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Social media and networks in health and social care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social media and networks in health and social care

...Social media and networks in health and social care, will be on the concept of internet safety and the possible advantages and disadvantages the internet offers in terms of health and social care. It will also explore the ethical and professional issues associated with online social networks when working in health and social care settings...The focus of this free ......
Innovation in health and social care: social and historical
Health, Sports & Psychology

Innovation in health and social care: social and historical

...social care: social and historical, focuses on digital technologies and innovations in health and social care and explores the types of innovations that are available and the impact this has on the individuals using them. You will also gain an insight into the potential advantages and disadvantages of these innovations. ...This free course, Innovation in health and social...
Social science and participation
Society, Politics & Law

Social science and participation

...Social science and participation, looks at how social science investigates participation, and uses this topic to look in particular at how social science helps to enact social worlds. As you work through the course, you will see that social science enactment of participation is closely related to social science descriptions of, for example, voting ......
Level 2: Intermediate 10 hrs
Social psychology and politics
Health, Sports & Psychology

Social psychology and politics

...social psychologists interested in politics, and how can they help us understand things like social movements, protest and activism? This free course, Social psychology and politics, moves away from a state-centric study of politics and, using insights from social psychology, explores the role of identity, personality and culture for political action. The course...
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
An introduction to social work
Health, Sports & Psychology

An introduction to social work

...social work role and develop your understanding of some of the theory associated with social work practice? This free course, An introduction to social work, begins by introducing key ideas, values, the social work process and the skills needed for social work practice in the UK. You will then move on to look at social work with individuals. Finally......
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Making Social Worlds
Society, Politics & Law

Making Social Worlds

...social world? How do passports and passbooks function as agents of government control? And what are the purposes of citizenship tests and ceremonies? This album provides insight into how large communities are organised to regulate their social behaviour. People who lived under Apartheid in South Africa describe how their passbook governed their social world, from alcohol...
Community Social Care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Community Social Care

...social issues, and it is the job of social workers to ensure that they are getting the best care, help and support that they need. The 16 tracks on this album look at numerous circumstances within the community - from the different ways of schooling young people with visual impairment, to fuel poverty, homelessness and the charity Mencap. The material forms part of The...
Audio 2 hrs 32 mins
Understanding Social Change
Society, Politics & Law

Understanding Social Change

...social sciences: understanding social change... Understanding Social Change A short introduction to this album. The welfare state - what is it? Post war UK: The welfare state, family and work, the balance of state and individual. Welfare - who's responsible? Controversy surrounding responsibility for welfare and the sections of society who contribute. Work - who does...