Our Social Work MA degree will provide you with a practice-focussed and eye-opening learning experience.
Learn from expert academics and gain first-hand experience from service users, carers and practitioners, and graduate prepared to start an incredibly rewarding and fulfilling career.
This course will run over 24 months in a full-time mode.
In your first year, you'll develop your skills in critical safeguarding, psychological perspectives across the life course, and practical legal knowledge within social work contexts. Through placements and skills workshops, you'll engage with diverse, real-world settings, grounded in anti-oppressive, research-informed approaches to empower and protect vulnerable communities.
In your second year, you’ll strengthen your leadership skills in social work, focusing on self-leadership, guiding others, and driving change. Through your second placement, you’ll build on prior experience, applying legislation and social work theory in real-world settings, while preparing for employment and post-qualifying practice using the KSS framework.
In your final year, you’ll undertake an in-depth dissertation on a social work topic of your choice, developing research skills essential for evidence-informed practice. This module supports you in planning a research proposal and offers regular supervision, fostering research-mindedness and deepening your expertise in a specific practice area.
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To gain a place at Birmingham you will need to meet our general entry requirements, as well as those specific to your course. Your application will be reviewed by the course’s Admissions Tutor, who will decide whether your application should receive an offer.
2:1 Honours Degree (or international equivalent) in any subject, and 3 months (minimum 400 hours) of full-time work experience in a social care setting, either in a paid of voluntary capacity.
Applicants with a 2:2 degree classification may be considered on a case-by-case basis.
We also require:
If you do not fulfil these requirements or want further advice, please contact us directly.
Please note that work experience is not considered in lieu of meeting the academic entry requirements. You will be required to meet the practice element in addition to meeting the academic criteria. If your qualifications differ from those listed here, please contact the central Admissions team for guidance.
Applicants must show, in the appropriate section of the application form, that they meet or will meet, all of the academic criteria.
Their ability to meet the academic criteria should be confirmed in their academic reference.
Additionally, applicants must provide details, within their personal statement, of their related personal or social care experience and the influence this has had on their commitment to and understanding of, social work. A subsequent practice reference will be required if an offer is made.
Their personal statement should provide evidence of their ability to write in a clear, coherent and accessible style.
Shortlisted applicants will be required to read a short academic text and complete a written test on their understanding of general issues related to social work.
Applicants will then complete an interview with a member of academic staff.
Selected applicants will be required to complete an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and Declaration of Suitability for Social Work form before registration on the programme.
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