Social Work

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If you're keen to make a difference, the University of Greater Manchester's Social Work England-approved BA (Hons) Social Work offers you the skills and knowledge you'll need for a successful career supporting people in complex and challenging situations. Combining university learning, work-based practice placements and ongoing professional skills development, our expert team will help you learn to bring about positive changes for individuals, families and communities.

Social work is a varied and rewarding profession centred on people. It offers careers working with children, young people, families and care experienced people. Also, social workers work with adults with care and support needs, such as learning and physical disabilities and mental ill health. As a social worker, you'll work in multidisciplinary environments alongside professionals from other agencies, such as housing services, the police and health and social care teams, to empower individuals, families and communities within society.

Our Social Work England-approved BA (Hons) Social Work focuses on helping you learn to use your professional judgement and build relationships, both with the individuals and communities you serve as well as with colleagues from other professions and services. Our passionate and knowledgeable staff will support you to develop a sound knowledge of social work theory, models, legislation, policy, ethics and interventions that will underpin your professional decision-making. We'll cover areas such as the impact of injustice, demography, and social inequality, as well as safeguarding and the signs of harm, abuse, neglect and exploitation. We'll guide you as you gain key skills, values and behaviours, including professional curiosity, interpersonal and communication skills, initiative, leadership, research and critical reflection, partnership working, self-care and resilience, record keeping, and workload management.

We focus on preparing you to become a confident, highly competent, compassionate and professional social worker. When you successfully complete this qualification, you'll be able to use your professional expertise to work, assess, plan, implement, evaluate and intervene, putting the needs of people first and ensuring their voice is central to decision-making. You'll be ready to maintain professional and ethical standards while supporting positive change in people's lives to improve their wellbeing and independence.

Information about the modules offered as part of this course is available on the University of Greater Manchester’s website.

Details of the learning activities and assessment methods for this course are available on the University of Greater Manchester’s website.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Social Work England