Overview
This programme has made an application for approval by CORU. There is no guarantee that the programme will be approved.
Social Care Work is described by CORU as a relationship-based approach to the purposeful planning and provision of care, protection, psychosocial support, and advocacy in partnership with vulnerable individuals and groups who experience marginalisation, disadvantage, or special needs. The importance of Social Care Work to the functioning of Irish society cannot be underestimated. The profession challenges the mechanics of inequality and forges creative pathways towards a fairer, more inclusive society where all human beings are valued.
This programme takes a multidisciplinary approach to social care work, drawing from psychology, sociology, social policy, and the creative arts to learn how to best respond to the experiences of all stakeholders in the social care work setting.
It aims to integrate theory and practice with an emphasis on ethical and evidence informed practice. A student-centred approach is used drawing on various teaching and assessment methods, enabling students to develop a professional insight into the various roles of a Social Care Worker, needs of various care populations, and contexts, CORU standards of proficiency and their own supervised practice.
An inclusive, empathic insight into the needs of people across various care settings and diverse backgrounds is also fostered with an emphasis on hearing the voices of supported persons/care groups throughout the course.
Furthermore, students are given the opportunity of acquiring care practice skills, such as advocacy and communication skills, creative and recreational approaches to practice, and health and wellbeing programmes for practice.
Work placements enable the student to apply theory taught on the course to a professional placement, develop reflective practice and to foster an understanding of what social care work, in a multidisciplinary teamwork context, involves.
Download PDF: Information for Prospective Social Care Work Students
Download PDF: Programme Handbook BA in Social Care Work