Course summary
This programme can support you in developing your professionalism by enhancing your skills, expanding your knowledge and reflecting on values.
- Do you see yourself moving into a more experienced, advanced or strategic social work role? If so, this programme can support you in developing your professionalism by enhancing your skills, expanding your knowledge and reflecting on values. They offer a whole range of modules designed to further your capabilities in all domains of the PCF, but they focus especially on practice education and professional leadership. In addition, many of the modules are designed to further your knowledge and skills outlined in the Knowledge and Skills Statement for Practice Supervisors of Social Workers in Child and Family Social Work.
- Normally, practitioners take individual modules of this programme and apply through the Continuous Professional Development Framework. Please contact the programme convenor for more information. If you want to achieve the MA or exit with a Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma, and you are supported by your employer to do so, then you should apply to this programme.
- The MA in Professional Leadership for Social Work is ideal for qualified social workers. All modules, except the dissertation, can be taken as standalone MA-level CPD modules.
- We recognise that much of learning takes place in the workplace. All modules fully integrate practice with relevant theory/research and values.
- We believe in strength in diversity and our teaching, lecturers, participants and experts by experience reflect this.
- Participants can gain academic credit for developing their capability through work-based activities in either direct social work practice, practice education or management roles.
- Access to university facilities, library and resources on and off campus.
Modules
All students take the following modules: Research Methods in Professional Leadership for Social Work Research and Practice in Professional Leadership for Social Work. Option modules You make up the remaining credits from a range of modules. Consolidation of Practice and Early Professional Development 30 credits Enabling the Learning of Others 15 credits Assessing and Teaching the Adult Professional Learner 15 credits Designing Learning Opportunities for Teams and Groups 15 credits Facilitating Learning in Teams and Groups 15 credits Professional Supervision and Practice Assessment 15 credits Reflective Practice Within and Across Organisations 15 credits The Care Act and Social Work: Practice, Policy and Law 30 credits Interpersonal Skills for Direct Work with Adult Service Users and their Families 30 credits Work-based Learning Modules 1-4 15 credits (modules 1 and 2) or 30 credits (modules 3 and 4) All modules except the dissertation can be taken as standalone Continuing Professional Development (CPD) modules. Please note that due to staff research commitments not all of these modules may be available every year.
Assessment method
Assessed by coursework, assignment, reports, case study, dissertation and portfolio.
Entry requirements
Before you apply to undertake any of the post-qualifying social work modules at Goldsmiths, you need to complete an application form and get agreement from your employer. Talk to your line manager and your Practice Learning or Workforce Development Coordinator. If you are in full-time employment, we recommend that you sign up to no more than 30 credits per year on the Continuing Professional Development programme (PG Credits - 270002A). If you complete the modules successfully you will get a Transcript of Record. If you want to obtain the Postgraduate Certificate or the Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Leadership for Social Work and you do not want to take any further modules or if you have already obtained 120 credits at MA level and you wish to gain the MA award you can apply to this programme. You may be able to transfer MA-level credits from other programmes (Recognition of Prior Certificated Learning) or gain credit for experiential learning via the submission of a portfolio (Recognition of Prior Experiential Learning). This is limited to 30 credits towards the PG Certificate, 60 credits towards the PG Diploma and 120 credits towards the Masters award. Talk to the programme convener to discuss your options early on. Criteria for admission The procedures for recruitment and selection adhere to the College’s general admissions policies including equality and diversity strategies and objectives. Normally applicants should: 1. Hold a degree level professional qualification in social work; 2. Be registered or be in the process of registering with the professional regulator as a social worker; 3. Have passed the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) or can demonstrate post qualifying professional development to an equivalent level or above; 4. Be able to demonstrate that they can meet the academic requirements of a post-graduate programme; 5. Be working or intending to take up employment (usually in a paid, but exceptionally in a voluntary capacity) in a setting that will enable you to demonstrate competence in professional leadership for social work at the required level. You'll need to meet fitness to train criteria to be considered for this programme. If English isn’t your first language, you will need an IELTS score (or equivalent English language qualification) of 6.5 with a 6.5 in writing and no element lower than 6.0 to study this programme.
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Provider information
Goldsmiths, University of London
New Cross
Lewisham
SE14 6NW