STUDY

This Level 4 module prepares you for safe and effective direct social work practice by assessing their readiness for first placement against the Professional Capabilities Framework. It introduces the core foundations of professional behaviour, including ethics, integrity, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice, communication skills and the maintenance of appropriate boundaries. You are supported to develop self-awareness and reflective capacity so they can begin to integrate professional knowledge, skills, and values holistically when working with service users, carers, and other professionals.

This module introduces you to the key laws and social policy developments that shape contemporary social work practice in the UK. You will explore how law, policy and ethics work together to protect people’s rights, guide professional judgement, and ensure accountability. Throughout the module, you will critically reflect on the links between law, power, and structural inequality, and consider how social workers can challenge oppression and promote social justice from within these systems.

The individual moves through various stages of the lifespan and this module, offers apprentices the opportunity to examine the implications of a development process and life stages on the individual’s behaviour.  The module introduces you to the conceptual frameworks of human development from pre-birth to old age, encompassing both ‘normal’ and atypical development. 

This module enables you to examine how personal, professional, and societal values shape social work decisions, in line with Social Work England’s requirement to reflect on values and ethics. It introduces key frameworks on professional values, human rights, oppression, and discrimination, helping you to recognise ethical dilemmas, understand the impact of prejudice and inequality, and begin to develop integrity and anti-oppressive practice in their emerging professional role.

The purpose of the module is to gain and apply important study skills that social work apprentices
will require during their degree programme. The module will allow apprentices to orientate themselves to the academic environment and requirements and appreciate an awareness of academic issues and research, whilst also beginning to develop their own research and study skills. 

This module explores how political, economic, and legal contexts shape definitions of social problems, social needs, and the rights of adults who use services. It introduces apprentices to key legislation, policy processes and ideologies influencing adult social work, enabling them to analyse how law and policy can both marginalise and protect particular groups and to apply this knowledge critically to frontline practice with adults and their carers.

This module examines how social workers support and safeguard children within legal, political, and organisational frameworks, paying particular attention to children’s rights, wishes, and feelings. It introduces key legislation, procedures, research and learning from serious case reviews alongside core direct work and interprofessional skills, enabling students and apprentices to explore how children become marginalised, abused, or neglected and how social workers can work critically and confidently with families and other professionals to promote children’s safety and wellbeing.

This module introduces apprentices to research as a core element of social work practice, enabling them to examine how different research approaches can evidence effective interventions, highlight people’s experiences, and inform policy and practice. It supports apprentices in developing curiosity and confidence in designing, evaluating, and analysing research, in using research findings ethically and collaboratively, and in beginning to formulate ideas for their own Level 6 research projects.

This module introduces key sociological theories and concepts to explain how social structures, institutions, and power shape people’s lives. It develops your “sociological imagination” to move beyond common-sense views, explore oppression, inequality, and social justice, and apply these insights to everyday social work practice and their emerging professional identity.

Apprentices undertake supervised and assessed practice learning for at least 110 days, giving them the opportunity to experience social work in real-world settings and apply knowledge and skills gained from their degree and previous work. The module enables apprentices to work directly with people who use services and other professionals, developing their capability, professional values, and ethical standards for competent social work practice.

This module is designed for social work apprentices and builds further on academic skills development from level 4.

This module explores contemporary issues shaping social work policy and practice, giving you the opportunity to analyse how current legislation, policy initiatives and social trends affect service users, practitioners, and organisations. It introduces conceptual, ethical, and legal frameworks for making sense of real-time debates, enabling you to apply theories of rights, justice, equality, and anti-oppressive practice to emerging challenges in the UK and beyond.

Apprentices undertake supervised and assessed practice learning for at least 90 days, giving them the opportunity to experience social work in real-world settings and to extend the knowledge and skills gained from their degree, rotations, and prior work experience. The module enables apprentices to work directly with people who use services and other professionals, developing their personal and professional values, ethical standards, and capabilities in line with the Professional Capabilities Framework.

This module provides social work apprentices with an opportunity to undertake a work-based project that supports the exercise of independent judgement and research skills. Apprentices will thus evidence “research mindnesses” as well as build on pre-existing skills and knowledge in critically appraising research that underpins and informs contemporary social work.

