Theory, Methods and Values in Practice 1 (861L5)

30 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Autumn and spring teaching

On this module, you’ll explore the modern social work role.

Focusing on psychosocial and ecological perspectives, you’ll consider:

  • how identity is formed for people who use services
  • the relationship between this and environments of difficulty
  • your self-awareness 
  • the ways you can build effective relationships with people who use services
  • a strengths-based approach to assess needs and enact change in different situations
  • the nature and role of modern social work, including power structures, oppression and policy
  • the complex contexts of social work.

Teaching

15%: Practical
85%: Seminar (Class, Seminar)

Assessment

100%: Written assessment (Essay)

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 154 hours of contact time and about 146 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We鈥檙e planning to run these modules in the academic year 2025/26. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We鈥檒l make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.