Middlesbrough,
United Kingdom
Type
Public
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies (Learning Disabilities) in Sheffield United Kingdom | Teesside University
Teesside University
|
Sheffield United Kingdom
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Qualification
Bachelor Degree with Honours
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
GBP
15,000
(c. USD20,013.75)
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
36 months
As a learning disabilities nurse, you have the power to positively transform patients' lives and their families'. This career offers both challenges and deep fulfillment. Your key responsibility involves comprehending the healthcare requirements of individuals with learning disabilities, assisting them with life-impacting concerns, and advocating for their personal needs, rights, and social inclusion. You enable people with learning disabilities to lead satisfying lives, achieve maximum independence, and provide crucial support to their families.
You'll develop specialized expertise, hone effective communication techniques, and gain innovative, solution-oriented problem-solving abilities - particularly valuable when working with conditions like autism, fragile X syndrome, and Down syndrome.
Your work primarily takes you to clients' homes, supported living arrangements, and community-based settings. Additionally, you may practice in specialized hospitals, respite care facilities, clinical environments, and forensic hospitals, supporting individuals under the Mental Health Act. Your caseload could include people with diverse learning disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, and complex physical or mental health conditions.
Your duties encompass medication management, performing advanced clinical procedures, leading multidisciplinary teams, and overseeing care coordination. Full attendance is mandatory throughout this training program.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 7.0
Qualification Requirements
You are expected to have:
Level 2 Academic Study
a minimum of two GCSEs at grade 4 (C) or above including English language and maths. Key Skills/Functional Skills Level 2 in Communication and Application of Number can be accepted in place of English and Maths GCSE. Please note these are not required if you are doing an Access course however, you must have English and maths as listed below.
Plus any of the following qualifications:
GCE and VCE Advanced Level
112 points from two or three A levels.
AS Level
These are only acceptable combined with other qualifications. One AS level can be accepted when combined with two or three A Levels to meet the 112 points required.
Access course
112 UCAS points from a QAA-recognised Access course (any combination) *We can accept level 2 Access units in communication and maths in place of English and maths GCSEs.
BTEC QCF Extended Diploma
112 points (DMM).
CACHE Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health & Social Care
120 points (B) in health and social care.
Foundation degree
A pass in any subject.
Irish Leaving Certificate
112 points from four or five Highers/Honours subjects.
Open University
60 credits at Level 4 with the Open University or a CertHE pass in any subject.
Scottish Highers
112 points from four or five Highers.
Advanced Scottish Highers
112 points from three Advanced Highers.
International applicants must have a minimum IELTS score of 7.0 or equivalent in line with University English Language Policy that equates to overall IELTS 7 with a minimum of 6.5 in writing (or equivalent), before an unconditional offer is made
IELTS - 7.0
PTE (Academic) - 66
Cambridge English scale - 185
Trinity Integrated Skills in English - ISE III Pass
Level 2 Academic Study
a minimum of two GCSEs at grade 4 (C) or above including English language and maths. Key Skills/Functional Skills Level 2 in Communication and Application of Number can be accepted in place of English and Maths GCSE. Please note these are not required if you are doing an Access course however, you must have English and maths as listed below.
Plus any of the following qualifications:
GCE and VCE Advanced Level
112 points from two or three A levels.
AS Level
These are only acceptable combined with other qualifications. One AS level can be accepted when combined with two or three A Levels to meet the 112 points required.
Access course
112 UCAS points from a QAA-recognised Access course (any combination) *We can accept level 2 Access units in communication and maths in place of English and maths GCSEs.
BTEC QCF Extended Diploma
112 points (DMM).
CACHE Level 3 Extended Diploma in Health & Social Care
120 points (B) in health and social care.
Foundation degree
A pass in any subject.
Irish Leaving Certificate
112 points from four or five Highers/Honours subjects.
Open University
60 credits at Level 4 with the Open University or a CertHE pass in any subject.
Scottish Highers
112 points from four or five Highers.
Advanced Scottish Highers
112 points from three Advanced Highers.
International applicants must have a minimum IELTS score of 7.0 or equivalent in line with University English Language Policy that equates to overall IELTS 7 with a minimum of 6.5 in writing (or equivalent), before an unconditional offer is made
IELTS - 7.0
PTE (Academic) - 66
Cambridge English scale - 185
Trinity Integrated Skills in English - ISE III Pass
Tuition
GBP
15,000