PGCert Social Work Practice Education at Solent University

Programme overview

Extend your professional status and portfolio as a social worker to enable the learning of social work students and newly qualified social workers within placements. The Social Work Practice Education course is an opportunity for registered social workers to engage with their continuous professional development and invest in their future career development - working to enhance their professional status and skills regarding professional leadership, management, supervision, and learning and development.

Faculty: Social work, criminology and sociology | Duration: 1 year part-time | Study mode: part-time | Intake: Part-time December start (2027 entry) | Location: Southampton, England, United Kingdom

Career pathways

Applicants with a completed practice education course will be able to undertake the practice educator role as part of their substantive role within social work and/or as independent freelance practice educators - working alongside University course providers and principal employers. Suitable roles include: Social work practice educator.

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Application information

Entry requirements

It is a mandatory requirement for students to be registered as a social worker when enrolling on the course. Students will also have two years post-qualifying experience prior to the conclusion of the course - having successfully completed their Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme. You must have the substantive support of your employer to engage in the role of a practice educator during the course. If you are an independent applicant you must demonstrate an indicative commitment to undertake the role of an off-site independent practice educator. English language: IELTS minimum 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in each individual component

Domestic applicants: GBP 800 for the whole programme. UK and Channel Island part-time fee; period not stated (amount shown without a per-year basis). Fees for the following year not yet published; previous year rates shown for guidance. Source

Intake: Part-time December start (2027 entry)

Duration: 1 year part-time

Apply through the official page: https://www.solent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/social-work-practice-education-pgcert

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