Prepare for a richly rewarding career as a social worker and enjoy a range of employment options across a variety of sectors.
As part of this course you'll:
- Study psychosocial themes and perspectives, and theories and policies relating to social welfare and the safeguarding of adults and children
- Complete extended placements in your second and third years, which will help fulfil part of the professional body requirements for registration
- Integrate study with professional experience to develop the essential knowledge and skills required for a career supporting diverse groups of service users in social work
This course was approved by the previous social work regulator, the Health and Care Professions Council. From 2 December 2019, responsibility for the approval of courses transferred to Social Work England. This course remains approved by Social Work England. This means that people qualifying from this course can apply to become a registered social worker.