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Specialist Professional Studies in Community Care
Kingston University
Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 3,842 - ≈ € 7,963 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 18 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Kingston University
This course is designed for social workers undertaking direct social work practice with adults. It develops your understanding of professional practice and meets the requirements of the GSCC Post-Qualifying Specialist Social Work with Adults.
The focus at Specialist level is on consolidating, extending and deepening your initial professional competence in a specialist context.
What will you study?
You start your studies by taking a Consolidation Module, the first module at Specialist level in the new GSCC Post-Qualifying framework for social work. You then choose whether to study to BA(Hons) top-up level, Graduate Certificate level or PgCert level.
You will cover topics related to specialist social work with adults. These include statutory duties, tasks and responsibilities in the context of GSCC codes of practice; the principles of social inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity; and the social, psychological, cultural and bio-medical contexts of adulthood.
You will also develop the professional practice skills needed to work with adults and to enable others to learn in professional practice.
Contents
This course offers a wide range of option modules so you can tailor it to your own professional requirements.
BA(Hons) top-up modules
* Consolidation of Social Work Practice with Adults
* Portfolio: Competence in Specialist Social Work Practice with Adults
* Adulthood, Development and Transitions
* Legal, Ethical and Policy Framework for Inter-Professional Decision- Making in Adult Services
* Option module
* Enabling Learning OR
* Practice Teaching modules
* Integrated Project
PgCert modules (registered social workers) and Graduate Certificate modules
* Consolidation of Social Work Practice with Adults
* Portfolio: Competence in Specialist Social Work Practice with Adults
* Adulthood, Development and Transitions
* Legal, Ethical and Policy Framework for Inter-Professional Decision- Making in Adult Services
* Option module
* Enabling Learning OR
* Practice Teaching modules
PgCert modules (other professionals)
* Adulthood, Development and Transitions
* Legal, Ethical and Policy Framework for Inter-Professional Decision- Making in Adult Services
* Two option modules
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
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PgCert entry requirements
* A first or second class honours degree or Postgraduate Diploma in a subject relevant to the course and a relevant professional qualification; OR a professional qualification in social work or related profession and substantial current or recent experience in a relevant setting for the course. 'Substantial' experience may be considered in the light of the applicant´s qualitative rather than quantitative experience.
* Registered social workers seeking to progress to GSCC PQ Specialist Social Work should have passed a Consolidation module at normally at 2.1 level.
* All applicants must normally be working in settings which will allow them to undertake the practice elements of the programme.
* Students are expected to show academic potential to study at masters level.
In exceptional circumstances, at the discretion of the programme director, applicants lacking in one of the above requirements may be permitted to join the programme. This is providing they demonstrate the capacity to complete the course successfully, as evidenced by professional references, examples of previous academic work or personal interview. Such applicants may be registered as associate students in the first instance for the first module of their programme.
International applicants
If your first language is not English, advanced English language competence in the form of appropriate certificated learning (IELTS requirement of 7.0 or equivalent) must be demonstrated as detailed in Kingston University´s Admission Regulations.
Language Proficiency
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade B (Score: 75) |
Accreditation
Many of the courses that we run are accredited and recognised by relevant professional bodies within their respective fields. As part of our commitment to providing quality, relevant courses we seek accreditation and recognition wherever possible. In fact the Higher Education Funding Council of England awarded us a quality rating for 'Excellence in teaching'.
Kingston Business School is also one of an elite number of UK business schools with Association of MBA accreditation of our MBA courses. Plus we have received EPAS accreditation from the European Foundation for Management Development for several of our postgraduate and undergraduate business programmes; only the second UK business school to receive this accreditation.
To view a full list of our accreditations, please visit our website.
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