Housing: Supported Housing - HNC
Course Overview
Course Content
Key components of this foundation programme are: Housing practice, Housing law, Housing and welfare policy, Resourcing the support business, Risk assessment, Designing for diversity, Equality & diversity, Working with vulnerable adults, Study skills, Professional skills, a practice module which builds on experience in the field. Work experience is arranged where students are not currently employed within the sector.
Career Potential
Students who complete the Professional Diploma will find they are professionally and academically equipped to move up the housing career ladder. The course is broad-based and will equip students to work in fields allied to housing.
Students who successfully complete the HNC Housing: Supported Housing will automatically be offered a place on the Diploma/BSc/BSc (Hons) Housing: Supported Housing programme, which incorporates the full CIH Professional Qualification.
Entry Requirements
Applicants should have one of the following (or the equivalent):
- One GCE A level pass, with five passes at GCSE grades A, B or C
- A relevant EDEXCEL National (or Higher) Certificate or Diploma
- A recognised Access course
- Appropriate Chartered Institute of Housing certificated learning
The university may Accredit Prior Learning (APL) in appropriate cases where evidence of learning outcomes achieved by the applicant through other qualifications (for example, Housing NVQ’s) is clear.
We encourage applications from applicants who may not have the entry requirements but have relevant experience in the sector. Applications are considered on an individual basis.
Entry onto this course is also subject to a satisfactory criminal records check. More details about UWIC's criminal records procedures can be found at www.uwic.ac.uk/crb
Key Facts
Accredited by: Chartered Institute of Housing
Campus: Llandaff
School: Cardiff School of Health Sciences
Course Length: Sixteen months part time
Assessment:
Assessment is varied and interesting and includes traditional essays, exams, reports, portfolios and projects. All are designed to consolidate learning and help students explore ways in which knowledge and understanding can be applied to practice.
Selection Procedure:
An application form is available from the Programme Director. Applicants who meet the entry qualifications will be offered a place on the programme. Mature applicants (aged 21 years and over) without the required formal educational qualifications are encouraged to apply and will be invited for an informal interview.