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Mental Health Nursing & Social Work combined BSc (Hons)

Hi, all.
I'm currently doing my UCAS application as part of my ACCESS course.
I currently work in mental health and intended on continuing on to mental health nursing. While this still appeals to me I'm also drawn towards mental health social work. I've been struggling to decide which path to choose until I saw these,
http://www.beds.ac.uk/courses/bysubject/heacar/bsc-socwormenheanur
http://prospectus.lsbu.ac.uk/courses/course.php?UCASCode=BL7M
http://www.tees.ac.uk/prospectus/ug/UG_course.cfm?courseid=151&fos=9&fossub=25

Has anybody had any experience with dual award degrees such as these? My understanding is that you gain both nurse and social worker accreditation without any further studying required. Do employers devalue such degrees?

Thanks in advance.

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smilee172

This looks really good! I am amazed that is only three years to be qualified in social work and mental health, seeing as mental health alone is three years. I'd say it's a brilliant opportunity, I would have done a course like that had anything been available at that time.