Contexts of Social Work (L5088)
15 credits, Level 4
Autumn teaching
On this module, you’ll place the modern UK social work profession within its historical and global contexts.
You’ll explore the realities of modern social work and the factors shaping the profession's development through:
- lectures
- workshops
- group and individual research tasks.
You’ll investigate key policy changes and the political, contested and controversial aspects of the social work role, providing a strong foundation for future modules.
The focus in on learning to practice social work rather than just the content. You’ll benefit from the diverse perspectives of service users, carers, practitioners and faculty.
Teaching
85%: Lecture
3%: One-to-one (Tutorial)
13%: Seminar (Class, Seminar)
85%: Lecture
3%: One-to-one (Tutorial)
13%: Seminar (Class, Seminar)Assessment
100%: Written assessment (Report)
100%: Written assessment (Report)Contact hours and workload
This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.
We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.
Courses
This module is offered on the following courses: