Social Work

At the point of application, you will need to demonstrate that you have gained relevant social care work experience. We attach importance not only to the amount of experience that you have gained but crucially to the learning that you have gained from it and are able to bring to the course and your professional development. It is helpful if you include the following information in your personal statement:

Your roles and responsibilities.
Reflections on the ways in which your experience has helped to prepare you for social work.

Relevant social care experience includes direct work with people and could include:
Direct work with people who need practical or emotional help or support either through face-to-face work or on an individual or group basis or telephone work.
Mentoring or counselling.
Care work (such as working as a health care assistant).
Youth work.
Working with children or young people who are socially excluded or have additional emotional and/or practical support needs.
Placements through school or college which has been undertaken within the last 2 years at the point of application.
Personal experience of caring for a relative or friend where you have had first-hand experience of social services or social work intervention; having a parent(s) who is a foster carer.
Personal experience as a service-user of social work intervention.
Bradford Care Association and SkillsHouse can help you gain crucial health and social care work experience, to help you meet the entry requirements for your chosen course. Both organisations can help you access a variety of roles, as well as progression opportunities, training, and support.

As part of the selection process, we interview short-listed candidates prior to making offers.

Acceptance is also subject to completion of a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Check (DBS).

The University welcomes applications from students with a wide range of qualifications from the UK and overseas, including combinations of qualifications. To check whether your qualifications meet the entry requirements for this course, please contact the University.

English Language requirements for International and EU applicants are IELTS 7.0 with no skill below 6.5 (or equivalent).

Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)

Health checks

Interview

We are proud to be one of the most inclusive universities in the UK. All our students have potential, and we believe that as many people as possible should have the chance to benefit from higher education, no matter what their background or circumstances.

We take the time to understand the background of our applicants, understand their journey to education, and make decisions based on an applicant’s potential to thrive at university and beyond.