Teaching and assessment for Social Work MSc

This module provides a grounded understanding of social policy, its impact on service users and communities, and the social work role in policy development and organisational change.

The module allows you to demonstrate your ability to integrate academic learning with practice. The module includes your third practice learning opportunity (PLO3, 195 days).

You will develop an understanding of the role of leadership in practice development.

It places Continuous Professional Development in the context of organisational change and theories of leadership.

It will also enable you to understand the role of leadership as distinct from management.

This module will introduce you to social work and social care systems in Scotland. The module will take into account the variety of backgrounds that you may come from when exploring these concepts. It will also explore from a global perspective.

You will be introduced to social work as a regulated profession. You will learn how it works at the interface of legal, policy and professional responsibilities

In this module social work processes and approaches are explored within an ecological framework, using examples of engagement with both structures and relationships.