Postgraduate Diploma - PD

Master of Arts - MA

Level 7 Core

Level 7

Programme Structure

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<li>RPL is accepted on this programme</li>
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<li>RPL is accepted on this programme</li>
</ul> Offerings: All

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International students entering on a Student visa cannot study part-time.
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International students entering on a Student visa cannot study part-time.
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</ul> Offerings: All

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<li>Normally an undergraduate honours degree minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree. Applicants with a 2:2 will be considered on a case by case basis, particularly in relation to under-represented groups, those with caring responsibilities, care leavers and applicants who have considerable work experience</li>
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<li>Normally an undergraduate honours degree minimum 2:1 undergraduate honours degree. Applicants with a 2:2 will be considered on a case by case basis, particularly in relation to under-represented groups, those with caring responsibilities, care leavers and applicants who have considerable work experience</li>
</ul> Offerings: All

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<li>Relevant paid or voluntary work experience and the ability to relate this to the skills and values of social work and understanding of social work roles.  Related personal experience will also be considered alongside relevant practice-based experience</li>
<li>Evidence of some form of formal or informal, paid or voluntary personal experience in the social care arena, and/or a commitment to ‘citizenship’ or community related activities</li>
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<li>Relevant paid or voluntary work experience and the ability to relate this to the skills and values of social work and understanding of social work roles.  Related personal experience will also be considered alongside relevant practice-based experience</li>
<li>Evidence of some form of formal or informal, paid or voluntary personal experience in the social care arena, and/or a commitment to ‘citizenship’ or community related activities</li>
</ul> Offerings: All

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<li>IELTS 7.0 (minimum 7.0 in each component)   </li>
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<li>IELTS 7.0 (minimum 7.0 in each component)   </li>
</ul> Offerings: All

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<li>English key skills/GCSE Grade C/4. We will also consider the following Level 2 qualifications in place of English Language GCSE Grade C/4 or above: Key Skills, City and Guilds, OCR (via Learn Direct) and ALAN</li>
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<li>English key skills/GCSE Grade C/4. We will also consider the following Level 2 qualifications in place of English Language GCSE Grade C/4 or above: Key Skills, City and Guilds, OCR (via Learn Direct) and ALAN</li>
</ul> Offerings: All

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<li>Our recruitment and selection process has a commitment to addressing widening participation and inclusion</li>
<li>As with professionally qualified social workers, trainee social workers must be physically and mentally fit. You will be asked for information about this and you may be asked for permission to approach your doctor</li>
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We are seeking to recruit people who demonstrate: a commitment to social justice; concern about social issues and the desire to do something about them; a desire to enter a profession that works to support problem-solving in human relationships and promotes social change;  an ability to reflect on their personal life experiences and work experiences and express how this has influenced their decision to apply for social work and the capacity to be a reflective and critical thinker
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Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
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<li>Satisfactory Medical Clearance/Examination: We will contact you directly to undertake this.</li>
<li>Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service - formerly CRB): We will contact you directly to undertake this and further information can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check">www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check</a></li>
<li>In addition, applicants will need to follow Faculty procedures for declaring any convictions after interview. Any criminal convictions, police cautions and disciplinary matters, including those that are spent must be declared. A DBS check will be made when you join the course.</li>
<li>A criminal conviction or a period of ill-health will not automatically debar you from the course as decisions are made on an individual basis. If there is anything about this that you wish to discuss, please do not hesitate to contact us.</li>
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<ul>
<li>Our recruitment and selection process has a commitment to addressing widening participation and inclusion</li>
<li>As with professionally qualified social workers, trainee social workers must be physically and mentally fit. You will be asked for information about this and you may be asked for permission to approach your doctor</li>
<li>
We are seeking to recruit people who demonstrate: a commitment to social justice; concern about social issues and the desire to do something about them; a desire to enter a profession that works to support problem-solving in human relationships and promotes social change;  an ability to reflect on their personal life experiences and work experiences and express how this has influenced their decision to apply for social work and the capacity to be a reflective and critical thinker
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</ul>
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
<ul>
<li>Satisfactory Medical Clearance/Examination: We will contact you directly to undertake this.</li>
<li>Satisfactory Enhanced DBS check (Disclosure and Barring Service - formerly CRB): We will contact you directly to undertake this and further information can be found at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check">www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check</a></li>
<li>In addition, applicants will need to follow Faculty procedures for declaring any convictions after interview. Any criminal convictions, police cautions and disciplinary matters, including those that are spent must be declared. A DBS check will be made when you join the course.</li>
<li>A criminal conviction or a period of ill-health will not automatically debar you from the course as decisions are made on an individual basis. If there is anything about this that you wish to discuss, please do not hesitate to contact us.</li>
</ul> Offerings: All

Acquire, critically evaluate, synthesise, apply and integrate knowledge and understanding in five core areas of study; social work theory, values and ethics, service users and carers/people with lived experience and their detailed narratives, the leadership and organisation and delivery of social work services.

Critically evaluate and synthesise knowledge and evidence from a range of sources.

Apply research and evaluation skills through comparative literary and theoretical analysis to social work practice.

Use their knowledge and understanding of the five core areas of study in an integrated way, in specific practice contexts.

Critically evaluate models of assessment and intervention that are relevant to social work practice.

Promote the rights, strengths, self-management, sustainability and wellbeing of individual people, families and communities.

Work effectively and competently within legal and policy frameworks which guide social work practice.

Reflect on their previous learning and experience and incorporate this into their future learning and practice, including engagement with supervision.

Embed skills of critical reflection on their performance and take responsibility for modifying action and learning in light of this, drawing on appropriate support mechanisms where necessary.

Understand and critically evaluate the potential and limitations of social work as a practice-based discipline to effect individual and social change.

Maintain records appropriately, using effective IT skills to assure the quality of their practice and establish and maintain safe practice in line with legal and policy frameworks.

Integrate and synthesise a clear understanding of ethical issues and relevant codes or standards of ethics, conduct and practice with their interventions in specific situations.

Acquire and integrate knowledge of safeguarding, risk recognition and management, whistleblowing and other methods of raising concerns.

Demonstrate an ability to use their knowledge and understanding of the five core areas of study to engage in effective relationships with service users/people with lived experience and carers and relationships with other professionals and through supervision.

Use research and enquiry techniques with reflective awareness, to collect, analyse, synthesise and interpret relevant information.

Reflect on and learn from the exercise of their skills, in order to build their professional identity.

Communicate effectively with service users/people with lived experience and carers, and with other professionals.

Intervene in complex situations or complex problem solving with services users/people with lived experience using appropriate support and focusing on the rights and choices of individuals.

Demonstrate their ability through empirical research conventions to independently plan and carry out a small research project which may include a variety of skills relevant to a chosen method of investigation and analysis.

Consistently exercise an appropriate level of autonomy and initiative in individual decision-making within the context of supervisory, collaborative, ethical and organisational requirements.

Course Catalogue

Social Work - 32004 - MA