Social Care Practice
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Social care is a practice based profession and an academic discipline. This degree will give you a recognised professional qualification in social care and prepare for you for the challenging and rewarding role of being a social care worker. Our programme is a combination of academic study and assessed practice learning opportunities. We use a variety of innovative teaching methods to support students to acquire the knowledge, skills and values required to practice as a Social Care Worker.
Social care workers work with a range of service user groups such as:
- children and adolescents in care,
- young people considered at risk – juvenile justice,
- people with disabilities,
- people who are homeless,
- people dependent on alcohol/drugs
- care of the aged
- and families in the community.
Two practice placements, amounting to a total of 800 hours, form an essential part of this four-year programme. Practice placements are undertaken in years 2 and 3. Practice placement is where a social care student demonstrates their achievement of the Social Care Standards of Profiencies (SOP).
The Standards of Proficiency set out what you must know, understand and be able to do by the time you have completed your social care programme.
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The EU student contribution applies annually to all free fee eligible students and the current rate is €3,000 per annum. To avail of the funding EU students must meet the criteria of the free fees schemes, as determined by the university a student is attending.
Application deadline for EU students is February 1.
Admissions Requirements
High school diploma including any honors subjects with a minimum GPA of 3.0. Garda Vetting is a requirement of this program and student on the BA (Hons) in Social Care Practice must be fit to practice.
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