Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies in Professional Social Care Practice

at Institute of Technology Carlow

The course engages a range of teaching strategies include a 12-week placement in a social care agency in both 2nd and 3rd year (400 hours each year). As these placements involve working with vulnerable people, offers for the course may be withdrawn if applicants do not successfully complete the Garda vetting process.
 

Year 1 / Semester 1

Mandatory

• Professional Social Care Theory and Practice

• Introduction to Sociology for Social Care Practice

• Communications Research and Study Skills

• Introduction to Psychology

• Creative Skills 1
   

Year 1 / Semester 2

Mandatory

• Professional Social Care Practice: Contexts, Models and Legal System

• Introduction to Social Policy for Social Care Practice

• Lifespan Development and Individual Difference

• Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Persons

• Health and Safety in Social Care Practice
   

Year 2 / Semester 1

Mandatory

• Supervised Professional Practice 1
   

Year 2 / Semester 2

Mandatory

• Community-based Social Care Services

• Health and Wellbeing in Social Care Practice

• Psychology of Social Cognition

• Sociological Perspectives on Contemporary Social Care Policy and Practice

• Disability and Positive Ageing

• Legal Studies 1
   

Year 3 / Semester 1

Mandatory

• Children and Families

• Legal Studies 2

• Psychology of Mental Health and Neurodiversity

• Social Research Studies

• Creative Skills 2

• Alternative to Home Care
   

Year 3 / Semester 2

Mandatory

• Supervised Professional Practice 2
   

Year 4 / Semester 1

Mandatory

• Contemporary Approaches to Leadership and Change Management

• Psychology and Positive Change

• Advanced Social Care Practice 1

• Global Issues for Social Care Practice

• Ethics and Human Rights
   

Year 4 / Semester 2

Mandatory

• Leading Self and Others

• Psychology, Adjustment and Alternative Views

• Advanced Social Care Practice 2

• Connecting Social Care Practice to a Globalized World

• Research Methods and Dissertation in Social Care Practice

Leaving Certificate

• 2H5 & 4O6/H7
   

Subjects required

• English or Irish O6/H7

• Garda vetting required

The fees for Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Applied Social Studies in Professional Social Care Practice may vary from €10,000 to €15,000 annually for tuition fees. The fee's prices may get higher for International Students.

Graduates are able to take up front-line positions in a diverse range of social care services and will act as a base for project coordination, supervision and management. These include: residential services (adolescent, vulnerable older people); community development; family support; community child-care and community disability services.