Health and Social Care Management (MSc)

Overview

The course provides a multidisciplinary learning environment in which to study health and social care services management. The overall aim is to develop effective managers: people who are able to engage with policy, clarify strategic goals, implement, manage and monitor good practice, and manage themselves and others in the pursuit of excellence in a multidisciplinary context. It begins by enabling you to be analytical of your own and others' behaviour in relation to management processes, focusing on your capacity to manage your own time, priorities and development, as well as the performance of others.

You will be provided with learning opportunities, which examine areas such as strategy development, the management of change and risk management. You will examine methods to evaluate performance, quality and risk, and will be offered a structured set of options to review management issues that are specific to the policy areas of your own service, including healthcare, social welfare, community care, and children and families.

Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities

www.londonmet.ac.uk/depts/fass/

Applying and entry

PLEASE NOTE There is no official closing date for this course, but you are advised to apply as early as possible as we will only consider your application if there are places available on the course.

Tel: 020 7133 4202
Email: admissions@londonmet.ac.uk

Normally a good Honours degree plus three years’ management or supervision experience. Experienced clinical staff or senior practitioners moving into a management role will be considered. Those seeking an Advanced Award in Social Work (AASW) must also hold a social work qualification.

Course contents

You are expected to complete four core modules, two options from a list, and a triple-module project.

• Measuring and Managing Performance
• Managing Self and Others
• Public Services: Policy and Strategy
• Social Research: Principles and Practice

One option should come from the policy area (health, mental health, social policy, community care, or family policy), and the other will be in management.  Managers who wish to study for a PG Certificate (3 modules) or Post Graduate Diploma (6 modules) in Health and Social Care Management may exit from the MSc programme after they have completed the required module.

Read more details about the modules

Dissertation
Concepts, skills and theory covered in the course are integrated through a 12-15,000-word dissertation evaluating the management or implementation of a particular policy in your own workplace.

Assessment
Assessment involves coursework, reports and management exercises.

Careers

This qualification will enhance the career prospects of those working in many settings where knowledge and skills in health and social care management is relevant eg, Drug and Alcohol rehabilitation Managers, Managers of Learning Disability Services, Primary Care Trust Business Development Managers, Day Centre managers, Sure Start programme managers, Health Visitor Managers, Prison Service Managers, Residential and Nursing Care Home managers, etc. Graduates from our existing programmes report improved career choices and advancement as a result of learning acquired on this programme.

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