BA (Hons) Social Work

Module: 4SO006

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to introduce you to the social work law/practice relationship. The module will ensure that you are introduced to key elements of legislation across a variety of service user groups, including the context of professional accountability.

Module: 4SO008

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module forms part of the 30 days skills training that forms an integral part of the qualifying degree.The module also contributes to enabling you to demonstrate your readiness for practice under the professional capabilities framework. You will have the opportunity to' learn by doing' as you will take part in role play and simulated social work practice activities.This module runs parallel to module 'Understanding social work' 4SO005. The content of the two modules have been designed to complement each other and ensure that a strong readiness for practice base is achieved at level 4. This module will also form a foundation for modules at level 5 in specialist practice areas of children, families and working with adults.

Module: 4SO002

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module aims to facilitate your learning about the relevance of psychological perspectives to understanding lifespan development for social work practice.

Module: 4SO007

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module is part of the 30 days& #39; skills training that forms an integral part of the qualifying degree.& nbsp; The module also contributes to enabling& nbsp;you to demonstrate your readiness for direct practice under the Professional Capabilities Framework.& nbsp; You& nbsp;will have the opportunity to explore your understanding of social work skills and the context in which they are practised.& nbsp; There is a close alignment with the Practising Social Work module, which runs at the same time.& nbsp;& nbsp;Social Work Skills in Context& nbsp;is a foundation for modules& nbsp;at future levels, especially the closer examination of social work with adults and social work with children and families at level 5.

Module: 4SO001

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to introduce you to sociological explanations of the material conditions of service users. It offers you an opportunity to examine factors such as poverty, unemployment, ill health, poor housing, disablement and lack of education and to introduce you to sociological concepts which seek to explain these phenomena, showing how such factors affect human development and behaviour and lead to social inequality.

Module: 4SO003

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module aims to prepare you for ethical practice through an exploration of personal and professioanl values and the study of basic ethical principles alongside anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice. The module will have an emphaisis upon the experiences of service users who will contribute to your experience.

Module: 5SO004

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module sets out to enable you to develop a critical understanding of social work theory, methods and models as a framework for working with children, adults, families, groups and communities. The module further sets out to enable you to examine a range of social work methods within a wider social, theoretical and policy context. The module seeks to enable you to evaluate the effectiveness of different methods of intervention including your application to care management and social care planning, and to enable you to develop and implement anti-racist and anti-oppressive strategies as an integral part of practice.

Module: 5SO003

Credits: 40

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module aims to enable you to develop capability in terms of published Social Work professional standards, to reflect on your actions, and to deepen and expand the knowledge base that supports your practice. Knowledge supporting practice is assessed by University tutors. Developing capability (as defined by professional standards) is assessed by practice educators. You will draw on the understandings of social work practice and values developed at level 4 and level 5. You will have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge of law and policy as relevant to your placement settings. You will draw on insights from psychology and sociology to understand the situations you encounter and on social work models and methods to intervene effectively. You must pass both components of the module- the academic practice study and the portfolio demonstrating professional capability.

Module: 5SO005

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module will build on your work on sociology from year one and prepare you for your detailed policy work on children and adults in year two. It will equip you with skills for policy analysis and practice engagement that will enhance your capabilities to engage with collaborative working and social work practice in year three. To those ends, it will examine key drivers of social policy and social work practice and discuss how practitioners can utilise policy analysis skills to develop an engaged practice.

Module: 5SO001

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to develop your understanding of working with adult service users and carers. You will examine practice under current legislation and policies including interprofessional practice. You will have the opportunity to develop skills in professional discussion and debate. The module builds on the understandings of social work practice and knowledge of law that you have developed at level 4. The module will enable you to understand the contexts for your practice learning placements at levels 5 and 6.

Module: 5SO002

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

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