BA (Hons) Social Care with Counselling Studies
If you want a career that’s challenging, stimulating and rewarding, our Social Care with Counselling Studies degree is an excellent preparation for working in the fast-growing field of social care. The combination of caring and counselling skills you gain will help you effectively understand and address people’s needs.
A valuable insight into helping others
This degree covers all aspects of social care, giving you knowledge that will be invaluable in the voluntary or private care sectors. You’ll learn how to correctly assess care needs and make provision for appropriate care – and what you learn about counselling will mean you can help people make positive choices or changes in their lives.
Why study Social Care with Counselling Studies with ICS?
This is a broad-based degree, giving you a sound preparation for a wide range of careers, and all course materials are designed by experts in the fields of social care and counselling. Your degree is built up by individual modules, so you could achieve your goal step by step – whether you want to do it quickly or take your time.
Plus, recent studies have identified the key attributes sought by employers when recruiting graduates. These include many interpersonal and self-management skills, often ranking above academic merit.
Choosing to study your BA (Hons) Social Care with Counselling Studies degree by distance learning demonstrates to employers that you not only have the necessary knowledge, skills and understanding, but also that you can manage time effectively, are self-motivated and already have a good work ethic – qualities that will make you stand out from the crowd.
Validated by the University of East London.
Is this the right degree for me?
If you can answer yes to the questions below, then you’ll find that studying for a Social Care with Counselling Studies degree could be the right move for your career.
• Are you interested in understanding the different roles in social care?
• Are you interested in issues like social exclusion, poverty and care in contemporary society?
• Would you like to improve your interpersonal skills and self-awareness?
• Do you want to develop research, advocacy and negotiation skills?
• Are you interested in discovering how counsellors help people?
• Do you want flexible, employment-related transferable skills?
Course Structure
One of the main benefits of an ICS course is flexibility. It is your choice how far you wish to take your studies – though we're sure once you see how rewarding learning with ICS can be, you'll be determined to achieve your full Honours degree!
In order to gain a Honours degree, you must successfully complete eighteen modules, including your final project. Each module is worth 20 credits and there are 120 credits at each level. However, if you decide to graduate early, you can choose from the following awards:
>An Ordinary degree with 300 credits
>A Diploma of Higher Education with 240 credits
>A Certificate of Higher Education with 120 credits
Some modules can also be studied individually as part of your own personal development – and there are a great range of topics to choose from.
(Information on modules coming soon - please call 0500 501 366 for further advice.)
Start your Social Care with Counselling Studies Degree today - enrol on the first 2 modules here!