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Social care

You want to help people – it’s who you are. But you know that improving lives takes professional training and real-world experience. We’ll give you everything you need to start helping others for a living.

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Counselling (Child and Young Person)

Undergraduate - DipHE

Study in:
Renew Counselling
Available as:
4 years part-time
Course features
  • Become a professional counsellor who specialises in working with children and young adults
  • A vibrant course, designed to challenge you professionally, personally, and academically
  • Study at Renew Counselling in Chelmsford for specialist clinical training
Course details Apply

Counselling and Psychotherapy (Top-Up)

Undergraduate - BA (Hons)

Study in:
Renew Counselling
Available as:
1 year full-time
Course features
  • Designed for qualified counsellors and psychotherapists to top up their training
  • A vibrant course to challenge you professionally, personally, and academically
  • Enhance employability with a choice of two specialist routes: Counselling Adults or Counselling Children and Young People
Course details Apply

Health and Social Care

Undergraduate - BSc (Hons)

Study in:
ARU London
Available as:
3 years full-time
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4 years with foundation
Course features
  • Develop your passion for helping others
  • Explore care management skills for diverse health conditions and social circumstances
  • Further your knowledge of complexities in healthcare institutions and the sector
Course details Apply

Integrated Health and Social Care

Undergraduate - BSc (Hons)

Study in:
ARU Peterborough
Available as:
3 years full-time
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4 years with foundation
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6 years part-time
Course features
  • Develop your knowledge and understanding of health and social care
  • Gain essential hands-on experience
  • Make a real difference to people's lives
Course details Apply

Management and Leadership in Health and Social Care (Top-Up)

Undergraduate - BSc (Hons)

Study in:
Distance learning
Available as:
1 year part-time Sept
,
1 year part-time Jan
,
2 years part-time Sept
,
2 years part-time Jan
Course features
  • Develop your management and leadership skills on a CMI accredited course
  • Study via distance learning while you work
  • Top-up to a full honours degree in one or two years
Course details Apply

Working with Children, Families and Communities

Undergraduate - BA (Hons)

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
3 years full-time
,
4 years with foundation
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6 years part-time
Course features
Prepare for a career in professional services - including health, education and social care - that work together to support children, families and communities.
Course details Apply

Working with Children, Young People and Families Practitioner

Undergraduate - CertHE

Higher Apprenticeship

Study in:
Online
,
Cambridge/Chelmsford
Available as:
16 months
Course features
  • Build a platform for further personal and career development
  • Study while you work, with no tuition fees
  • Work-based approach allows you to deliver impact in the workplace as you learn
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Mental Health

Postgraduate - MSc

Study in:
Distance learning
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Chelmsford
Available as:
Full-time
,
Part-time
Course features
One in four people will experience a mental health problem during their lifetime. Affecting people from all walks of life, its impact is felt on individuals but also their families and the wider community. The innovative delivery of our Masters course will increase your knowledge and understanding of mental health care.
Course details Apply

Professional Doctorate in Health and Social Care

Research - DProf

Study in:
Cambridge
Available as:
Part-time
Course features
This programme is for health or social care practitioners with postgraduate qualifications who want to research a policy or practice issue that’s relevant to their area of work and use the findings to influence the way things are done.
Course details Apply

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Hear from Jenny Rafter

Social Work at ARU

Jenny Rafter, Deputy Head of ARU's School of Social Work, talks about what makes a good social worker, and what you can expect from our BA (Hons) Social Work course.

You’re all about improving people’s quality of life. So are we – whether that’s our students or the people you'll be supporting once you're qualified.

At ARU, we’re the largest provider of health, social care and education courses in the East of England, and our School of Education and Social Care offers courses ranging from Early Childhood Education to Public Health and Social Work.

Working in partnership with recognised bodies, local councils, charities and hundreds of schools, we’re accredited and well connected. You'll benefit from those connections, along with opportunities to go on placement, and pioneering research that feeds into our teaching.

Our courses have been designed with your career in mind, so you can be sure that you’ll get practical experience and learn to use the latest facilities used in industry.

Outstanding student support

Join our social work community and:

  • make use of facilities including extensive library and IT resources
  • learn from our talented team of social worker academics
  • access support, should you need it, with study skills, careers advice, health and wellbeing, and more
  • get involved with local causes through our Students' Union volunteering scheme.

"To the untrained eye, a game of tag is just children running riot. Look deeper and you see how much that child is learning from a simple game: spatial awareness, teamwork, taking turns, gross motor skills development, listening to instructions…”"

Lucy

BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies

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