MSc in Management in Health and Social Care

The MSc Management in Health and Social Care has been developed to meet the needs of those currently working, or aspiring to work in the Health and Care sectors. It takes into account the changing nature of health and care delivery, in the UK and globally, drawing from experiences and new insights emerging from the COVID pandemic.

We will help you to:

• Develop the skills of a reflective leader and learner, raising your self-awareness and enhancing your self-belief.
• Identify needs and tools to improve, innovate and transform services.
• Broaden your knowledge of how people and organisations behave within different policy and political contexts.
• Select ways to enhance the management and performance of human and financial resources.
• Enhance your research and project management skills.
• Apply the latest research and theory to inform and enhance your leadership, management and organisational practice.

Learning and assessment

You will gain an understanding of changes and developments in health and social care policy. The operational environment at local, national and international levels will also be covered.

The course will enable you to:

• build your knowledge of the core functions of management and leadership
• examine policy and strategy in a variety of health and social care settings
• develop and apply leadership capability
• gain and apply research skills
• expand your networks.

Study modules

Compulsory modules

• Organisational Resource Management in Health and Social Care
  This module explores financial flows, controls and application to business/service development.
• Operational Management in Health and Social Care
  In this module, you will understand the relationship between system design, demand and capacity management.
• Coaching and Mentoring in Health and Social Care
  This module is designed to enable you to explore the context, theory and application of coaching and mentoring within health and social care organisations. The role of managers and leaders in health and social care includes engaging, motivating and developing a wide range of staff in order to enhance engagement, retention and improve performance. Evidence-based coaching and mentoring are being used to support this both in private and public sector organisations. This module will help you to learn the key principles and skills that underpin coaching and mentoring, identify how to incorporate these within your working relationships and create an environment to encourage and support this approach. The module also presents an opportunity to critically analyse and evaluate the theory and practice of coaching and mentoring, its emergence from and relation to other disciplines, and its implementation at the team and wider organisational levels.
• Leadership in Health and Social Care
  This module explores the utilisation and impact of leadership on organisations and teams with a clear focus on gaining an understanding of your own leadership practice and development and its enhancement.
• Advanced Research Design
  In this module, you will develop your data acquisition and interpretation techniques, and prepare you for the Dissertation.

Final project

• Dissertation
  The Dissertation enables you to develop a more specialised and deeper understanding of management in your sector. Alongside the core modules, there is also the choice of an optional module allowing you to tailor your study to your specific interests and learning needs.

This course can help if:

• You want to move into a management/leadership role in clinical, social care or community healthcare settings.
• You are a practising manager or leader at any level wanting to draw from a stronger research and theory base to enhance the way you work.
• You need a management/ leadership qualification to enhance your professional profile and CV.
• You have a management background and wish to orientate your practice toward provision in the health /social care sectors.