Higher Education -Social Work

Health and Social Care / Social Work

Health and Social Care

Health and Social Care offers a variety of exciting career opportunities working within a wide range of areas including social services, the National Health Service and voluntary organisations.

The Health and Social Care department is a Centre of Vocational Excellence (CoVE) for Elderly Care and has had strong links with employers within the local area for many years. It is run by a highly-qualified teaching team from a range of health and care backgrounds. It benefits from two dedicated resource rooms with access to the internet and a wide range of books and journals. The main college library also stocks a good range of journals and social care books.

For further information contact Jayne Hey on 0161 958 3195 or email jayne.hey@stockport.ac.uk

Social Work

The BA Social Work gives students both an academic and a professional qualification. Assessment is through formal college learning as well as practice placement.

Both the full time course, taking 3 years, and the part time course, taking approximately 4 - 41/2 years, are validated by Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). Students spend their final year of study at MMU as full time students.

Successful completion of the course will lead to a career as a social work practitioner.

Each staff member offers particular specialist knowledge from varied backgrounds including practice and theory.

If you are interested in studying full time for the BA Social Work, please apply through UCAS. For part time study, you can apply directly to the College.

For further information and advice about the BA (Hons) Social Work course, please contact:

Lisa Hicks, Social Work Administrator: 0161 958 3551 email frank.cusack@stockport.ac.uk or richard.kempster@stockport.ac.uk

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