Studying Social Work at Suffolk opens the door to a profession which aims to improve people’s lives. It is a varied role and, more than simply ‘helping people’, it involves striving to create change. You may find yourself supporting someone who is distressed, or perhaps empowering someone in need of advice or even involved in protection work to ensure people and children are safe, well and healthy. Social Workers not only focus on day-to-day matters, but also consider the bigger issues that affect people’s lives such as poverty, trauma and disadvantage.

Our courses are approved by the profession’s regulator, Social Work England, so on graduating students will be eligible to apply for registration with Social Work England. Social work graduates have a wide range of options upon graduation and are in great demand in the UK – from Social Workers within a local authority, the independent or private and voluntary (PVI) sector to careers involving research, education and beyond. Social Workers also work within many fields, such as:

• Mental health
• Child protection
• Youth justice
• Health

You could also work alongside older people, refugees and asylum seekers, children and families, people with disabilities, foster carers and adopters, and more.

What this means is that a career in social work can be varied and opens the door to many, different opportunities! 

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