behaviour in various groups. You will also be able to critically analyse the role of health care policy makers and the media in decision-making processes.

This module focuses on the current service frameworks for mental health provision, mental health policy and practice; and the impact on the mental health and wellbeing of service users.

This module will explore the importance of sustainability and climate change, how they are impacting upon our health and what remedial action is being and can be taken to reduce these impacts. You will be able to critically discuss the effect of climate change on health and well-being and will also explore the extent of the global challenges to apply thinking to local cities and local communities.

This module will address cross-professional issues to explore the inter-relatedness of healthcare and social care and how it relates to understanding the position of and supporting disadvantaged people.