Rehabilitation - Social Work Route PgDip/MSc
Facts about Rehabilitation - Social Work Route
| Qualification | PgDip/MSc |
|---|---|
| Duration | Full time: 1 year Part time: 2-5 years |
| Attendance | Full time: 2 days per week Part time: 1 day per week |
| Assessment | Case study based reports; individual and group presentations |
| Course structure | |
Choose Kingston's Rehabilitation - Social Work Route PgDip/MSc
This course offers a unique opportunity for registered social workers to undertake a programme in a specialised practice area, develop their research skills and meet the GSCC requirements of social work post-qualifying higher specialist and advanced levels. You will not only achieve advanced knowledge and expertise, but also the leadership and critical self-reflection skills needed to be at the forefront of rehabilitation planning and service delivery.
You will take core studies in rehabilitation and research within the School of Physiotherapy. A member of academic staff from the School of Social Work will support and mentor you. You can also take option modules and assessment of competence in social work professional practice modules within the School of Social Work.
What will you study?
You will develop a critical understanding of the key policy drivers in rehabilitation and critically evaluate the implications on your own practice, particularly in relation to the delivery of person-centred rehabilitation. You will also gain critical awareness and systematic understanding of research methods used in rehabilitation research, and learn how to advance the most current evidence-based programmes of care in relation to the complex and changing needs of individuals with a disability.
The course also has a strong focus on the development of personal leadership skills, allowing you to deliver advanced practice to promote effective interprofessional working and service delivery.
Many of our staff in the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences are research active, often in partnership with NHS Trusts. This ensures they are in touch with the latest thinking and bring best practice to your studies.
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Course structure
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Core modules
- Competence in Higher Specialist Social Work Practice
- Competence in Advanced Social Work Practice (portfolio)
- Critical Practice in Rehabilitation
- Rehabilitation Policy and Practice
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Rehabilitation Policy and Practice
This module helps you to understand how current health and social care policy not only influences the needs of individual clients, but also the planning and delivery of rehabilitation services. You will cover:
- how to make sense of changes in health and social care, plus the implications for individual practice;
- models of service delivery and organisation in rehabilitation;
- inter-professional teams in rehabilitation;
- how to critically appraise literature supporting current policy;
- rehabilitation policy specific to certain client groups;
- clinical governance;
- how to measure effectiveness (group and individual);
- voluntary and independent sector;
- health promotion and self-management;
- worked case examples of different client groups relating to DOH policy, models of disability and rehabilitation in practice; and
- the impact of changes in market forces on health and social care.
You will work in small interactive groups. We encourage you to critically debate and problem solve, using a series of complex case studies relating to:
- older people;
- palliative care;
- neurological rehabilitation; and
- mental health.
- Research Methods
- Research Project (MSc) only
Option modules (choose one)
- Substance Misuse through the Life Stages
- Professional Responses to Domestic Violence and Abuse
- Adulthood, Development and Transitions
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Adulthood, Development and Transitions
In this module you will:
- critically analyse and apply theories of adulthood to the transitions and life stages that occur during adult life course development; and
- critically evaluate strategies and methods to promote service users' and carers' wellbeing.
- Legal, Ethical and Policy Framework for Inter-Professional Decision- Making in Adult Services
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Legal, Ethical and Policy Framework for Inter-Professional Decision- Making in Adult Services
This module helps you to:
- critically assess and analyse legal, ethical and policy frameworks within adult services; and
- consider their application within the context of decision-making in an inter-professional context.
- Issues and Challenges of an Ageing Population: Working with Older People
- Participation and Choice
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