This course combines university and practice-based learning and is regulated by the Health and Care Professions Council, with significant contributions by experienced social workers and by service users. We believe that at the heart of social work lies the relationship which social workers develop with individual service users - be they children, young people or adults. Positive relationships enable the social worker to support service users as they negotiate transitions and decisions in their life which may be complex and painful in nature. Our postgraduate students move into an extraordinarily wide range of careers following their time in the school. The level of study fosters many vital skills and may give students a head start in the job market, allowing them to develop qualities of self-discipline and self-motivation that are essential to employment in a wide range of different fields.