StudyQA — Master: Social Work — Metropolitan University

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The Social Work MA programme is a professional training course equipping graduates with the skill-base and experience to qualify as social workers. It is also an opportunity to study for a Masters degree.

The qualification is designed to emphasise the development of skills in analysis and assessment, build the confidence to apply knowledge to practice, and to increase practitioners' ability to create opportunities for users and work collaboratively with other professions.

The MA award has been designed in partnership with key stakeholders representing employers and service users who will play an important role in the ongoing development of the course.

An important aspect of the programme is its inter-professional curriculum, designed alongside Community Health professionals to reflect practice, and informed by service users' and carers' experiences.

Students at London Metropolitan benefit from the University's long experience in offering postgraduate courses in Social Work, and its accreditation by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an approved institution to offer MA awards.

This University has many years of experience in offering postgraduate courses in Social Work, and has been accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council as an approved institution to offer this award.

Career opportunities
You will have qualifying status to practice social work (subject to the requirements of registration with the HCPC) and be eligible to become a member of the British Association of Social Workers. Further study opportunities are available through a number of post-qualifying and MA/MSc courses (for example, in practice teaching, childcare and management).

The primary focus is on the development of practice skills, informed by up-to-date research, theories, policies and legislation. The course includes:

* Knowledge of: social work theory; human growth and development; mental health and disability; communication and assessment processes; and law
* Research and theory relevant for practice in the final year you will be required to undertake a piece of sustained independent study through a dissertation

Assessment
You are assessed via a variety of methods including essays; presentations; video and project work; examinations and work based practice assessment. A key aspect is acquisition of the necessary practice skills in a diverse range of practice settings relevant to social work. You will undertake supervised practice within at least two different practice settings over a minimum of 200 days during the course. Your previous learning and experience may exempt you from some modules, but not any part of the 200 days assessed practice.

All applicants must specify on the UCAS application form that they have a second upper class Honours degree or above (normally in a social science subject) and hold, or are in the process of taking, GCSE Mathematics and English grade C, or Key Skills Communication level 3 and Numeracy level 2, or another English/ Mathematics qualification deemed by the University to be equivalent to GCSE Mathematics and GCSE English grade C or above. Please note that we are not offering University equivalence tests to students offered a place on this course.You must have a minimum of 6 months previous experience (at the point of application) either in a paid or voluntary capacity of working directly with vulnerable people normally within a social care or health context. You will also be required to provide a reference from a current or previous employer/organisation in which the candidate gained the above-mentioned experience. All offers of places are subject to satisfactory health and police checks and suitable references. All students who are offered a place will also be required to show original documentation confirming their stated qualifications in order to receive an unconditional offer of a place.Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an admissions day where they will be required to take a written test. Successful applicants will be invited to attend an individual interview and join an observed group activity.**PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR APPLICATION HIGHLIGHTS HOW YOU MEET THE ABOVE CRITERIA. GIVEN THE VOLUME OF APPLICATIONS PER YEAR ANY FORM THAT DOES NOT MEET THE ABOVE CONDITIONS WILL UNFORTUNATELY NOT BE PROCESSED** English Language Requirements IELTS band: 6.5 TOEFL iBT® test: 87 IMPORTANT NOTE: Since April 2014 the ETS tests (including TOEFL and TOEIC) are no longer accepted for Tier 4 visa applications to the United Kingdom. The university might still accept these tests to admit you to the university, but if you require a Tier 4 visa to enter the UK and begin your degree programme, these tests will not be sufficient to obtain your Visa. The IELTS test is most widely accepted by universities and is also accepted for Tier 4 visas to the UK- learn more.