Social Work BA (Hons)

**Course overview**- Social workers work with a wide cross-section of society, which includes a significant proportion of some of the most disadvantaged and excluded people in our society. Do you think you have what it takes to help these people?- Social work involves engaging with not only service users themselves, but with their families and friends, as well as working closely with organisations including the police, local authority departments, schools and the probation service.- A career in social work will appeal to you if you’re interested in subjects such as sociology, psychology, health and social care, politics and counselling.- We are one of the largest, most well-established and highly regarded providers of social work and social care education and training in the UK. You will be able to draw upon our vast pool of expertise and practice experience whilst benefitting from bespoke training, research, consultancy and evaluation.- Our programmes have been endorsed Social Work England and on successful completion you will be eligible to apply to go on the Social Work Register.**Why choose us?**- Our Social Work provision is ranked 4th in the UK and 2nd in England in the Guardian League Table 2021.- As a student on our BA (Hons) Social Work course you will benefit from 170 days of practice placements and 30 skills delivery days.- Recently, BA (Hons) Social Work students have travelled to Amsterdam, Cyprus, Toronto and Krakow, visiting other social work institutions.