MA in Social Work
The primary objective of this programme is to equip you with the values, knowledge and skill-base you’ll need to practise as a social worker. Within a framework of anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice, it offers a professional training for social work practice in local authority social services departments, hospitals, clinics and voluntary organisations.
Janet, MA Social Work
2 years full-time.
You apply through UCAS. Our institution code is G56 and our institution name is GOLD.
On your UCAS application form it is vitally important that you enter full details of your social work related work experience (both paid and voluntary) in the Employment Section of the form. Please include the name of the organisation you were working for, the exact length of the experience, and how many hours per week you worked (e.g. "March 2009 - Oct 2010, 3 hours per week"). Then, expand on this in the Personal Statement section of the UCAS form, saying what role you held and who the service user group was (e.g. “Volunteer Advocate, Advocacy Service for people with a disability”). If you do not provide this information your application will not be considered. (For full information about experience that is regarded as relevant, please see the ‘Entry Profile’ section of the UCAS website for the course.)
Please ensure your personal statement is well-written and demonstrates your academic ability. It is also important that you explain what you have learned from your work experience and how this has contributed to your understanding of the social work role and task. You should also reflect on what you have learned about yourself and the service user group(s) that you have worked with.Please read our MA Social Work Work Experience Requirements before applying for this programme.
You should normally have or expect to be awarded a degree or equivalent of at least upper second-class standard from a UK Higher Education Institution. You need to have GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or above, or the equivalent; you will be able to take internal Goldsmiths tests if you do not have these qualifications. In order to be eligible for acceptance to MA Social Work at Goldsmiths all applicants must have a minimum of one year's (normally within last two years) full-time/full-time equivalent Social Work experience, with a minimum of 6 months full-time experience at the time of application and a further 6 months full-time experience at the point of entry to the course. If you hold a degree from an overseas institution, you must be able to demonstrate the equivalency of that degree to British standards. If your first language is not English, please check our English Language requirements.
GSCC
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The programme will enable you to register and practise as a qualified social worker.
The ability to practise social work in a wide variety of settings with different service user groups.
Please see Tuition fees.
Contact Rachel Parry-Hughes
This programme provides the opportunity to reflect critically on social work in contemporary society, developing your personal and professional perspectives. It is taught in conjunction with the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Southwark, Bexley, Brent, Croydon, Kensington and Chelsea, and three voluntary agencies: the Cassel Centre and the South East Region of the NSPCC.
You spend approximately half of the programme at Goldsmiths and half in practice placements. You undertake the following course of study: human growth and development, an observation of a baby or young child, assessment and intervention, interprofessional and interdisciplinary working, the values of social work, models, methods, and theories of social work, and undertake formally assessed placements. The Goldsmiths component consists of project work, group work, seminars, and private study. Supporting lectures and workshops explore the purpose, models, methods, settings and theory of social work; the values of social work; statutory powers and legal principles; social policy and administration; human growth and development; and organisational contexts.
Social work is a regulated profession. As a social work student you will be expected to register with the General Social Care Council (GSCC) – the social work profession's regulator – and adhere to the standards set out in theCode of Practice for Social Workers. As well as regulating individual social workers and students, the GSCC also regulates the performance of social work courses, the results of which are published on their website.
Assessment
Written assignments, practice assessments, dissertation.
Register your interest
If you register your interest in this programme we¹ll keep you informed about open days and send you relevant further information.
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- MA in Social Work
- MPhil & PhD in Social Work
- Staff research interests
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