This masters degree aims to prepare students for employment as professionally qualified social workers; lay the foundation for students’ continuing professional development and reflects the key themes of contemporary social work in Wales. Social Work is about change and human growth through supporting the social care and welfare needs of individuals, groups and local communities. Social work has been an established course at Swansea University for many years and combines a commitment to both academic excellence and practical learning. There are strong links between the Department and social services agencies in south and west Wales, and in local authority and voluntary sectors. Qualifying students will be: equipped to understand and work within the context of a profession whose nature, scope and purpose can be the subject of contested debate; able to critically analyse, adapt to, manage and eventually lead the process of required changes in social work, delivery of social services, and social care policy and law; prepared to promote bilingual service provision in Wales and to be able to critically reflect on the importance of the Welsh context as a cultural, social and historical landscape for social work practice.