Child Welfare and Safeguarding MA/PgDip/PgCert

Course Length
1 year full-time
Part-time also available

Number of Places
20

Contact
Master's Courses in Social Work/Care
Tel: 01484 473211
E-mail: socialwork-masters@hud.ac.uk

• A degree with two years post-qualifying experience in the fields of child welfare or safeguarding.
• Applicants without a degree level qualification or equivalent may be required to undertake preparatory work and/or a written assignment to demonstrate their ability to study at postgraduate level.

Introduction

The course is designed to enable health, social work and other professionals in the child welfare or safeguarding fields to analyse and evaluate the current state of knowledge, policy and practice in this area.
The course aims to link theory, research and policy in considering:

• The nature of child welfare and safeguarding.
• Multi-disciplinary approaches.
• Integrated theoretical and practice frameworks emphasising anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice and empowerment.
• The agency mandates and the individual learning and practice needs and interests of students. The content of the teaching assumes a knowledge and understanding of UK policies, procedures and practices.

Course Structure

The curriculum includes the management of child welfare and safeguarding, skill development (particulary in the areas of legislation, assessment, planning, intervention and prevention), organisational and policy contexts and the impact of professional roles.

Level 1

• The Legal Framework
• Assessment and Planning
• Child Welfare and Safeguarding: Organisational and Policy Contexts
• Intervention in Child Welfare and Safeguarding

Level 2

• Reflection on Practice
• Children's Services, Users and Carers
• Methods for Inquiry
  

Level 3

• Dissertation

Special Features

Excellent teaching and research ratings
The Department is rated as excellent in teaching and achieved Grade 5 (out of 5) in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise.

Flexible outcomes
The award of PgCert may be obtained on successful completion of the four Level 1 modules. The award of PgDip may be obtained following successful attainment of 120 credits.

Prospectus

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