Entry into the profession is now solely via part or full time study for an honours or postgraduate degree approved by the General Social Care Council (GSCC).
Over 80 universities and colleges in England offer a social work degree course and once enrolled on one of these courses you are eligible to apply for registration with the GSCC as a student social worker. Upon successful completion of one of these courses, you are eligible to apply for registration with the GSCC as without registration, you cannot legally practise in the UK. Social workers may undertake further training to work as a high intensity therapist as part of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) service.
It is also possible to take a degree course combining social work with mental health or learning disability nursing. Eligible students will receive a bursary from the Department of Health. For more information about this financial support, please visit the Social Work Bursaries website at www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk.
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