Social Work

Learn to work effectively with children and adults
Our BA (Hons) Social Work is approved by Social Work England and prepares you for a career in an exciting, challenging and fulfilling profession.

We welcome a range of students with varying backgrounds, whether you’re a college leaver or a mature student.

Gain the skills and knowledge needed for current practice
You will gain a combination of effective and relevant skills alongside up-to-date knowledge of how to work effectively with children, adults and a wide range of social issues.

The course begins with a carefully structured induction programme, before you move on to study modules designed to develop your personal and professional skills.

You will be supported throughout by a structured tutorial programme; linking university-based learning to practice placements.

Our course combines taught modules and high-quality practice placements. This ensures that you will be able to apply in practice the knowledge and skills gained in modules examining:

• Diversity

• Law

• Adult and child development

• Safeguarding

• Mental health

• Disability

• Ethics

• Social work methods.

Apply theory to practice on placements
Alongside your academic learning, you will apply theory to practice via placements with our local partners.

We have cultivated strong relationships with several local authorities, where you will learn to apply your knowledge to real-world situations and gain a vital insight into the professional life of a social worker.

Dedicated personal and academic support
Your tutors ensure that you have excellent academic and personal support throughout your degree, as you gain a firm grounding in the skills, professional theory, and values of the social work profession.

We have a long tradition of providing a supportive, student-centred approach to learning and teaching and we believe it is our role to help you develop both personally and professionally throughout your degree.

This has culminated in our excellent rating in the national student satisfaction survey that has underpinned our well-established reputation for teaching Social Work.

Social Work England approved
This course is approved by social work regulator, Social Work England.

By the end of the course, you will be ready to register with Social Work England and begin your career as a registered social work professional.

On this course you will:

• Gain the qualification necessary to enable you to apply to register as a professional social worker.

• Learn from experienced and qualified social workers.

• Study modules that are mapped to the national professional standards for social workers.

• Receive targeted careers support to help you open future career opportunities in a variety of professional roles.

Our BA (Hons) Social Work course prepares you with the skills and knowledge to work effectively in the challenging but rewarding social work sector.

The course will explore the complexities and intricacies of working within social work, as you learn to work confidently with situations and dilemmas in practice with both adults and children and their families.

You will underpin your theoretical learning with dedicated practical experience and assessment as you build the knowledge and confidence that you will need to progress through your career.

We use written assignments, group work, workshops, feedback, meetings and placements to develop your skills. The practice elements of the course are assessed through portfolio presentation and assessor reports. There are support sessions for particular assessments and a dedicated online platform for study skills to help support your written academic skills.