Course Summary
Course Category: Disability Training Provision
Social Citizenship is a two-year course for people with intellectual disabilities.
Classes take place 3 days per week from September to April. At the end of the course, students spend 3 months on a paid work experience placement.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
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Core Modules
These modules are taken with other students from the Certificate in Social Citizenship only.
Subjects include:
Transition Into College
Information and Communication Technology
Social and Cultural Studies
Personal, Social and Civic Engagement
Identity, Expression and Rights
Transition Onwards
Co-Learning Modules:
These modules are taken with students from other courses around the university.
You will choose one of the following study areas:
Performing Arts
Health and Wellbeing
Sustainable Living
The World Around Us
Including Children
People and Diversity
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Social
The Social person's interests focus on interacting with the people in their environment. In all cases, the Social person enjoys the personal contact with other people in preference to the impersonal dealings with things, data and ideas found in other groups.
Many will seek out positions where there is direct contact with the public in some advisory role, whether a receptionist or a counsellor. Social people are motivated by an interest in different types of people and like diversity in their work environments. Many are drawn towards careers in the caring professions and social welfare area, whilst others prefer teaching and other 'informing' roles.
Administrative
Administrative people are interested in work that offers security and a sense of being part of a larger process. They may be at their most productive under supervisors who give clear guidelines and while performing routine tasks in a methodical and reliable way.
They tend to enjoy clerical and most forms of office work, where they perform essential administrative duties. They often form the backbone of large and small organisations alike. They may enjoy being in charge of office filing systems, and using computers and other office equipment to keep things running smoothly. They usually like routine work hours and prefer comfortable indoor workplaces.
