University Diploma/Honours Degree Level 3 Top Up
Designed to enable registered social workers to develop their theoretical knowledge and practical skills.
This course focuses on working with vulnerable adults and other users of community care services, their families and carers.
Developed in partnership with employers, service users and carers to deliver the General Social Care Council’s PQ Specialist Award in Social Work with Adults, this part–time programme is for students currently in appropriate employment and the assessment of practice in the workplace is a central feature. It’s delivered by way of short intensive study blocks and through workshops and on-line materials.
Taught modules explore the evidence base of contemporary community care practice, developments in law and social policy and encourage the development of skills in direct work with service users and carers in a multiagency, multi-disciplinary context, and the supervision and development of professional staff.
Our course is firmly located in the context of the government’s developing policy in relation to community care practice as set out in the Green Paper ‘Independence, Well–Being and Choice’ and the White Paper ‘Our Health, Our Care, Our Say’, and the ‘Transforming Social Care’ agenda.
Some of our modules
- Post Qualifying Social Work Practice: Consolidating Learning in Practice
- Evidence Based Practice
- Assessment, Intervention and Practice with Vulnerable Adults
- Community Care: Policy, Law and Practice
- Teaching and Assessing Practice Skills in Work-Based Learning
Benefits
- developed in partnership with employers and users of services
- delivered flexibly and off –campus to make learning accessible to busy practitioners
- workshop delivery will take place either at Francis Close Hall campus, Cheltenham, or, by agreement with the employer, more locally to student’s place of work.
Career paths
- senior roles in statutory, voluntary and independent organisations
- senior roles in the inspection and regulation of community care services
Are there any placements for this course?
Work–based requiring students to be in relevant professional practice throughout the programme.
How will the course be assessed?
Coursework, exams, and direct observation of practice.
Entry requirements
- Degree students require 240 credits at Diploma of Higher Education level in a relevant professional area
- Sponsorship by employer or have support from employer in terms of access to community care practice
opportunities
- Registered as a social worker on the General Social Care Council’s Social Care Register, hold a GSCC recognised qualification in social work and be currently employed in a social work post
Associated professional accreditations
General Social Care Council.
Applications & Enquiries
All part-time applications should be made to Brian Dimmock, via course administrator Katy Burton.
For enquiries, applications and further information, please contact:
Institute of Education and Public Services
Faculty of Business, Education and Professional Studies
Francis Close Hall Campus, Room QW115
University of Gloucestershire
Swindon Road
CHELTENHAM
GL50 4AZ
Tel: 01242 715132
Email: shsc@glos.ac.uk