About Diploma of Higher Education in Social Care (Scotland)

Social care in Scotland is increasingly multidisciplinary and community focused - requiring a skilled, adaptable workforce to deliver high quality services. The Diploma of Higher Education in Social Care will deepen your insight of social care and social work, and develop the knowledge and skills you need to support vulnerable adults and children effectively in multiple settings. This diploma course places a strong emphasis on working across professional boundaries, with service users placed firmly at the centre. Youll gain an up-to-date and authoritative overview of care services, drawing on real life case studies with children, older people, mental health communities and people with learning disabilities. Youll explore key roles, standards and codes of practice - focusing in particular on areas relevant to your own role, such as work with children and families, vulnerable adults and people with mental health difficulties; and social work and the law.