Access to Social Work

Start DateAugust
LevelLevel 3
Study ModePart-time
Duration9 months
Awarding Body Skills & Education Group Access
Location Online Learning

Course Overview

Our level 3 courses are designed to give learners the UCAS points needed to progress to university. The courses are fully online courses, where you can access the course materials and assessments 24 hours a day. The course takes 9-12 months to complete.

Upon success completion of this course this will allow students to progress to different university courses including:

Social Work

Health and Wellbeing

Public Health

What You Will Study

Throughout this course you study 17 units over different subject areas including Sociology, Psychology and Social Policy. Some of the units that you will studying include:

The Roles and Responsibilities of a Social Worker

Cognitive Psychology 

Behaviour and the Brain 

Social Inequalities

There is no on-site attendance required, though students are expected to undertake 10-15 hours study per week with 1:1 tutorials available.

You will be assessed through a variety of different methods, including written essays, presentations and timed control assessments.

GCSE Maths and English at Grade 4 or Functional Skills Level 2 Maths and English.

There is funding available for this course, subject to previous qualifications. If you are not eligible for funding the course can be funded via the Advanced Learner Loan.

Access to HE courses are designed to enable you upon successfully completion to progress to Higher Education.

Start DateAugust
LevelLevel 3
Study ModePart-time
Duration9 months
Awarding Body Skills & Education Group Access
Location Online Learning