Middlesbrough College
UCAS Code: A220 | Foundation Degree - FD
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About this course
This Foundation Degree course aims to recruit students who have a desire to work with young people, adults or families in a range of different professional environments and organisations.
The focus of this course is to inform students on work- based opportunities connected to different working sectors in preparation for future careers and employment. In addition, it aims to provide a broad -based underpinning of knowledge & understanding in relation to social and contemporary issues, policy and professional practice.
Career pathways linked to this course are:
• Family Support and Outreach Work
• Health & SC Settings-Support Workers
• Youth Justice & Probation Services
• Youth Work/Sport & Community Projects
• Fire Service
• Prison Service
• A range of Voluntary/Charity Services-MIND/My Sisters Place/CAB/Drug and Alcohol Services
• Local Authority-Housing Organisations
• Local Government Admin Services/Fostering/Adoption Services
• Local Authority/Private –Assisted and Supported Living- Learning Disabilities/ Mental Health/Children Looked After by the Local Authority.
Modules
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Level 4 study year 1
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Individuals (20)
• Social & Contemporary Issues Facing Young People & Adults (20)
• Policy & Political Perspectives (20)
• Understanding Organisations (20)
• Higher Education Study Skills (10)
• Developing Skills For Working Practice (30)
Level 5 study- year 2
• Participation and Inclusion for Individuals with Additional Needs (20)
• Working within a multiagency environment (20)
• Developing Community Based Approaches (20)
• Understanding approaches to learning and behaviour (20)
• Work-Based Project (40)
Assessment methods
The course is assessed through module assessments linked to assignments.
Tuition fees
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The Uni
Middlesbrough College
Faculty of Health, Care and Basic Education
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After graduation
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Social policy
What are graduates doing after six months?
This is what graduates told us they were doing (and earning), shortly after completing their course. We've crunched the numbers to show you if these immediate prospects are high, medium or low, compared to those studying this subject/s at other universities.
Top job areas of graduates
Just over 1,600 students graduated in social policy in 2015, which makes it one of the smaller social studies subjects. This is a popular subject at Masters level — 750 Masters in social policy were awarded last year - and so a lot of the more sought-after jobs in management and research tend to go to social policy graduates with postgraduate degrees. For those who leave university after their first degree, then jobs in social care (especially community and youth work) and education, the police, marketing and human resources and recruitment are popular — along with local government, although there are fewer of those jobs around than in the past. This degree is a bit less reliant on London for jobs than other similar subjects, so if you'd like to work outside the capital, it might be worth considering - although the jobs still tend to be in big cities.
What about your long term prospects?
Looking further ahead, below is a rough guide for what graduates went on to earn.
Social policy
The graph shows median earnings of graduates who achieved a degree in this subject area one, three and five years after graduating from here.
£21k
Note: this data only looks at employees (and not those who are self-employed or also studying) and covers a broad sample of graduates and the various paths they've taken, which might not always be a direct result of their degree.
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