Course overview

This course is designed to meet the development needs of practitioners already working in the field of child health and social care practice. Its aim is to advance the knowledge and skills of students so enabling them to deliver improved standards of care to children, young people and their families.

The BSc (Hons) Children and Young People course will allow you to develop your knowledge and skills base to enable you to work increasingly with other professionals and to function effectively in an ever-changing world of service provision for children and young people.

Additional course information

When you graduate, you will be able to analyse the social and health needs of children and young people and their families, and you will be able to utilise a variety of therapeutic approaches and interventions in meeting those needs. This is a challenging field, one that requires its practitioners to commit to lifelong learning in order to ensure continual professional development and to maintain standards of care.

Assessment

The assessment designed for each module reflects the intentions of that module and will measure the identified learning outcomes. A variety of assessment strategies will be used to reflect and test the achievement of the learning outcomes. These are detailed within each module. Assessment strategies are seen to be dynamic and are reviewed regularly in order to maintain rigour and reflect changes in professional focus, practice etc.

Additional assessment information

Clinical practice is assessed through the use of a variety of means including care studies, critical reflection on practice, portfolios, case presentations and the development of individual learning plans with mentors that reflect and expand upon the practice related learning outcomes for each module. Practice assessors within the clinical settings are already experienced in the assessment of practice. You will be furnished with clear guidelines for assessment within each module guide. The expectation to work in partnership when developing care strategies and to actively collaborate with service users and carers is included with module assessments. However such principles often give rise to ethical, moral and professional dilemmas and so you are required to actively consider, explain and resolve these difficulties within formative and summative assessment processes.

Special features

This pathway and constituent modules have been developed closely with local service providers to prepare students to work in their chosen areas of practice. Expert practitioners contribute to content delivery and support students in practice. Input from clinical experts helps maintain the pathways currency and to ably address current issues relating to child health faced by children, young people and their families.

Associated careers

Many of the pathway modules act as the foundation of specialized practice following initial professional registration. This enables students to progress in their careers in their chosen area of practice and it also prepares them for higher levels of future study such as the MSc Children and Young People.

Additional careers information

Our course provides you with enhanced opportunities for career progression. It also enables you to further your professional (e.g. Nursing Allied Health) education at degree level or above.

Entry Requirements:

Top-Up programme, entry to year 3 only.

Entry requirements

Top-Up programme, entry to year 3 only.

Entry requirements listed are for September 2013 entry. Entry requirements for other intakes may differ.


In all cases applicants must:

• Be currently working in a health care practice setting where children and young people are cared for
• Be able to provide evidence of personal, professional and educational experience so that they may meet the academic and, where appropriate, practice demands of the programme.
• They must also be able to demonstrate 120 credits at level 2 through a professional qualification (e.g. Dip HE Registered Nurse Dip HE Midwifery or stand alone relevant modules.

Most of the optional modules of this course demand that students have either previous requisite practice experience or that they are currently working in a clinical setting with children, young people and their families in order to achieve practice learning outcomes.




International applicants
Due to the specific content of this course candidates must already be registered as a children's nurse with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council, and also be employed in a children's nursing capacity within the UK currently and throughout the duration of the course. We therefore expect that international students who meet this requirement will be in the UK on the appropriate employment visa.