B.Sc. Social Work

Your first year will ensure you gain the foundation knowledge, values and skills that you’ll be continuing to develop throughout the course. This will also be your initial training for your work placements in actual practice settings.
Core units in this year include:

• Theoretical Foundations of Social Work
• Contextualising Social Work
• The Life Course and Social Work
• Professionalism and Professional Social Work Practice
• Social Work Law and Social Policy
• Social Work Skills and Interventions

In this year you’ll build on what you have already learnt and explore how the service can be adapted to other users.
Core units in this year include:

• Social Work with Children and Families
• Social Work Adults
• Decision Making and Risk
• Creativity, Innovation and Empowerment in Practice
• Practice Learning 1 and Multi-Professional Practice

Your final year will focus on professionalism and professional judgement in practice. You’ll also complete a piece of independent study on a topic of particular interest to you.
Core units in this year include:

• Safe-guarding and Promoting Well-being
• Reflective and Resilient Professional Practice
• Independent Research Study
• Practice Learning 2

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