Training Foundation degree Your vocation, your qualification, your career
Your vocation, your qualification, your career
Kent Association for the Blind and Canterbury Christ Church University offer a fully accredited two-year Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (Visual Impairment Rehabilitation). This exciting modular course will provide students with the skills necessary for rehabilitation work with sight impaired people.
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The first course of its kind, the degree is the only programme in the UK that demands that students be already working in a relevant field. The result is that the course attracts students of the highest calibre.
Students come from a variety of backgrounds including schools, specialist units for sight impaired children, charities and Social Service departments.
"The integration of theory and work-based practice on this specialist route sets an excellent example that other programmes would do well to follow. The provision of a dedicated workplace mentor having a role within the programme team provides a particularly good level of support and guidance to students ..." Foundation Degree External Examiner Report, October 2009
Course content
The Foundation Degree, which is limited to 12 students a year by the Higher Education Funding Council, is delivered over two or four years. Twelve modules, reflecting the core skills of a Rehab Worker, are studied during the course of the degree.
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Work-based modules (Level 4) |
Compulsory Taught Modules (Level 4) |
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Understanding low vision |
Personal, Academic and Workplace Development (PAW) |
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Sight impairment rehabilitation |
The social context of health |
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Indoor orientation and mobility for people who are sight impaired |
Contemporary health issues |
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Work-based modules (Level 5) |
Compulsory Taught Modules (Level 5) |
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Low vision advanced |
Contemporary law and ethics |
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Advanced rehabilitation for sight impaired people |
Understanding evidence for practice |
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Outdoor orientation and mobility for people who are sight impaired |
Changing workplace practice |
If you'd like to find out more about the Foundation Degree please contact Avril Chapman, Foundation Degree Manager on 01622 691357. You can email Avril at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Kent association for the Blind would like to thank The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation for their generous support for the Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care.
