Course Overview

This Foundation degree develops the skills and awareness to practice in a variety of settings that focus on the support of children from 0-12-years and their families in a developmental setting. The course is designed to bridge the education, health, and social care sectors where play support, playwork, and play therapy are increasingly used to support childrens development and wellbeing. Combining theory and practice of childrens health, play and wellbeing has relevance to health care assistants and family support, as well as to nursery practitioners, SENCOs, Teaching Assistants, Play Workers, and other therapy assistants and this program will benefit those intending to enter any number of similar professions.

General Eligibility

A Foundation degree, (or equivalent), FDA or FdSc All applicants are required to hold GCSE English and Maths at Grade C/4 or above. Applicants who do not hold these qualifications may be considered on an individual basis based upon their overall application and the course applied for.

Part Time Work Details

Language Requirement

• IELTS 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components) where English is not the students' first language.