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Try A Day in the Life of a Social Worker

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Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 12 Nov 2012
By Dr Barry Cooper, Dr Lucy Rai
Could you manage 24 hours as a social worker? A Day in the Life... provides you with the opportunity to step into a social worker's...
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Engaging children and adults when there is problematic alcohol and drug use

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Feb 2012
By Andy Taylor
 Providing professional help to families where alcohol or drugs are being used requires a delicate approach, explains Andy Taylor.
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Winning trust: Making Protecting Our Children

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 30 Jan 2012
By Sacha Mirzoeff
Social workers aren't always welcome visitors - so how do you persuade people to let a camera crew in as well? It was just one...
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Foundations for self-directed support in Scotland

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Introductory Level Duration 40 hours Updated 22 May 2013
By The Open University
This course will provide the foundations of understanding self-directed support in Scotland in the wider context of personalisation. Providing grounding in the culture and ways...
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Interview with a social worker

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Introductory Level Duration 1 hour Updated 22 May 2013
By The Open University
The focus of this unit is to explore the role of a support worker. It helps to identify what is expected within a working environment,...
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Social work learning practice

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Introductory Level Duration 4 hours Updated 22 May 2013
By The Open University
This audio unit focuses on the importance of people's backgrounds and experiences in the field of social work. It identifies the diverse ways in which...
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An introduction to health and social care

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Introductory Level Duration 600 hours Updated 20 May 2013 Register by 05 Sep 2013
By The Open University
Explore through real-life case studies how we give or receive health and social care services in residential and community settings, hospitals, clinics or GP surgeries.If...
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Foundations for social work practice

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Introductory Level Duration 600 hours Updated 15 May 2013 Register by 09 Jan 2014
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Understand the key roles of social work, social work standards and codes of practice – and explore how they work in practice using case study...
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Understanding children and young people

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Introductory Level Duration 150 hours Updated 13 May 2013 Register by 14 Oct 2013
By The Open University
In this course you’ll explore some of the experiences and the interactions with a wide range of adults that children encounter at nursery, school or...
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