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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

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
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1 year part-time Jan
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2 years part-time Sept
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2 years part-time Jan
Accredited by:

Chartered Management Institute

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Working with Children, Families and Communities

Undergraduate - BA (Hons)

Study in:
Chelmsford
Available as:
3 years full-time
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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

Mental Health

Postgraduate - MSc

Study in:
Chelmsford
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Distance learning
Available as:
1 year full-time
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2 years part-time
Course features
  • Explore an issue that affects one in four people during their lifetime
  • Enhance your knowledge and understanding of mental health care
  • Choose how you study, with distance learning options available
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

School of Allied Health and Social Care

Research - MPhil : PhD

Study in:
Chelmsford
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Cambridge
Available as:
Full-time
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Part-time
Course features
Make a substantial contribution to knowledge in your specialty, in the shape of published research. Work in an inspiring multidisciplinary setting that reflects latest trends in the field.
Course details Apply
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