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University of Leeds: Social Work
| Institution | University of Leeds |
|---|---|
| Department | School of Healthcare |
| Web | http://www.leeds.ac.uk |
| admissons@healthcare.leeds.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 0113 343 1361 |
| Study type | Taught |
Summary
Innovative, immersive learning
Our Social Work team comprises active practitioners, innovative academics and experienced professionals to create a rich and challenging degree experience. Our smaller tutor groups will enable you to have a more engaged and immersive theoretical learning relationship to create perceptive, insightful and incisive professionals.
Respected graduates, excellent employability
This respected programme has strong partnership links to the statutory, private, voluntary and independent sectors, and our graduates are highly sought after in the employment market. During the programme, you'll have excellent placement opportunities across a range of providers. Practice and theory have equal value on the programme, and they inform and develop each other.
Guaranteed placements
Our students are normally guaranteed placements within the Leeds and Wakefield local authorities and we work closely with social workers in the two authorities who play a key role in helping to teach and support our students and often provide employment routes for our graduates.
MA
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in a social care related subject, where social sciences form a significant element of the curriculum. GCSE Maths and English grade C or above or equivalent. Applicants must provide: certificated evidence of qualifications evidence of recent study normally within the last five years evidence of significant social care experience, usually a minimum of 500 hours equivalent. This could include experience as a carer. In accordance with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) requirements: All applicants for social work training must demonstrate that they have a satisfactory standard of health. Applicants who are conditionally offered a place on the course are required to obtain a satisfactory health check either through the School's Occupational Health Unit. All candidates are subject to Declaration and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Candidates must fill in a self-declaration and apply at entry for an enhanced DBS disclosure. Social Work as a protected profession is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that all cautions, convictions, spent or unspent, including motoring offences, covering the applicant’s entire lifetime must be included on the self-declaration. Continuation on the course is subject to a satisfactory DBS check. |
| Location | University of Leeds Woodhouse Lane Leeds LS2 9JT |
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons) in a social care related subject, where social sciences form a significant element of the curriculum. GCSE Maths and English grade C or above or equivalent. Applicants must provide: certificated evidence of qualifications evidence of recent study normally within the last five years evidence of significant social care experience, usually a minimum of 500 hours equivalent. This could include experience as a carer. In accordance with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) requirements: All applicants for social work training must demonstrate that they have a satisfactory standard of health. Applicants who are conditionally offered a place on the course are required to obtain a satisfactory health check either through the School's Occupational Health Unit. All candidates are subject to Declaration and Barring Service (DBS) checks. Candidates must fill in a self-declaration and apply at entry for an enhanced DBS disclosure. Social Work as a protected profession is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that all cautions, convictions, spent or unspent, including motoring offences, covering the applicant’s entire lifetime must be included on the self-declaration. Continuation on the course is subject to a satisfactory DBS check. |
| Location | University of Leeds Woodhouse Lane Leeds LS2 9JT |
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