Our BA (Hons) Applied Community and Social Care Studies course will provide you with a strong knowledge base and develop the key skills required for community and social care leadership roles.A vast range of specialist modules and topics are available to suit your areas of interest: politics and policy race, racism and society researching social inequality relational practice safeguarding children and young people mental health and social care working with domestic abuse drugs and society poverty, exclusion and social justice crime and society and many more. The second year of the programme provides an opportunity for you to link your academic learning to real-world practice through a practical ‘Structured Work Experience requirement.Course team members are experienced academics whose specialist research and scholarly activity is in areas associated with community or social care practice. In addition to academic experience, many staff on the course team have worked as qualified social workers, whilst most others have direct experience of practice in the social care and community development sectors.In addition to enhancing your employment opportunities, the programme provides essential educational underpinnings for learners to progress onto further postgraduate study and research in, for example, social work, social policy, education and community leadership.