BA (hons) Social Work in Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

BA (hons) Social Work in Manchester Metropolitan University

Overview

How do you tell a seven-year-old she’s going to live with another family? How do you build trust with a teenage boy who keeps running away from home? How do you support a 40-year-old woman with schizophrenia?

As a social worker, you’ll often be in complex and challenging situations but you’ll help to improve lives and bring about social change through working in partnership with individuals, families and communities.

Working within health and social care teams, and with partner agencies, from police to housing services, you will help to promote human rights and social justice. It can be difficult to appreciate the difference social workers make until you’ve experienced social work practice in action – and that’s why you’ll complete placements in your second and third years.

Some of the topics you’ll explore include how to communicate with service users and carers, theories to inform practice and the factors that influence our journeys from pre-birth through to death.

Social work can be difficult and challenging at times and, as well as developing your academic knowledge, we aim to develop your resilience and help you learn ways to manage the situations you’re faced with.

Features and Benefits

• Approved course- Our course is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and, when you graduate, you are eligible to apply for professional registration with the HCPC.

• Employability- As you graduate, you’ll have the skills you need to practice as a newly qualified social worker across all ages and service user groups.

• Placement experience- You’ll go on a 70-day placement in year two and a 100-day placement in year three.

• Specialise your studies- You can focus on a chosen pathway of social work practice in your final year.

Career prospects

From working with homeless teenagers to women experiencing domestic violence to adults with learning disabilities, your career as a social worker could develop in a number of different areas.

You might work in a social services department within a local authority or for an organisation such as the NHS. Or, perhaps you’ll work for a private company, such as in a residential care home, or for a charity. You could also specialise in an area you’re particularly interested in, such as child protection or mental health.

As a graduate, you can apply for professional registration with the Health and Care Professions Council, and this allows you to practice as a social worker.

Know more about Studying in UK

Tuition Fees in UK (1st Year Average)	MS: £17276 | MBA: £17276 | BE/Btech: £16632 | BBA: £15130 | BSc: £16632 | MFin: £19000 | MA: £15560 | MIM: £18241 | MEM: £16950 | MArch: £14271 | BHM: £12662 | MIS: £15344 | MEng: £12876 | MBBS: £28865| MPharm: £15452
Average Accomodation & Food Costs in UK	£850 to £1,050 a month
Entrance Exams in UK	TOEFL: 88 | IELTS: 6.5 | PTE: 59 | GMAT: 590
Work and Study in UK	Permitted for 20 hours/week with a valid study permit.
Post Study Work Permit in UK	2 Year after graduation depending on the course.
Cost of Student Visa in UK	£348
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