Social work
We have provided social work courses since 1965, and remain a leading provider of social work training. Our courses combine academic study and practice learning to fully prepare you for your career ahead. We have an excellent employment record which is testament to this.
Social workers are trained to help people who are having difficulties in their lives, or whose actions cause significant harm or problems for others.
They aim to help people live as independently as possible, by providing services to help support, care for or protect them when necessary.
Our social work degree is approved by the General Social Care Council (GSCC). This means that when you graduate you are eligible to apply to register with the GSCC Social Care Register to practice as a social worker.
We offer continuing professional development modules and short courses. Find out more.
Our health and social care courses place a strong emphasis on interprofessional learning. This means that you train alongside practitioners from other health professions. Find out more.
We're helping to develop and improve social work education in Eastern Europe. Find out more.
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Social workers enable people to live independent lives by assessing needs and providing services to support, care for or protect them when needed. People needing help, support or guidance from social workers include • children and families • people with mental health problems, learning or physical disabilities • older people • young people who may... More information
Undergraduate
Full-time
UCAS code L500
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The course is for people who hold a suitable degree or relevant professional qualification. It may also be of interest to those wanting a change of career and to develop professional competence in social care. You can apply for a bursary from the NHS Business Services Authority to support your study (subject to review). We emphasise... More information
This course enables you to work with children, families and young people and creates pathways for practitioners and for aspiring entrants to the profession. It is suitable if you are working with children, young people and families and you want to develop your professional skills and knowledge and achieve an academic qualification in this... More information
This course is a fast track route to becoming a fully qualified youth worker. You can study full-time or part-time to suit your needs.There are six modules, all relating to your work as a youth worker. Two are based in the workplace. The other modules cover understanding youth work, contemporary issues, management, and communication skills.You... More information
This course is hosted by the Faculty of Development and Society Graduate School. The Graduate School website provides a communication hub for students and staff engaged in research, information about our research work, and useful contact information.The course is ideal if you have a first degree in social work or social sciences and you plan to •... More information
Postgraduate
Full-time, Part-time
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This course enables you to work with children, young people and families and is suitable if you want to develop your professional skills and knowledge to achieve a higher academic qualification in this profession.The course covers all aspects of the common core of skills and knowledge for the Children's Workforce 2010 and the every child matters... More information
The course, which is professionally validated by National Youth Agency is for people who want to work with young people in their communities, and to support them in a range of issues that they may face in their transition to adulthood. Youth work helps young people learn about themselves, others and society. They do this through informal... More information
This course is for • mental health practitioners • registered social workers • occupational therapists • nurses • midwives working in areas of mental health. It combines academic qualifications with post-qualifying social work (PQSW) awards. The• postgraduate certificate includes the PQSW Consolidation• postgraduate diploma includes the PQSW... More information
This course offers progression from the Foundation Degree Arts (FdA) Youth and Community Work.The top up year offers current FdA students, recent FdA graduates, and professionals with diploma of higher education, an opportunity to upgrade their studies to a bachelors degree.It is a one year full-time course but all of your classes take place on... More information
The National Youth Agency requires this professional qualification before you can practise in a youth work setting.This course is for people who want to work with young people in their communities, and to support them in a range of issues that they may face in their transition to adulthood. Youth work helps young people learn about themselves,... More information
This course is for people who want careers working with those with learning disabilities. It allows you to specialise in a way that is not available in conventional social work courses and enhances the traditional learning disability nursing qualification.People with learning disabilities often have greater health needs but are less likely to have... More information
Undergraduate
Full-time
UCAS code B761
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This interprofessional course enables experienced professionals from all areas of health, social care, biomedical science and sport and exercise science to focus on their specific research interests and gain a professional doctorate award.Professional doctorates are equivalent to PhDs but focus on the development of professional practice and suit... More information
Postgraduate
Part-time
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This course is for health and social care managers and leaders at any level and with any amount of experience. It supports your ongoing professional development towards improved effectiveness, and greater management and leadership responsibility. Its flexible design supports you in your workplace. We base your learning within your own employment... More information
Postgraduate
Part-time
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Continuing professional development
We have an large range of credited modules that you can take individually or as part of a study programme.
We also run short courses for staff working in the health, social care, biosciences and sport. They are designed to meet a range of needs and to be responsive to the changing demands of the work environment.
Visit the Faculty of Health and Wellbeing continuing professional development website for more information and to search our modules database.
Together in the real world of health and social care
Our health and social care courses place a strong emphasis on interprofessional learning. This means that you train alongside practitioners from other health professions. So, depending on your course you could spend time working alongside
• nurses
• midwives
• operating department practitioners
This gives you a fresh perspective on situations. And it also prepares you for the real world. Collaboration between health professionals is increasing as organisations try to provide a more integrated and effective service. At Sheffield Hallam we understand that by working together we can we give the best possible care.
Partnership to improve social care in Eastern Europe
Social work education in Eastern Europe is being given a major boost by a unique partnership project between Sheffield Hallam University and institutions in Ukraine, Lithuania, Slovenia and Georgia.
Organised by the Centre for Health and Social Care Research at Sheffield Hallam and funded by the European Union Tempus programme, the Advancing the Three Cycle System in Social Work Education (ACES) project is worth over €1million and runs for three years.
The project aims to develop and improve social work education programmes in Eastern Europe by sharing best practice among social care academics across Europe. It includes the development of PhD programmes, regional social work education, a masters degree in social care, the creation of a journal of social policy and social work, and the development of an international social work module.
Peter Nelson, principal lecturer in social work, is academic director of the project. He said: "We're building on previous work with colleagues at Tbilisi State University and the Georgian Association of Social Workers which helped establish social work education in Georgia.
"The overall aims of the projects are to embed social work education, to integrate practice and research in a more effective way and to share and disseminate best practice in social work practice, education and research.
"With a budget of €1.1million, we're able to maintain collaboration with partners at Tbilisi and Ljubljana University in Slovenia from the earlier project, as well as develop partnerships with University of Kiev Mohyla Academy in Ukraine, Tallinn University in Estonia and Vilnius Pedagogical University in Lithuania."
Social care educators from the Ukraine, Lithuania, Slovenia and Georgia visited Sheffield Hallam earlier in the year for a week of working with academics. This was followed by a meeting at Ljubljana University Slovenia and a summer school in Vilnius Lithuania, where PhD students from Georgia and Ukraine are currently working together on research skill development, facilitated by Sheffield Hallam and partner academics.