Overview
Social Work and Social Care - Post-Qualifying Education and Training for Social Workers and other professionals
We have a long track record in delivering post-qualifying, professional courses. Our programmes build upon this experience and benefit from being designed in partnership with employers, practitioners, service users and carers. This helps to ensure that, not only will courses be relevant to the real world of practice, but that they will be achievable within the constraints of a busy professional workload.
We offer a comprehensive portfolio of social work courses, which deliver both professional and academic awards:
- Specialist Award in Social Work with Children, Young People, their Families and Carers
- Specialist Award in Social Work with Adults
- Successful completion of either of these professional awards will also lead to the academic award of the Graduate Diploma in Professional Studies
- Social workers, other professionals, service users and carers may wish to access individual modules or short courses within the programmes. The Graduate Certificate in Independent Living comprises two modules from within the Graduate Diploma adults’ pathway. The Graduate Certificate in Practice Teaching, a two-module course in Practice Assessment, Learning and Teaching is also offered.
Length of Programme
The Graduate Diploma in Professional Studies / Specialist Social Work Award programme will normally require a minimum of 2.5 years to complete part time. However, individually tailored pathways are available. Graduate Certificates are normally completed over one year.