Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: Full Time, 2 Years
Social workers help people to live more successfully within their local communities by helping them find solutions to their problems. To succeed, social workers must work not only with clients but their families and friends as well as working closely with other organisations including the police, National Health Service, and schools.
During our two-year MSc programme you will learn the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in the social worker role.
In your first year, of study you will undertake modules which provide core knowledge about social work purpose, practice, and impact, human growth and development, and the policy and legislation which underpins practice. Additionally, you will learn the key methods, interventions, and skills for working with diverse communities and service users.
The second year of teaching builds on this to explore the research evidence and practice relating to a range of social work settings and collaborative and interprofessional working to assess and manage risks and vulnerability. The programme culminates in the writing of a dissertation on a topic area in which you are especially interested.
The normal entry requirements for the programme are:
A good relevant first degree normally at 2:1 or above
Relevant paid, voluntary or life experience
Occupational Health and DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance
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The University of Hertfordshire offer a range of tuition fee discounts and non-repayable scholarships to support our postgraduate students, visit website to find out more.
Social workers practice in a wide variety of settings with a range of service user groups and settings from adoption to end of life care and from hospitals to prisons. A former a British Prime Minister was even a social worker and social work lecturer. Depending on your interest your future career could involve work with:
Children and their families, either to avoid family breakdown or where there is a risk of abuse of neglect
Children with disabilities
Young offenders
Foster carers
Adults with physical or mental health problems
Refugees
Older people
Carers
Core modules:
The Research Informed Practitioner
Law and Policy for Practice
Human Growth and Development
Dissertation
Skills for Practice 1
Skills for Practice 2
Ethics, Values & Anti-Discriminatory Practice
Practice Learning 2
Practice Learning 1
Practice Contexts
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