FdSc Health, Wellbeing and Social Support at Teesside University

This foundation degree is run by Redcar & Cleveland College and Stockton Riverside College with Teesside University and local employers, and is approved as a Higher Technical Qualification. It builds knowledge of care, the care sector and health and wellbeing, with research skills and a placement of 150 hours a year in a care setting. It is closed at Redcar & Cleveland College for September 2026 but available at Stockton Riverside College.

Department: Nursing & Health  |  Duration: 2 years full-time  |  Intake: September  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Location: Middlesbrough, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

Year 1 modules include Contemporary Care Practice, Introduction to Medicines Management and Safeguarding of Vulnerable Individuals; Year 2 modules include Concepts and Practice in Health and Social Care, Principles of Public Health and Wellbeing, Service Improvement in Health and Social Care and Understanding Research in Health and Social Care.

Career pathways

Employment in health and social care, particularly management or associate practitioner roles; progression to a part-time top-up degree or pre-registration health or social work programmes.

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