A levels - Including at least 80 points from two full A-levels.
BTEC Extended Diploma - DDM — there are no specific subject requirements.
Applicants on Access Programmes - Meet UCAS Tariff of 120 — there are no specific subject requirements.
International Baccalaureate requirements - 120 UCAS tariff points to include at least 80 points from 2 HL subjects. Plus HL 3 or SL 4 in Maths and English Language and Literature A or English B.
Plus minimum of - GCSE English and Mathematics at grade C or 4 (equivalents accepted).
Additional entry requirements - At the point of application, applicants need to demonstrate they have a minimum of 100 hours of relevant social care work experience. This should have been undertaken within the last two years.
Experience in a social care setting (either paid or voluntary) is essential. We also welcome experience in social work overseas, either because you lived there or because you have undertaken paid or voluntary work in another country. Relevant social care experience includes direct work with people and could include:
Direct work with people who need practical or emotional help or support either through face-to-face work or on an individual or group basis or telephone work.
Mentoring or counselling.
Care work (such as working as a health care assistant).
Youth work.
Working with children or young people who are socially excluded or have additional emotional and/or practical support needs.
Placements through school or college which has been undertaken within the last 2 years at the point of application.
Personal experience of caring for a relative or friend where you have had first-hand experience of social services or social work intervention; having a parent(s) who is a foster carer.
Personal experience as a service-user of social work intervention.
We attach importance not only to the amount of experience that you have gained but crucially to the learning that you have gained from it and are able to bring to the course and your professional development. It is helpful if you include the following information in your personal statement:
Your roles and responsibilities.
Reflections on the ways in which your experience has helped to prepare you for social work
As part of the selection process, we interview short-listed candidates prior to making offers.
