BA (Hons) Social Work Bachelor's degree at Goldsmiths, University of London

This module aims to provide a critical introduction to community development and youth work by exploring underlying values, defining ideas and contested purposes. It is intended to help you explore the relationship between theory, policy and practice in community development and youth work, in historical and contemporary context. The module will consider the necessary professional skills, knowledge and competencies. It will draw on your own experience in considering the development of profession

This module will provide an introduction to the value of group work in effecting change in attitudes, beliefs and practice. It'll enable you to articulate social and political understandings of the impact of group work. We'll introduce experiential group work alongside other significant models and theories. You'll be encouraged to develop your ability to synthesise theoretical understandings, enhance your group work skills and abilities, and assess how these might be applied within the group and

This module fulfils the requirement that all social work degree students have met the Professional Capabilities Framework requirements for Readiness for Practice before undertaking assessed direct practice with service users. Students must pass this module before progressing onto year two and starting their first placement. Through this module, students will develop an understanding of the HCPC Guidance on Conduct and Ethics for Students (HCPC 2016), the HCPC Standards of conduct, performance an

In this module you will be introduced to social work as a professional activity and an academic discipline. You will critically analyze contemporary social work in its historical context and develop an understanding of key social work theories and concepts. This includes the theoretical basis for anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive approaches as applied to diverse groups in society and the perspectives of the users of social work services. You will understand where social work takes place, a

This module aims to clarify definitions and understandings of racism and explore its manifestations. We'll argue that racism affects the whole community, and that institutional racism is embedded within UK organisations. You'll focus on professional and managerial practices that sustain institutional racism and examine interventions that can challenge and change equality of outcomes in services. The module will equip you to identify, engage and create change in professional and organisational pr

This module-unit provides a grounding in key skills and methods of intervention for professional Social Work. It builds on the Professional Development for Practice module-unit in Year 1 and leads into the Social Work Theory and Practice module-unit in Year 3. It considers these in relation to the Department of Health requirements for Planning, Intervention and Review. It provides opportunities for you to practice some of the core skills and learn some core methods of intervention prior to your

This module is intended to develop your ideological awareness, analytical skills and critical capacity to make cogent political arguments in your work. An understanding of the dynamic relationship between theory, policy and politics is central to a critical analysis of engagement with individuals and communities. This principle will be the focus of this module. Policies must be understood as ideologically informed ways of seeing the world rather than as neutral and disinterested constructions of