This Level 4 module prepares you for safe and effective direct social work practice by assessing their readiness for first placement against the Professional Capabilities Framework. It introduces the core foundations of professional behaviour, including ethics, integrity, anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice, communication skills and the maintenance of appropriate boundaries. You are supported to develop self-awareness and reflective capacity so they can begin to integrate professional knowledge, skills, and values holistically when working with service users, carers, and other professionals.

This module introduces you to the key laws and social policy developments that shape contemporary social work practice in the UK. You will explore how law, policy and ethics work together to protect people’s rights, guide professional judgement, and ensure accountability. Throughout the module, you will critically reflect on the links between law, power, and structural inequality, and consider how social workers can challenge oppression and promote social justice from within these systems.

The individual moves through various stages of the lifespan and this module, offers you the opportunity to examine the implications of a development process and life stages on the individual’s behaviour.  The module introduces you to the conceptual frameworks of human development from pre-birth to old age, encompassing both ‘normal’ and atypical development. 

This module enables you to examine how personal, professional, and societal values shape social work decisions, in line with Social Work England’s requirement to reflect on values and ethics. It introduces key frameworks on professional values, human rights, oppression, and discrimination, helping you to recognise ethical dilemmas, understand the impact of prejudice and inequality, and begin to develop integrity and anti-oppressive practice in their emerging professional role. 

The purpose of the module is to gain and apply important study skills that social work apprentices
will require during their degree programme. The module will allow apprentices to orientate themselves to the academic environment and requirements and appreciate an awareness of academic issues and research, whilst also beginning to develop their own research and study skills. 

This module explores how political, economic, and legal contexts shape definitions of social problems, social needs, and the rights of adults who use services. It introduces apprentices to key legislation, policy processes and ideologies influencing adult social work, enabling them to analyse how law and policy can both marginalise and protect particular groups and to apply this knowledge critically to frontline practice with adults and their carers.

This module examines how social workers support and safeguard children within legal, political, and organisational frameworks, paying particular attention to children’s rights, wishes, and feelings. It introduces key legislation, procedures, research and learning from serious case reviews alongside core direct work and interprofessional skills, enabling students and apprentices to explore how children become marginalised, abused, or neglected and how social workers can work critically and confidently with families and other professionals to promote children’s safety and wellbeing.

This module introduces apprentices to research as a core element of social work practice, enabling them to examine how different research approaches can evidence effective interventions, highlight people’s experiences, and inform policy and practice. It supports apprentices in developing curiosity and confidence in designing, evaluating, and analysing research, in using research findings ethically and collaboratively, and in beginning to formulate ideas for their own Level 6 research projects.

This module introduces key sociological theories and concepts to explain how social structures, institutions, and power shape people’s lives. It develops your “sociological imagination” to move beyond common-sense views, explore oppression, inequality, and social justice, and apply these insights to everyday social work practice and their emerging professional identity.

Apprentices undertake supervised and assessed practice learning for at least 110 days, giving them the opportunity to experience social work in real-world settings and apply knowledge and skills gained from their degree and previous work. The module enables apprentices to work directly with people who use services and other professionals, developing their capability, professional values, and ethical standards for competent social work practice.

This module is designed for social work apprentices and builds further on academic skills development from level 4.

This module explores contemporary issues shaping social work policy and practice, giving you the opportunity to analyse how current legislation, policy initiatives and social trends affect service users, practitioners, and organisations. It introduces conceptual, ethical, and legal frameworks for making sense of real-time debates, enabling you to apply theories of rights, justice, equality, and anti-oppressive practice to emerging challenges in the UK and beyond.

Apprentices undertake supervised and assessed practice learning for at least 90 days, giving them the opportunity to experience social work in real-world settings and to extend the knowledge and skills gained from their degree, rotations, and prior work experience. The module enables apprentices to work directly with people who use services and other professionals, developing their personal and professional values, ethical standards, and capabilities in line with the Professional Capabilities Framework.

This module provides social work apprentices with an opportunity to produce a final year project that supports the exercise of independent judgement and research skills. Apprentices will thus evidence “research mindnesses” as well as build on pre-existing skills and knowledge in critically appraising research that underpins and informs contemporary social work.