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Through a blended learning approach you will explore, examine and identify topics which may include:
Personal identity, empathy and sense of self Reflection on own life experiences
Unconscious bias
Health and well-being monitoring
Resilience building
Human development across the lifespan
Ecological frameworks and social processes for individuals and communities (for example, housing, racism, poverty, education and employment opportunities, mental or physical ill health) and other sources of disadvantage that impact upon development and are associated with the risks of crime, marginalisation, isolation and exclusion, and inequalities in health and wellbeing
Relationships between social processes, disadvantage and social divisions.
Different communities and their respective strengths and limitations
Developing community profiles
Understanding of who service-users might be
Voluntary, private and statutory organisations working with service-users and communities
Local, national and global contexts of health and social care – policy drivers, standards and practices Professionals’ roles in supporting individuals and families in different community setting to overcome inequalities in health and social care through universal services, community resources and resilience

This module is designed to address two main SiSWE learning requirements: Units 1, 2.

LO1: Critically reflect upon own development and sense of self, including personal and professional identity.
LO2: Critically discuss the need for monitoring of own health and wellbeing, and examine strategies for building resilience.
LO3: Critically appraise the needs and strengths of individuals in the context of human development across the lifespan
LO4: Critically explore the implications of changing local, national and global health and social care context for individuals, families and communities.
LO5: Analyse the history, demographics and characteristics of specific communities, including resilience and barriers to equality in health and social care.
LO6: Critically evaluate the inter-related roles of service providers who work with specific communities, including voluntary, private and statutory organisations.