Social Work
Bachelor's degree
In Wrexham
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Wrexham (Wales)
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Start date
Different dates available
Why choose this course? Social work is an intensely challenging but rewarding career. The BA (Hons) Social Work (Qualified Social Worker Status) degree will develop your communication, advocacy and decision-making skills, and give you a sound understanding of both child and adult practice. This degree enables students to develop an understanding of the knowledge, values and skills that underpin professional social work practice. It covers a range of legal, methodological, policy, practice, procedural and theoretical considerations. These include the importance and value of social work, its development in social policy contexts and the legislative and theoretical frameworks within which it operates. You will have the opportunity to explore working with individuals and groups and within diverse practice settings in the statutory, voluntary and third sectors, for example, services focused on child protection, adoption and fostering, adults with learning disabilities, youth justice, mental health, older people and drugs and alcohol. You will develop a range of key skills including assessment, methods of intervention, management and evaluative research. As well as gaining an academic qualification, you will be eligible on graduation to register with the four care councils of the UK as a qualified social worker – a prerequisite for practice.
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Subjects
- IT
- Social Work
- Skills and Training
- IT Development
- Social Worker
- Communication Training
- IT Management
- Management
Course programme
Wrexham Glyndŵr University has a long tradition of delivering social work qualifications. The programme:
- is accredited by the Care Council for Wales.
- is delivered in partnership with Denbighshire, Flintshire and Wrexham unitary authorities.
- actively involves individuals with experience of services in recruitment, teaching, assessment, evaluation and programme management.
- supports students with a range of vocational and personal experiences.
- offers tutorials, assessment and practice placements through the medium of Welsh.
Year 1 (Level 4)
In year one, you will lay the foundations of your academic study skills whilst learning the fundamentals to prepare you for practice. There is a focus on developing your verbal and written communication alongside learning about the values, knowledge and skills that underpin social work.
Modules
- Social Work Processes
- Understanding Human Development and Behaviour across the Life Course The Historical and Socio-political Context
- Values & Difference
- Contemporary Social Work: Preparation for Practice
- Computing and Information Technology
- Assessed Practice Learning Opportunity
The 80 day placement is central to the year two experience. This is a substantial opportunity for you to engage with putting what you have learnt into practice in a carefully supported practice learning opportunity.
Modules
- Being an Accountable Professional
- Research & Information Technology
- Social Work Methods
- Social Work in a Legal and Policy Context
- Reflective Practice Records of Practice
- Assessed Practice Learning Opportunity
Year 3 (Level 6)
Your final year is geared towards you becoming employment-ready at its end. There is a focus on you becoming an independent practitioner, responsible for your continuing development. The year begins with intensive study at university, and then halfway through you will begin your 100 day placement, at the end of which you will hold a small caseload, under supervision from your practice teacher.
Modules
- Completing the Circle
- Working in Practice in the Organisational Context
- Social Work Theory
- Dissertation
- Assessed Practice Learning Opportunity
The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.
Social Work