Social Care Leadership & Management - Grangegorman

What is Social Care Leadership & Management?

It is a 90 ECTS credit programme, with an exit award of Postgraduate Diploma on completion of 60 ECTS credits. This course is aimed at Social Care Workers who are currently in a leadership or management post or for those who wish to progress their careers.



Programme Vision

The vision for this course is to develop excellence in social care leadership and management. Students will be facilitated to develop their capacities in delivering social care services grounded in the highest ethical standards of care, continuing education and research.

Module Listing

Year One

Semester 1

Contemporary Practice and Ethical Perspectives in Social Care Management and Leadership [Mandatory]

Governance in the Field of Social Care Practice: Critical Debates for Social Care Managers [Mandatory]

Leadership and Strategic Management in Social Care Work [Mandatory]



Semester 2

Integrated Seminars, ‘theory and practice’. [Mandatory]

Organisations: Culture, Change and Learning [Mandatory]

Critical Social Policy [Mandatory]

Equality, diversity and intercultural practice [Elective]



Year Two

Semester 1

Legal Issues for Social Care Managers [Mandatory]

Employment Law [Elective]

Employment Law [Elective]



Semester 2

Dissertation [Mandatory]

Research Methods [Mandatory]

Interventions in Child and Adolescent Mental Health [Elective]

Youth Offending and Youth Justice Perspectives [Elective]

Risk, Protection and Resilience of Children and Vulnerable Adults [Elective]

Studies in Victimology and Crime Prevention [Elective]

Deviance, Punishment and Social Control in Modern Ireland [Elective]

Employment Law [Elective]

Masculinities, Care and Equality [Elective]

European Study Trip [Elective]

Applicants must normally hold a minimum 2.2 result from a relevant Level 8 Bachelor degree programme (e.g., BA (Hons.) in Social Care). Applicants should have (a) formal management responsibilities as part of their work or have experience that has included dealing with issues and challenges that relate to management of the care environment and (b) should have at least three years' appropriate experience.

Applications for full-time and some part-time postgraduate programmes commencing in September 2026 are now open. Applications for the remaining part-time programmes will open in February 2026. Please check individual course pages for application details.

2 years part-time, on-campus delivery.



Schedule: 1 half day per week over a 2 year period. Lectures are typically on a Tuesday afternoon (but some optional modules may be offered on other days).

Commencement Date: September 2026.

What are my career opportunities?

This course will equip graduates to compete for higher level roles in; leadership, management, social service inspections, and child protection management. Graduates will be academically skilled to engage actively with relevant statutory and non-statutory agencies such as; TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, and the Ombudsman’s Office for Children.



Students on the MA in Social Care Leadership and Management will be managers, deputy managers, team leaders, or social care workers with experience in leadership roles working in a range of social care services. Consequently, this student cohort will automatically generate an industry networking forum within TU Dublin. This natural 'on campus' industry link will be developed further and supported by guest speakers from relevant organisations such as TUSLA, HSE, private providers, statutory and non-statutory social care services.



This MA will equip graduates to progress to PhD/Doctoral level studies.