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MA PG Cert PG Dip Professional Leadership for Social Work (qualified Social Workers)

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    MA 4-6 years part-time

Course Description

Do you see yourself moving into a more experienced, advanced or strategic social work role? If so, this programme can support you in developing your professionalism by enhancing your skills, expanding your knowledge and reflecting on values. They offer a whole range of modules designed to further your capabilities in all domains of the PCF, but they focus especially on practice education and professional leadership.

In addition, many of the modules are designed to further your knowledge and skills outlined in the Knowledge and Skills Statement for Practice Supervisors of Social Workers in Child and Family Social Work.

The MA Professional Leadership for Social Work is ideal for qualified social workers. All modules, except the dissertation, can be taken as standalone MA-level CPD modules.

Entry Requirements

Normally applicants should:

  1. Hold a degree level professional qualification in social work;
  2. Be registered or be in the process of registering with the professional regulator as a social worker;
  3. Have passed the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) or can demonstrate post qualifying professional development to an equivalent level or above;
  4. Be able to demonstrate that they can meet the academic requirements of a post-graduate programme;
  5. Be working or intending to take up employment (usually in a paid, but exceptionally in a voluntary capacity) in a setting that will enable you to demonstrate competence in professional leadership for social work at the required level.

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Programme Funding

Goldsmiths offers a range of financial support including postgraduate scholarships, bursaries and fee waivers. These are awarded based on a variety of criteria, for example academic achievements or personal circumstances.

Student Destinations

Our students have been successful in a range of areas, from postgraduate research to employment in local authority children’s services departments, adult services departments, independent sector and voluntary sector agencies such as NSPCC, Family Action, MIND.

Module Details

Compulsory modules

  • Research Methods in Professional Leadership for Social Work 15 credits
  • Research and Practice in Professional Leadership for Social Work 45 credits

Option modules

  • Consolidation of Practice and Early Professional Development 30 credits
  • Enabling the Learning of Others 15 credits
  • Assessing and Teaching the Adult Professional Learner 15 credits
  • Designing Learning Opportunities for Teams and Groups 15 credits
  • Facilitating Learning in Teams and Groups 15 credits
  • Professional Supervision and Practice Assessment 15 credits
  • Reflective Practice Within and Across Organisations 15 credits
  • The Care Act and Social Work: Practice, Policy and Law 30 credits
  • Interpersonal Skills for Direct Work with Adult Service Users and their Families 30 credits
  • Work-based Learning Modules 1-4 15 credits (modules 1 and 2) or 30 credits (modules 3 and 4)

All modules except the dissertation can be taken as standalone Continuing Professional Development (CPD) modules.

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