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What do social workers do for adults?

As a social worker, you'll work with people to find solutions to their problems. This may be helping to protect vulnerable people from harm or abuse or supporting people to live independently. You'll work with clients, their families and others around them and with different client groups including: the elderly.

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Social worker

Social workers make a difference to individuals and families by helping them live their lives more successfully.

Working life

As a social worker, you'll work with people to find solutions to their problems. This may be helping to protect vulnerable people from harm or abuse or supporting people to live independently. You'll work with clients, their families and others around them and with different client groups including:

the elderly

children with disabilities

teenagers with mental health problems

young offenders

adults with learning disabilities, mental health problems or physical disabilities

people with alcohol, drug or other substance misuse problems

refugees and asylum seekers

families at risk of breaking down

children who need to live apart from their families

foster carers and adopters

children who are at risk of abuse or neglect

carers

You may specialise in a particular client group. Their work can involve:

visiting clients wherever they are (which could be at home or in, for example, a care home, hospital, hostel or prison)

assessing clients’ needs

organising support

making referrals to other services and agencies

keeping detailed records

attending meetings

An important part of the work is building a professional relationship with the client so that you and the social worker and client can work together to make changes.

Who will I work with?

As well as working with clients and their families and other carers, social workers work with other agencies including the police, local authority departments, schools and the probation service.

Where will I work?

You may be based in a hospital or healthcare centre or in an office elsewhere, sometimes with a team of other social workers. Wherever you're based, you will spend a lot of time visiting clients.

Entry requirements

To practise as a social worker, you must be registered with Social Work England. To register with Social Work England, you first need to successfully complete an approved degree or postgraduate programme in social work. Courses take three or four years full time. A degree apprenticeship in social work has also been approved.

Courses differ but all include:

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law as it applies to social work

ethics and values

assessments and interventions

mental health, disability and other issues

practical work with clients and placements in social work settings

Some degrees combine social work with mental health or learning disability nursing - use our course finder to search for these combined courses. To get onto a social work degree course you usually need two or three A levels, along with five GCSEs (grades 4-9/A-C), including English and maths.

Or you could have alternative qualifications, including:

BTEC, HND or HNC

relevant NVQ

health- or social care-based access course

equivalent Scottish or Irish qualifications

To get onto a Masters course you normally need an honours degree.

However, each institution sets its own entry requirements, so it’s important to check carefully. You can use our course finder to find out where you can study social work combined with nursing. If you already have a degree in another subject, there are several routes for you to become a social worker: take a postgraduate qualification (Diploma or Masters) in social work. Courses take two years full time or up to six years part time. train through Step up to Social Work which takes 14 months and combines work and study apply for the Frontline 2-year programme combining study with supervised practical work in child protection apply for the 2-year Think Ahead fast-track scheme to become a mental health social worker. The scheme blends academic learning with extensive on-the-job experience.

Degree apprenticeship in social work

A degree apprenticeship standard in social work has been approved for delivery. To get onto a degree apprenticeship, you will need to apply for an apprentice position with a health care provider. You will usually need level 3 qualifications to get onto a degree apprenticeship. You may be helping to protect vulnerable people from harm or abuse or supporting people to live independently. You can search for vacancies on the NHS Jobs website and Find an Apprenticeship website.

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Wherever you apply to study or train, you will need to show that you have an understanding of social work and experience of working with clients. This can be from paid or voluntary work. Or it could be from your own life experience, for example, as a carer for a friend or relative.

Skills and personal characteristics needed

Social workers need to:

be able to work under pressure

deal with very challenging behaviour

organise their own workload

be understanding of other people’s lifestyles

work with people from all walks of life

be happy visiting people where they live

You'll also need

organisation skills

empathy (able to see things from other points of view)

relationship-building skills

resilience

problem-solving skills

motivational skills

Registration

Once you’ve successfully completed a programme approved by the HCPC, you are then eligible to apply for registration with the HCPC to work in England. Once registered as a practitioner, you’ll be required to retain your name on the register by keeping your knowledge and skills up to date and paying an annual retention fee.

Training and development

As a qualified social worker joining the NHS, you have training to introduce you to the service. You will be expected to attend further training courses to keep your skills and knowledge up to date. You could take further qualifications related to social work in, for example, counselling or mediation. Once qualified, many social workers join the British Association of Social Workers (BASW). Social workers have to keep their skills and knowledge up to date with annual CPD (continuing professional development). BASW runs courses, conferences and seminars where social workers can exchange ideas and update their skills.

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