PgCert Vocational Rehabilitation
Distance learning
Location • Collegiate Campus
Subject area • Occupational therapy
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At a glance
Gain the skills and knowledge needed to support people with illness, injury and disabilities to find, remain in or return to work. Your studies are relevant to roles in areas such as occupational health, human resources or disability services. The course design allows you to combine your studies with the demands of a busy career and lifestyle.
Key points
• Learn to better support people with illness, injury and disabilities in their careers.
• Benefit from the flexibility of distance learning and the diversity of students it connects you with.
• Personalise your learning to focus on elements relevant to your professional interests.
• Be informed on the latest political changes relating to work and welfare reform.
Examine the social and political barriers that individuals with illness, injury and disabilities may experience relating to work. You learn about the ways in which these can be overcome and gain the knowledge, skills and strategies needed to support these people in finding, remaining in or returning to work.
This course is particularly useful if you work in employment-related areas, such as • occupational health • human resources • employment services • rehabilitation • disability services.
As a student, you benefit from the flexibility that distance learning offers, studying at a time that is convenient with your and fits in with your career and lifestyle. It also gives you the opportunity to study with people from different professions, from the UK and abroad, learning together and sharing your experiences.
The course has been designed so that you can personalise your approach to learning, studying the modules relevant to your particular area of work or interests. It also provides the variety and flexibility to allow you to tailor your learning needs to your own continuing professional development.
Studying on this course enables you to be at the forefront of political changes relating to work and welfare reform. This is a good way to enhance your employability in your chosen area of work and allow you to engage in best practice with your service users.
After completing the postgraduate certificate, you can progress to PgDip and MSc through our Advancing Professional Practice framework.
Study individual modules
You can study individual modules from this course and gain academic credit towards a qualification. Visit our continuing professional development website for more information.
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Related courses
Distance learning – typically one year
All delivery is online using a range of creative learning resources such as video clips, digital stories, e-lectures, wikis and blogs in a virtual learning environment (VLE).
Starts October
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Typically £1,530 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically
£600 per 15 credit module
£1,200 per 30 credit module
2014/15 academic year
Typically
£615 per 15 credit module
£1,230 per 30 credit module
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
Assessment methods include • written assignments • reports • development of practical resources • case studies • personal reflections.
You can take any module individually for continuing professional development
John Sharpe (1:34)
John Sharpe, Rolls-Royce employee, and one of our MSc Total Quality Management and Organisational Excellence graduates talks about his experiences of studying a distance learning course while working.
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Richard Frost
MSc Vocational Rehabilitation
'I chose to study at Sheffield Hallam as it was the only University that offered the course I wished to do. Even though I was only on-site two or three times a term, studying at Sheffield Hallam was a fulfilling and enjoyable experience. The tutors, lecturers and visiting speakers were each expert's in their field and provided a wide range of information and perspectives to consider and reflect on.
'The module leaders were always happy to help and were happy to be contacted between on-site sessions and offered sound, practical advice and information – this was especially valuable with my dissertation supervisor. Learning from other students, who represented a wide range of experience and backgrounds, was also invaluable. I also discovered ‘Refworks’ which was wonderful it made studying so much so much easier!
'As I am already employed, I chose to do the course to enhance what I did in my current employment. I wanted to consolidate the many years of experience I had in the field. As someone who failed A-levels at school, I always had an intellectual inferiority complex and this has finally put that ghost to bed and shown that it's never too late to learn and to achieve. For me, it was important to make sure that the MSc was directly relevant to my work so it could be used in a very real sense afterwards. That has certainly proved to be the case.'
Profiles
Richard Frost
MSc Vocational Rehabilitation
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