Social Work (Undergraduate)
University of Huddersfield
UCAS Code: H254 | Master of Science - MSci
Entry requirements
A level
Access to HE Diploma
120 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications including a Higher Level at grade 6.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
T Level
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About this course
This integrated Master’s degree in Social Work is a professional qualifying course, designed to equip you with the necessary skills to succeed in a future career within the industry.
The four-year programme combines undergraduate and postgraduate study into a single degree, helping to prepare you to work in all social care settings – within statutory, voluntary, private sectors, and in multidisciplinary settings and work teams – including residential, field, day care, healthcare, and education.
This course will introduce you to anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice within a complex and multi-cultural society, and within the context of professional and agency standards and requirements.
**Why Study Social Work MSci at University of Huddersfield?**
You’ll be taught by experienced staff with a variety of backgrounds in social work and social care. You can also hear first-hand experiences and viewpoints from service users and carers, who are part of the Public Partnership Group.
Enhancing your studies, you’ll undertake work placements in your third and fourth year, in a social work or related setting. This will help to increase your future employability prospects and give you the chance to make useful contacts in industry.
Following the course, you’ll be eligible to apply to register with Social Work England, which is the regulatory body for social workers in England. You might go on to work with a range of service user groups, including vulnerable adults, children and families, young people, people with learning disabilities or people with mental health issues, in either statutory or non-statutory settings.
**Professional Bodies**
This course is approved by Social Work England. This means that when you qualify from this course you can apply to become a registered social worker.
The course is also part of Yorkshire Urban and Rural Teaching Partnership, an accredited Social Work Teaching Partnership between local authority employers and the Universities of Huddersfield and York. The partnership develops and delivers innovative and creative approaches to social work education and training for students. It also offers high-quality placements and a social work curriculum that is co-developed and co-delivered by social workers and service users.
**Why Huddersfield?**
Huddersfield’s vibrant and friendly campus is a great place from which to study, while the town itself offers lots to see and do, with good transport links in and around the area.
Modules
This is a common first year, comprising:
• Introduction to Law and Social Policy
• Social Science and Professional Practice
• Understanding Social Work
• Working Together with Service Users and Carers.
To see the full range of modules and descriptions please visit our website. A link to this course can be found at the bottom of the page in the ‘Course contact details’ section.
Assessment methods
Teaching is delivered through lectures, seminars and group work with other health and social care students.
You'll be assessed through a wide range of methods, including individual and group presentations, essays, reports, case studies, direct observations, reflective writing, coursework, and portfolio work.
Your module specification/course handbook will provide full details of the assessment criteria applying to your course.
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Extra funding
Please see our website for more information - http://www.hud.ac.uk/undergraduate/fees-and-finance/undergraduate-scholarships/
The Uni
University of Huddersfield
Department of Behavioural and Social Sciences (HDBSS)
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We're short of social workers - so if you want a degree that is in demand, then this could be the one for you! There's a shortage of social workers all over the UK, and graduates can specialise in specific fields such as mental health or children's social work. If you decide social work is not for you, then social work graduates also often go into management, education, youth and community work and even nursing. Starting salaries for this degree can reflect the high proportion of graduates who choose a social work career - social work graduates get paid, on average, more than graduates overall, but not all options pay as well as social work. This is also an unusual subject in that London isn't one of the more common places to find jobs - so if you want to get a job near to your home or your university this might be worth thinking about.
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