BSc (Hons) Social Work (Luton)

Your first step towards a career as a registered social worker this course equips you with the knowledge skills and resilience needed to improve the lives of vulnerable adults children and families. Approved by Social Work England this degree offers graduates eligibility to join the professional register after which you can pursue a career in social work across a range of settings.

The course prepares you to work in a rapidly changing complex and unpredictable sector offering the most up-to-the-minute knowledge skills and practice. It combines work-placement experience practical skills development and academic study with a focus on applying theory to practice.

You first study the foundations of social work including social policy, human growth and development, relevant legislation for professional practice, and working with people. Later units explore issues contexts and interventions in social work along with two work-placement opportunities and a final-year research project.

112 UCAS tariff points including 96 from at least 3 A-levels or equivalent GCSE grade 4/Functional Skills Level 2 Maths GCSE grade 4/Functional Skills Level 2 English A minimum of 1 year of recent, relevant, experience Safeguarding checks, including an Enhanced DBS, and Occupational Health check are required
Three A levels, grades BCC or ACD
Two A levels plus two AS levels, grades BC+BB or CC+AA
Two A levels plus one AS level plus one extended project, grades BC+B+C or BB+D+C
One A level plus BTEC diploma, grades B+Merit/Merit
BTEC extended diploma, grades Distinction/Merit/Merit
Access to HE diploma, grades D18+M21+P6 or D9+M36
International Baccalaureate - Standard grade 5 and Higher Level grade 4 (Language B, Language A - Literature, Language A - Language and Literature, Literature and Performance, English Language A1, English Language A2)

IELTS overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each element
TOEFL iBT - Overall 72 Listening: 17, Reading: 18, Speaking: 20, Writing: 17