Overview
This course provides a rigorous and challenging learning experience to prepare students at both a personal and professional level for the demanding requirements and expectations of social work. It prepares individuals to work in the public, private and voluntary social care sectors in posts which require accountable and effective professional social work skills.
Qualified and registered social workers are accredited by the General Social Care Council and may use the protected title of Social Worker.
Social work is a regulated profession. As a social work student you will be expected to register with the General Social Care Council (GSCC), the social work profession’s regulator, and adhere to the standards set out in the Code of Practice for Social Workers.
As well as regulating individual social workers and students, the GSCC also regulate the performance of social work courses, the reports of which are published on the GSCC website, so interested parties can check to see how each university is performing.
For more information visit: www.gscc.org.uk|
On successful completion of the degree, students may choose to work in the statutory, voluntary, private or independent social care settings.
Content and Modules
First year modules include:
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Values
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Ethics and Dilemmas in Social Work
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Human Behaviour and Lifespan Development
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Introduction to Social Work and Social Care
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Applied Social Sciences for Social Work
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IPL - The Professional Person
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Preparation for Social Work Practice
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ECDL Skills Workshops (compulsory)
Second year modules include:
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Introduction to Research
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Mental Health and Social Work Practice
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Law
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Policy and Practice
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Assessment and Direct Practice Skills
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Assessed Practice Placement
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IPL (The Service User)
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Professional Practice Workshops (integrating module)
Third year modules include:
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Current Practice
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Policy and Legislation in Social Work and Social Care
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IPL (The Organisation)
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Research Dissertation
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Assessed Practice Placement and Professional Practice Workshops (integrating module)
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Practice Learning
Further Information
It is a requirement of the General Social Care Council that each student undertakes at least 200 days work experience gaining required experience and learning in practice settings. Each student must gain experience in at least two practice settings of statutory social work tasks involving legal interventions, providing services to at least two different service user groups.
Assessment is through a combination of written work, presentations, video and audio recordings, service user and carer feedback, research and a practice learning portfolio of evidence.