Social work is a rewarding profession which enables you to work with and support individuals, families and communities of all ages who face difficulties or distress in their lives. Your role is to assist them in developing practical strategies to improve their situations and make a positive difference – protecting the vulnerable from harm and abuse or supporting people to live independently. It allows you to give something back to society. The course is regularly reviewed and updated to reflect new developments in the professional practice, in policy and in legislation. The curriculum centres on the Professional Capabilities of Social Work framework of: professionalism; values and ethics; diversity; rights, justice and economic wellbeing; knowledge; critical reflection and analysis; intervention and skills; and contexts and organisations. Assessment tasks for each module have been carefully designed to be both fair and fit for purpose – enabling you to meet the learning outcomes by further integrating theory and practice and developing you as a critical, independent thinker. There will be an assessment task for each module. This may take the form of an essay, case study, and exam, and poster presentation, critical reflection on practice, an investigative report, presentation by individual or group of students, or a reflective analysis of practice. On successful completion, you should be able to: practise safely and effectively as a professional social worker committed to professional development (professionalism); understand and critically engage with social work ethical principles and values in the context of the maintenance and development of professional practice (values and ethics); demonstrate an awareness of the impact of culture, equality and diversity in practice applying anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive principles on those who use social work services and their communities (diversity); and advance human rights and promote social justice and economic wellbeing (Rights, justice and economic wellbeing).