Social Work

Chester campus

The Department of Social Work is situated within the Faculty of Health and Social Care and offers a range of qualifying and post-qualifying programmes of study which are delivered either at the Chester or Warrington campuses.

An undergraduate qualifying programme leading to the award of BA (Hons) Social Work is delivered at the Warrington campus and a postgraduate qualifying programme delivered at the Chester campus leads to the MA/PG Dip Social Work award. Both programmes are approved by the General Social Care Council (GSCC) and enable graduates and postgraduates to qualify as a social worker.

All candidates for places on the qualifying programmes are interviewed individually by a lecturer, and a service user, carer or practitioner. The programmes involves taught modules and at least 200 days in practice placements.

Academic Programme

The department delivers a consolidation module within the Post-Qualifying Framework for social work education and training and is responsible for delivering the MA/PG Dip Applied Mental Health Practice programme which qualifies specified professionals to become an Approved Mental Health Professional. Social workers who successfully complete this programme are eligible to be awarded a PQ Higher Specialist Social Work Award. Further post-qualifying programmes are being planned.

The staff team works collaboratively to ensure that students are supported in their studies. The staff team has a particularly wide range of experience in social care and social work practice and maintains close links with colleagues in practice. Service users and carers are involved in all aspects of the Department's work.

BA (Hons) Social Work

The staff team is engaged in research and scholarly activity within the field of social care and social work, with the purpose of impacting on student learning and practice development.

Consolidation Module

This single module enables qualified social workers to APL 15 credits towards a PQ Specialist Social Work Award. For further information please contact Mandy Schofield 01925 534310 / m.schofield@chester.ac.uk

MA/PG Dip Applied Mental Health Practice

This programme includes the Approved Mental Health Professional training.

MA Applied Mental Health Practice

For further information please contact Mandy Schofield 01925 534310 / m.schofield@chester.ac.uk

Key Department Contacts

Tim Mann, Head of Department, t.mann@chester.ac.uk 01925 534252
Mandy Schofield, Deputy Head of Department, m.schofield@chester.ac.uk 01925 534392
Julie Bywater, Undergraduate Admissions, j.bywater@chester.ac.uk 01925 534332
Pauline Doherty, Postgraduate Admissions pauline.doherty@chester.ac.uk 01925 534366
Wendy Gandy, Departmental Administrator w.gandy@chester.ac.uk 01925 534304