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Social Care

  • 06-08-2010 9:51pm
    #1
    tammyme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭


    Hi!
    I'm hoping someone here can help me!
    I got an early offer of Social Science in UCC but I'm hoping i might get an offer on the 23rd for Social Care in CIT.
    Can anyone tell me a bit more about it? i think the CIT course sounds way more practical and interesting then the UCC one but i'm afraid of making the wrong decision!!

    and also does anyone know: if i accept this offer from UCC (level 8 course) and then i get CIT (level 7 course) on the 23rd can i accept that instead? (have to accept before wednesday!)

    PLS HELP!!:confused:


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  • #2
    akamossy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭akamossy


    I am heading into my 4th year in Social Care this year in CIT and i absolutely loved the course. You get a massive overview of the social care sector and the subjects have a huge variety.

    I guess the main difference between this course and Social Sciences in UCC is that it is way more practical. You do three work placements in three different areas of the Social Care sector over the three years. In 1st year, it's a 6 week block, 2nd year is a 12 week block and 3rd year you are on placement two days a week for the whole year.

    This is an important part of training to be a social care worker as you never learn as much unless you are out there working in the middle of it all. It really helps you build on both your personal and professional development and I think if you plan to be a social care worker then this course would be a much better fit if only looking at the placement side of it. From what I can see placement is only optional in the 2nd year of the UCC course and I think that you gain a lot more from being out on placement than you ever will from sitting in a classroom.

    As with every course you do have your very interesting subjects and boring subjects but they are tolerable and the lecturers are friendly and always willing to help. The experience I have gained from this course is priceless and will be very useful when I go ahead and start my career when I finish.

    Best of luck with your decision


  • #3
    tammyme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 85 ✭✭tammyme


    akamossy wrote: »
    I am heading into my 4th year in Social Care this year in CIT and i absolutely loved the course. You get a massive overview of the social care sector and the subjects have a huge variety.

    I guess the main difference between this course and Social Sciences in UCC is that it is way more practical. You do three work placements in three different areas of the Social Care sector over the three years. In 1st year, it's a 6 week block, 2nd year is a 12 week block and 3rd year you are on placement two days a week for the whole year.



    Best of luck with your decision



    with the placements: do you go out and find them yourself or are you assigned them through the college?
    Last year i did a placement and i really wasn't keen on it because i felt very in the way as a lot of the time i was observing more than anything else and i prefer to get stuck in!

    thank you for all the info!!

    at the mo i'm 80% sure i want CIT, but then everyones telling me i'd be mad to throw away a place in UCC!

    If you don't mind answering, what do you hope to do afterwards?


  • #4
    akamossy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭akamossy


    tammyme wrote: »
    with the placements: do you go out and find them yourself or are you assigned them through the college?
    Last year i did a placement and i really wasn't keen on it because i felt very in the way as a lot of the time i was observing more than anything else and i prefer to get stuck in!

    thank you for all the info!!

    at the mo i'm 80% sure i want CIT, but then everyones telling me i'd be mad to throw away a place in UCC!

    If you don't mind answering, what do you hope to do afterwards?

    I got accepted into a course in UCC too at the time and i turned it down. It's got nothing to do with the college you go to. Don't let people pressure you into going there just because it's UCC. It's the wrong reason to go do something.

    You have to find the placements yourself, so you pick the areas you are interested in. There is a requirement that you do at least one disability placement and it is recommended that you do a residential placement but that isn't mandatory due to the lack of residential placements available. I had a lot of responsibility in my placements i found, especially in 3rd year where you are in most places just treated like one of the staff and you have the same workload.

    I want to work in family support in the future if possible, hopefully in the area of addiction.


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