Social Work, MSc
Swansea UniversitySingleton Park Campus, United Kingdom
Course overview
Our accredited Master’s degree in Social Work will equip you with the theoretical and practical knowledge to launch a rewarding career as a registered social worker. You will study the ethics and values of social work, critical practice relating to the law around child and adult care, and the key theories and perspectives underpinning social work policy and practice. It will prepare you for employment as a professionally qualified social worker and lay the foundation for the continuation of your professional development.
You will spend half of your time on placement with social work agencies, learning through observation and practice, and the other half being taught on our Singleton Park campus. Throughout your studies, you will refine critical research and analytical skills in relation to social work practice and policy, and develop professional reflective practice techniques.
Key highlights
- Accredited programme leading to qualification as a registered social worker
- Half of study time spent on placement with social work agencies
- Covers law and critical practice in child and adult care
- Explores social work ethics, values, theories and policy perspectives
- Builds critical research, analytical and reflective practice skills
- Taught element delivered on the Singleton Park campus
Entry requirements
- Degree: 2:2 — 2:2.
- Additional condition: interview — …apply for this course you will need: If you are successful at the interview, any offer of a place will be conditional upon a satisfactory DBS/police check or equivalent from your home country as well…
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Scholarships
Chevening Scholarships
International Postgraduate Alumni Bursaries
First Class - £5,000 per year; Second Class, First division - £3,000 per year; Second Class, Second division - £1,000 per year; Taught Masters to Research Degree - £3,000 per year subject to satisfactory progress.
Swansea University International Postgraduate Research Excellence Scholarship (SUIPRES)
The SUIPRES Scholarship covers the difference between the International and the Home tuition fee rate for the duration of the PhD/Professional Doctorate programme.
Careers this course leads to
- Registered social worker
- Children and families social worker
- Adult social care social worker
- Mental health social worker
- Child protection social worker
Cost of study
UK/Home: £9,100 per year | International: £19,450 per year
Admission
Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Swansea University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.
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