MA in Advanced Social Work
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
DURATION
3 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
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TUITION FEES
GBP 1,994 **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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** Practice Education Stage 1
Introduction
Why choose this course?
All course modules enable you to apply your learning directly to your practice. You may combine specialist studies with more general learning, such as safeguarding, practice education and management.
Our purpose-built Practice Learning Suite is perfect for honing your skills.
For the PgCert, you will need to complete 60 credits; for the PgDip, you will need 120 credits; and for the MA, you will need 180 credits, including the final project worth 60 credits.
Free-standing modules may be taken as short courses as part of your continuing professional development.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- The course incorporates recent changes in social work education and regulation. These include the Chief Social Workers' Knowledge and Skills Statements and revised Professional Standards for Social Workers set by Social Work England.
- You can create a programme that suits your needs by selecting from a range of modules to build up credits towards a PgCert, PgDip or MA.
- You will have excellent opportunities to network with experienced practitioners in specialist roles.
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Curriculum
What you will study
This flexible format allows you to construct a programme of study to suit your professional profile and areas of developing expertise while benefiting from the exchange with practitioners in other specialist roles.
You can combine specialist components across adult and children's services, such as in the Best Interests Assessor module, with generic elements, such as supervision, professional education and leadership, management and decision-making.
Modules
You will need to successfully complete two 30-credit modules to gain the postgraduate certificate; four 30-credit modules to gain the postgraduate diploma; and four 30-credit modules plus the 'capstone' project to gain the MA.
Available modules
- Individual Work-based Learning Project
- Mentoring and Coaching in Professional Practice
- Practice Education Stage 1
- Practice Education Stage 2
- Safeguarding Across the Life Course
Required module (MA students only)
- Final Research Project (Capstone)
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.
Program Outcome
Where this course will take you
This degree programme offers a structured professional development pathway to assist qualified social workers in meeting capabilities and standards of practice that are consistent with the role of experienced and advanced practitioners.
The skills and knowledge gained through this degree will assist practitioners at these levels in undertaking diverse roles such as team leader, workforce development manager, service manager, principal social worker, and other senior leadership and management roles. This course also offers a route to undertaking further research and scholarship potentially leading to doctoral studies.