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Social Work and Applied Social Studies BSc (Hons)

Gain the knowledge and skills to practice as a registered professional social worker. This course combines academic learning and practice placements.

This course will prepare you for a challenging and rewarding career in social work. We offer comprehensive training that will enable you to apply to register as a social worker and practice in a range of settings. You’ll study the social sciences as a foundational base and develop more specific social work knowledge, values and skills.

You’ll be based in the Department of Social & Policy Sciences and our teaching team work closely with colleagues across the disciplines of sociology, social policy, criminology and international development. You'll benefit from their expertise and our fifty years of experience training social work practitioners at the University.

In your first year you'll study social work units alongside sociology and social policy. Areas include social work values and methods, psychology and social work theories and methods. You'll develop an awareness of social inequality and social justice that will underpin your training, and enhance your social work skills in readiness for your practice placements.

In your second year you'll begin your Professional Practice Placement and advance your study of social work. Alongside your placement you will also explore topics such as discrimination and empowerment. In this year you'll study core social work units of social work with children and families, working with adults and mental health social work.

In your final year you'll continue your social work studies and in your last semester you will undertake a final Professional Practice Placement. You’ll build on the knowledge and skills you have developed in previous years and apply this to your practice with service users and carers.

Intakes

Sep Deadline: Jan

Application Processing Time in Days: 40

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description	IELTS (1.0 -9.0)	TOEFL IBT (0-120)	TOEFL CBT (0-300)	PTE (10-90)
Expert	9	120	297-300	86-90
Very Good	8.5	115-119	280-293	83-86
Very Good	8	110-114	270-280	79-83
Good	7.5	102-109	253-267	73-79
Good	7	94-101	240-253	65-73
Competent	6.5	79-93	213-233	58-65
Competent	6	60-78	170-210	50-58
Modest	5.5	46-59	133-210	43-50
Modest	5	35-45	107-133	36-43
Limited	4	32-34	97-103	30-36
Extremely Limited	< 4	< 31	< 93	< 30

Job Opportunity Potential

There is a strong demand for Bath graduates from employers, including multinationals and prestigious organisations of all sizes.

The vocational bias of many of the courses, the industrial links, the integrated periods of industrial training and the calibre of the students all contribute towards this.

How we help our students
Information on employment and further study.
Individual guidance and assistance with career choice.
Workshops to develop self-presentation and other employability skills.
Help for students in earlier years with changing course or finding vacation work.
Job vacancies and a full programme of employer events and activities.
Workshops and guidance for research postgrads throughout their programme and to help plan their career beyond.

PSW Opportunity

2 year PSW

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

A Bachelor’s degree with a final overall result of at least a First Class.

To apply for this course you should have an undergraduate degree in psychology.

If you receive an offer you will need to obtain a Graduate Basis for Chartership (GBC) from the British Psychological Society (BPS).

If you do not have an undergraduate degree in psychology, we will consider applicants who have successfully completed a BPS accredited Masters's conversion degree.

In your application, you will need to provide a max. A 500-word personal statement which should explain

(a) why you are interested in studying for an MSc in Applied Clinical Psychology and the interests and skills you particularly hope to develop on the course and
(b) your research experience to date. As part of (b), you could describe key research teaching and assignments you have completed, your undergraduate dissertation project, or any research posts you have held. Please explain the skills and knowledge you have particularly gained from the research experience that you would bring to an MSc program.

GCSE English Language or Literature grade 4 or C (or equivalent from English language category C)

English language requirements
Category C
You will normally need one of the following:

IELTS: 6.5 overall with no less than 6.0 in all components
IELTS Indicator: 6.5 with 6.0 in each component
TOEFL IBT: 90 overall with a minimum 21 in all 4 components
TOEFL IBT and IBT Special Home Edition: 90 overall with 21 in each component
The Pearson Test of English Academic (PTE Academic): 62 with no less than 59 in any element
The Pearson Test of English Academic Online (PTE Academic Online): 62 with no less than 59 in any element
Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE): 176 with no less than 169 in all elements
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): 180 with no less than 169 in all elements
Duolingo: 110 overall with sub scores of Literacy 120, Comprehension 130, Conversation 115, Production 100.
LanguageCert SELT: B2 Communicator High Pass

University of Bath

Bath , England ,United Kingdom