BA Social Work

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University of Reading, School in Arts and Humanities

Comments about BA Social Work - At the institution - Reading - Berkshire

• Objectives
  Social work training has been established at the University since 1989. The BA programme will introduce you to a wide range of subject disciplines including law and social policy, human growth and development, family life, social work theory and practice. Our social work approach is relationship-based and we encourage students' personal development alongside their academic and practical development. Social work values run through all aspects of the teaching and we are committed to the involvement of service users in the development of the degree. Service users take part in selection processes and contribute to teaching. Students have the opportunity to study a wide range of social work approaches from residential care to community work, fieldwork and day care.
• Entry requirements
  There are different entry qualifications for each programme. Some programmes require you to have a certain amount of knowledge in a subject before you begin the degree programme – this is called a ‘subject requirement’. Other programmes do not have any specific subject requirements. All programmes will, however, expect you to have reached a certain standard in your education and will ask you to achieve certain grades in your examinations. Most programmes have a standard offer so that you know in advance what you are likely to need. Please note that even if you have the minimum entry qualifications, you are not necessarily guaranteed a place on the degree programme.
• Academic title
  BA Social Work
• Course description
  This BA in Social Work involves the following modules.
  
  Year 1
  
  -Preparation for Practice 1:
  
      * personal interaction skills development
      * agency visits, codes of practice
  
  -Preparation for Practice 2:
  
      * law (equal opportunities, housing, benefits & immigration)
  
  -Social Work Theory & Methods (Group Care & Community Work)
  -Social Justice and Inclusion
  -Social Values & Policy
  -European Computer Driving Licence (ECDL) or equivalent
  
  60-day Placement in Group Care or Community Work setting
  
  Year 2
  
  -Social Work Theory & Methods (fieldwork including care management)
  -Human Growth and Development
  -Social Justice & Inclusion
  -Mental Health and Mental Illness
  -Law (Children's Act, Community & NHS Act, Carers Act, Mental Health Act)
  
  70-day Placement (statutory work)
  
  Final Year
  
  -Social Work Theory & Methods
  -Children & Families
  -Critical Reflection on Practice
  -Interprofessional Studies
  -Working in Organisations
  -Social Work Research

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