Specialist Social Work (Children and Families)

This programme is designed for qualified social workers with a first degree who are employed in social work practice and are seeking to gain a post-qualifying award in social work.

The programme incorporates the specialist standards prescribed by the General Social Care Council under its post-qualifying framework for social work education and training. The programme aims to enable students to integrate theory and practice in their studies and extend their professional knowledge, skills and values. The programme has been planned through close consultation with stakeholders in the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors and with service users and carers.

Students focus on social work with children, young people, their families and carers.

Content

• Critical Decisions in Child Care
• Safeguarding Children and Young People
• Consolidation of Initial Competence in a Specialist Context
• Enabling Others

Options from a range including:

• Domestic Abuse
• Child Mental Health Practice
• Keeping Children Safe From Harm
• HIV/AIDS
• Substance Misuse
• Working with Older People
• Working with People with Intellectual Disabilities
• Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
• Work-Based Learning Project