BA (Hons) Social Work with Foundation Year

A four-year route that begins with a foundation year to build academic skills and subject knowledge, then continues into the full Social Work degree. A professionally approved social work degree covering values, theories and methods, law and ethics, safeguarding and inter-professional working, with assessed practice placements each year. Careers: Registered social worker in children's, adult and mental health services, local authorities and charities.

Foundation Year: Fostering Social Connections; The Big Picture; Skills and Knowledge for Health and Social Care 1; Skills and Knowledge for Health and Social Care 2; Student Success Modules

Year 1: Social Work in Context (incl. Practice 1 & Skills Days); Collaborative Working & Social Work Values; Development, Identity & Culture; Social Inclusion & Social Justice; Theories & Methods in Social Work 1

Year 2: Theories & Methods in Social Work 2; Law, Policy & Ethics for Social Work; Practice 2 (incl. Skills Days); Research Mindedness in Social Work; Safeguarding & Inter-Professional Working

Year 3: Dissertation; Leadership, Professionalism & Specialist Knowledge in Social Work; Practice 3 (incl. Skills Days)