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  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Cambridge Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    09-SEP-24

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

If you thrive on the unexpected and want to make a difference in people’s lives, social work could be the career for you. Our degree course is nationally recognised and will enable you to register with Social Work England (SWE) as a Social Worker.Social work is about empowering people and supporting them towards being independent. Social Workers help people to function, participate and develop in society. Our course provides the knowledge, values and skills you will need to qualify as a Social Worker. But social work isn’t just about what you learn: it’s also about who you are. You’ll need qualities such as patience, honesty, sensitivity, tolerance, persistence and sound judgement. As a student, you’ll train to assess people’s circumstances and needs. Working alongside other professionals, you’ll plan, provide, review and evaluate services. You’ll become skilled in problem-solving, and understand how to set up supportive activities with individuals, families, groups and communities. Learning to assess the risks facing vulnerable children or adults, and how to set up and measure protection plans for them will be key. You’ll also gain a thorough understanding of your legal powers and duties. Our course is full-time, and features presentations and role play as well as more traditional lectures and seminars. We work closely with our SUCI (Service User and Carers Involvement) group. This gives you a chance to discuss with people who have experience and opinions about social care and use their feedback to improve your practice. All of our students do two practice placements – 70 days in Year 2, and 100 days in Year 3. One of these placement will involve statutory tasks, including legal interventions. Both placements are an invaluable opportunity to learn in the workplace and you will cover a range of topics such as engagement, assessment, interpersonal skills, interventions, safeguarding and the appropriate use of authority. We’ll make sure that you get a range of settings to best support your training. It’s likely that you’ll have to travel as part of your placement, so you’ll need your own transport to visit service users in the community, where public transport may not be available.

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31 January

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112 UCAS Tariff points from a minimum of 2 A Levels (or equivalent).

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Anglia Ruskin University

  • University League Table

    118th

  • Campus address

    Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 1PT, England

Vibrant and bustling city campuses in Cambridge, Chelmsford and Peterborough – all with close transport links to London.
A friendly and welcoming community of students and staff from around the globe.
A range of international scholarships available.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    32nd out of 75 12

  • Entry standards

    / Max 174
    123 69%

    52nd

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    100.0 100%

    1st

    28
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    4.28 86%

    6th

    49

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