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Holders of an appropriate Ordinary Bachelor Degree in Applied Social Studies in Social Care should apply to ITB by 1st June of year for which admission is sought. Entry is subject to normal entry requirements.

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Holders of an appropriate Ordinary Bachelor Degree in Applied Social Studies in Social Care should apply to ITB by 1st June of year for which admission is sought. Entry is subject to normal entry requirements.

Garda Vetting Requirements
As part of the course content, each student is required to successfully complete work placements in Year 2 and Year 3 of the Social Care course. In order to commence work placement, each student must undergo the ITB Garda vetting process. To ensure the protection of the public, and to justify public trust and confidence, the Institute is committed to ensuring that only suitable candidates are allowed to undertake specific parts of the programmes. Without satisfactory Garda clearance, students will be unable to complete the work placement and thus will not be able to complete the programme or receive an award. All places on the social care course are provisional and subject to the student obtaining satisfactory Garda vetting from the Central Garda Vetting Unit. The current legal minimum age for application for sole application for Garda vetting is 18 years of age. In the event of an applicant being between 16 and 18 years of age, written consent is also required from a parent or guardian.

In addition to Garda vetting a medical assessment and provision of personal references may be required in regard to suitability for placement.

Expand+What
Applied Social Studies helps you create change for others by developing yourself. On this course, students learn how to help others through learning about themselves. This course helps you help others to plan for a positive future.

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Applied Social Studies helps you create change for others by developing yourself. On this course, students learn how to help others through learning about themselves. This course helps you help others to plan for a positive future.

Why
Applied Social Studies helps you create change for others by developing yourself. On this course, students learn how to help others through learning about themselves. This course helps you help others to plan for a positive future.

Who
Open-minded, pragmatic people who are interested in enabling change through support, advocacy and guidance.

How
For the duration of their course at ITB, students will study a wide and interesting variety of subjects across social care practice, psychology, sociology, and creative studies along with other subjects related to social care such as law, group working, health studies and inter cultural studies.

While on campus students can avail of our specially adapted social care training rooms where role-plays and interactive learning take place.

All students attend prearranged placements in a social care setting enabling them to apply their academic knowledge to a working environment while developing their skills as a competent and innovative social care worker.

In ITB many of our team of lecturers have years of frontline experience as social care workers. In addition our lecturers in psychology and sociology are highly qualified in their discipline.

Expand+Year 4:
Semester 1
• Challenging Behaviour in the Social Care Sector
• Advanced Research Methods and Practice 1
• Leadership & Supervision in Social Care Practice
• Contemporary Policy and Practice Issues in Social Care
•* Elective –Successfu...

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Semester 1
• Challenging Behaviour in the Social Care Sector
• Advanced Research Methods and Practice 1
• Leadership & Supervision in Social Care Practice
• Contemporary Policy and Practice Issues in Social Care
•* Elective –Successful Ageing and Social Care Practice or Combatting Racism and Cultural Mediation or Issues & Practice in the Disability Sector

* Two Electives must be selected from Semester 1

Semester 2
• Child Protection Practice and Policy
• Advanced Research Methods and Practice 2
• Management in Social Care Practice
• ** Elective – Mental Health and Therapeutic Interventions or Understanding Substance Misuse or Advocacy in the Social Care Sector

** Two Electives must be selected from Semester 2.

Note:
All of the above Electives in Year 4 are planned in harmonisation with mandatory modules; however, additional electives may be offered in the future to reflect educational requirements in specialist areas within the social care sector.

The choice of electives are dependent upon learner demand and resource availability and may vary from year to year.