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Social Care, Justice and Recovery at Leeds Beckett University - UCAS

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2024 - 20252025 - 2026
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This course is subject to validation. You can still apply for this course while it is being approved.

Leeds Beckett University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.

Open days

30Nov
Leeds Beckett University - Undergraduate Open Day
Undergraduate
11Dec
Leeds Beckett University - Undergraduate Online Open Day
Undergraduate
27Jun
Leeds Beckett University - Undergraduate Open Day
Undergraduate

Course summary

Develop your capacity to respond to complex social needs. This course will empower you to help people across a range of community practice settings. Course Overview As part of this course, you'll:

  • Develop the skills and knowledge to help and safeguard vulnerable people, families and communities
  • Mix academic study with practice to better understand and guide those in crisis
  • Hone your communication and therapeutic skills through simulated counselling sessions
  • Explore and analyse child development, drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence and mental health issues
  • Learn about the different policies and frameworks behind community development, criminal justice, health services, social work and education
  • Discover related theories and topics, including attachment, bereavement and different sociological perspectives
  • Refine your understanding of how adults develop
  • Examine contemporary issues that frequently make headline news, such as female genital mutilation, addiction and mental health problems
  • Study intervention and safeguarding procedures and policies to help manage risk in these areas
Developed in consultation with several welfare agencies, this degree has been created in response to the increasing diversification of community and social work services. Hands-on experience You’ll practise your counselling techniques on actors in simulated sessions and will take part in group sessions to enhance your communication and negotiating skills. You’ll also get the opportunity to apply your legal knowledge and hone your legal skills in the university's mock courtroom. Placement opportunities You’ll further enhance your expertise and bolster your career networks and prospects on placements developed in partnership with service providers and charities. These could include Leeds City Council, St Anne's Community Services, Community Links and Touchstone. A rewarding future With your broad academic grounding, practical experience and professional connections, you’ll be prepared for a richly rewarding but challenging career supporting and protecting the vulnerable. Study options On completion of your first year, you’ll have the opportunity to transfer to the BA (Hons) Youth Work & Community Development (JNC) or BA (Hons) Working with Children, Young People & Families. If you chose to transfer, you won’t need to repeat any modules. Why Study Social Care, Justice and Recovery at Leeds Beckett University
  • 100% of students on BSc (Hons) Social Care, Justice & Recovery were positive about the way teaching staff explain things*
  • Fantastic placement opportunities - enhance your expertise and build a network working with local social care services
  • Access specialist facilities - including simulated sessions to support the development of your essential skills prior to real-world practice
  • Learn from experts - further your understanding of social care and social care environments and communities, guided by staff who are engaged in continuous research
  • Build your understanding and knowledge of local authorities and organisations – you’ll be guided by tutors who have significant experience and developed professional networks
  • 100% of graduates in work or further study 15 months after graduation**
National Student Survey 2024* Percentage of respondents from this course, HESA Graduate Outcomes 21-22**

Modules

Year 1 Core Modules:

  • Professional & Academic Skills
  • Politics of Everyday Life
  • Working Positively with Adults: Empowering Relationships - Work Related Learning
  • Engaging & Communicating
  • Human Growth & Development Across the Lifespan
  • Social Justice & Inequality
Year 2 Core Modules:
  • Enhanced Communication: Therapeutic Approaches to Support
  • Safeguarding: Adult & Child Protection
  • Working Positively with Adults: Enterprise & Engagement - Work Related Learning
  • Developing Research In Practice: Adults
  • Emerging Issues in Practice
In addition, choose from a list of Year 2 option modules. Please check our website for a full and up-to-date list. Year 3 Core Modules:
  • The Global Practitioner
  • Community Practitioner - Work Related Learning 3
  • Research Project
- Advanced Communication: Empowerment & Advocacy

How to apply

29Jan

This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Points of entry

The following entry points are available for this course:

  • Year 1

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

Additional entry requirements

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)

Student Outcomes

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There is no data available for this course. For further information visit the Discover Uni website.

Fees and funding

Tuition fees

England £9250 Year 1
Northern Ireland £9250 Year 1
Scotland £9250 Year 1
Wales £9250 Year 1

Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .

Additional fee information

No additional fees or cost information has been supplied for this course, please contact the provider directly.
Social Care, Justice and Recovery at Leeds Beckett University - UCAS