Social Work and Applied Social Studies (including Placement) BSc (Hons)

University of Bath

Gain the knowledge and skills to practice as a registered professional social worker. This course combines academic learning and practice placements.This course will prepare you for a challenging and rewarding career in social work. We offer comprehensive training that will enable you to apply to register as a social worker and practice in a range of settings. You’ll study the social sciences as a foundational base and develop more specific social work knowledge, values and skills.You’ll be based in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences and our teaching team work closely with colleagues across the disciplines of sociology, social policy, criminology and international development. You'll benefit from their expertise and our fifty years of experience training social work practitioners at the University.In your first year you'll study social work units alongside sociology and social policy. Areas include social work values and methods, psychology and social work theories and methods. You'll develop an awareness of social inequality and social justice that will underpin your training, and enhance your social work skills in readiness for your practice placements.In your second year you'll begin your Professional Practice Placement and advance your study of social work. Alongside your placement you will also explore topics such as discrimination and empowerment. In this year you'll study core social work units of social work with children and families, working with adults and mental health social work.In your final year you'll continue your social work studies and in your last semester you will undertake a final Professional Practice Placement. You’ll build on the knowledge and skills you have developed in previous years and apply this to your practice with service users and carers.