Overview
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 8
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Total Credits: 240
Connected Curriculum: - Civic and Community Engagement
- Employability
- Research Based Teaching
- Sustainability
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): - Quality Education
- Partnerships to Achieve SDGs
- Reduced Inequality
- Gender Equality
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Digitally Fluent
- Effective global citizen
- Independent and creative thinker
- Socially Responsible
UCC policies applying to applicants/students on this programme: - Fitness to Practise Policy
- Student Vetting Policy and Procedure
The BA (Hons) Applied Social Services is an alternative degree pathway for students who do not satisfy the pass standard for the placement modules (SS3054 Work-based Learning 5and SS3055 Work-based Learning 6) in Year 3 of the BA (Hons) Social Care (Apprenticeship) programme over the Summer and/or Autumn Supplemental Examinations or who decide not to continue with their professional training in the BA (Hons) Social Care (Apprenticeship) programme.
After successfully completing these modules these students will then qualify with a BA (Hons) Applied Social Services.
Note: Students who opt for this Pathway are not eligible to be considered for registration with CORU as a qualified Social Care Worker.
Note: Exemptions in relevant modules passed as part of BA (Hons) Social Care (Apprenticeship) will be carried over to BA (Hons) Applied Social Services.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| SS1007 | Social Policy: Theory and Application 1 | 10 |
| SS1013 | Work-based Learning 1 1 | 10 |
| SS1014 | Work-based Learning 2 2 | 20 |
| SS1841 | Social Care Services: Legal & Ethical Fundamentals 2 | 10 |
| SS1842 | Psychological Foundations for Social Care 2 | 10 |
| SS1850 | Professional Skills for Practice 2 | 10 |
| SS1851 | Reflective, Ethical and Evidence-Informed Practice in Social Care 2 | 10 |
| |
| SS2022 | Introduction to Research Methods for Social Care 1 | 5 |
| SS2023 | Social Policy Analysis 1 | 10 |
| SS2034 | Work Based Learning 3 1 | 10 |
| SS2035 | Work-based Learning 4 1 | 20 |
| SS2036 | Adversity across the Lifespan 2 | 10 |
| SS2037 | Contemporary Practice & Creative Interventions 2 | 10 |
| SS2038 | Residential and Community Practice 1 | 10 |
| SS2039 | Practitioner Self-Care & Reflection 2 | 5 |
| |
| SS3056 | Navigating the Regulatory Landscape | 10 |
| SS3057 | Contemporary Challenges in Social Care Practice | 10 |
| SS3058 | Innovative Problem-Solving in Social Care | 10 |
| SS3040 | Social Research Skills | 5 |
| SS3042 | Research Project | 15 |
| |
| Total Credits | 240 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for BA (Hons) Applied Social Services (NFQ Level 8, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Apply knowledge of social policy to critically examine and understand the impact of social and political contexts in contemporary society;
- Illustrate a reflective approach to learning that is self-directed and employs principles of problem based learning
- Apply social policy concepts and theory to understand changes in the contemporary welfare state;
- Be able to critically analyse policy responses in sectoral areas across the social services;
- Promote principles of social justice, human rights and equality;
- Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of human behaviour within culturally diverse contexts across the social services
- Apply knowledge of theoretical frameworks to understand and critically analyse social structures at macro and micro levels
- Develop the ability to undertake and apply social research methods
- Demonstrate the capacity to pursue comparative research in applied social services and the ability to write in an appropriate academic style.
