Social Work (Postgraduate Entry)

The MA in Social Work gives students with a first degree a professional social work qualification at Master's level.

The course will enable you to be a confident, competent, qualified social work practitioner. We offer a well established course with a national reputation for producing high-calibre workers. Our course is designed, managed and delivered by a Programme Management Board that includes practice placement agencies, students, lecturers and practitioners. Stakeholder involvement ensures that our course maintains a dynamic, outward-looking approach towards social work education with a clear focus on the needs of service users.

The course is built upon the following standards and requirements for social work training:

• the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Proficiency for social care workers)

• the DOH (Department of Health) Requirements for social work training

• the College of Social Work Professional Capabilities Framework

• the QAA (Quality Assurance Agency) benchmark statements for social policy administration and social work