Your vocation, your qualification, your career
Kent Association for the Blind and Canterbury Christ Church University offer a fully accredited two-year Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care (Visual Impairment Rehabilitation). This exciting modular course will provide students with the qualification needed to become rehabilitation workers for people with sight impairments.
Download and print an application form in Word for the Foundation Degree.
Download and print a PDF application form for the Foundation Degree.
The first course of its kind, the degree is the only programme in the UK that demands that students be already working in a relevant field. The result is that the course attracts students of the highest calibre.
Students come from a variety of backgrounds including schools, specialist units for sight impaired children, charities and Social Service departments.
Entry requirements and additional information
Download and print an application form in Microsoft Word for the Foundation Degree.
Download and print a PDF application form for the Foundation Degree.
Candidates who are considering applying for the Foundation Degree should:
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Be working with people who are sight impaired for a minimum of 2 days per week in an education/health and social care setting (paid or voluntary)
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Have one A-Level qualification or appropriate Level 3 NVQ and/or interview for those with no formal qualifications
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Students will attend tutorials for a maximum of 2 days per week and will be expected to devote additional study time
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Student's can attend modules individually by becoming an associate student; this is valuable for people wishing to build on their skills to gain credits to access a higher education course
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Each module attracts 20 credits at HE level
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Alternatively, students who have already undertaken certificated courses in rehabilitation can use these to APL (Assessment of Prior Learning) up to 50% of the Foundation Degree. Evidence will be required, and each case will be looked at on an individual basis. This gives students the opportunity to gain the Foundation Degree without attending the modules already undertaken
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This Foundation Degree allows articulation within the Faculty of Health to a BSc (Hons) in inter-professional practice at Level 6
Frequently Asked Questions
Will there be lots of written work?
You will be expected to complete written assignments, but there are also opportunities within the degree for you to show your practical skills through role play. Modules contain practical assessment allowing you to impress us with the work-based knowledge and skills you already have.