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The Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work Studies is a professional training programme running for 18 months over two academic years from the date of first registration for the programme.
Entry Requirements
Admission is confined to a limited number
of students holding a BSocSc (Hons) Degree with an overall result of at least a
3H or its equivalent, such as (but not limited to) the BA in Early Childhood
Studies, BA Hons in Applied Social Studies in Social Care, or graduates with a
conversion course, i.e. the Higher Diploma in Social Policy (or its
equivalent).
Special Prerequisites
Candidates should normally have
undertaken a transitional Higher Diploma in Social Policy or its equivalent.
Attendance
As the Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work
Studies is a professional training programme, Social Work students are reminded
that they are bound to attend every class of each module (including their
Fieldwork Placements) unless unavoidably prevented from doing so. If a
student's attendance falls below 80% in any module, he/she will be required to
repeat that module before being allowed to proceed.
Leave of Absence
Students intending to take leave of absence
of a year or more must make application to the College of Arts, Celtic Studies
and Social Sciences Office not later than March of the preceding academic year.
International Fieldwork Opportunities
A limited number of
placement opportunities outside of Ireland are available each year. The
Department of Applied Social Studies has links with placement agencies in the
U.S., India, South Africa and some European countries. The programme is also
linked into a European groupwork exchange network which arranges bi-annual
seminars for groups of staff/students from participating countries.
Computer Applications in Social Work
A core aim of this
programme is to ensure that all students are competent in using computers to
access material from the Internet and from a range of software packages that
have relevance for their social work practice and research projects. All
students will receive practical instruction in using computers and applying
relevant software packages to social work practice and social, ethical and
organisational issues within social work will be an important focus of this
instruction.
Programme Requirements
Year 1
Students take 60 credits as follows:
Social
Work, Counselling and Development Issues
SS6101 Social Work
Theory I: Theory and Practice (10 credits)
SS6108 Child and Family
Welfare I (5 credits)
SS6102 Human Growth and Development (5
credits)
Social Work Practice and Fieldwork Placement I
SS6103 Practice Skills I (10 credits)
SS6104 Fieldwork
Placement I (10 credits)
Social Science, Law and Social Work Settings
SS6105
Social Policy and Social Exclusion (5 credits)
SS6106 Applied
Social Research (5 credits)
SS6107 Social Work Settings I (5
credits)
LW6005 Law and Rights I (5 credits)
Transfer to MSW (Year Two)
Students who achieve a mark of at
least 50% in each module in the First Year of the Postgraduate Diploma in
Social Work Studies may be permitted to transfer to the Second Year of the MSW
programme.
Year 2
Students take 60 credits as follows:
Social
Work, User Groups and Law
SS6200 Social Work Theory II: Theory
and Practice (5 credits)
SS6201 Child and Family Welfare II (5
credits)
SS6202 Social Work Settings II (5 credits)
LW6003
Law and Rights II (5 credits)
Social Work Practice, Counselling Skills and Fieldwork Placement II
SS6203 Practice Skills II (10 credits)
SS6204 Fieldwork
Placement II (10 credits)
Dissertation and Practice Research Presentation
SS6205 Practice Project (20 credits)
Module descriptions are contained in the Book of Modules 2011/2012.
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing
Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards 2012 Book and for each module in the Book of Modules 2011/2012.
Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work Studies (NFQ Level 9, Major award)
On succussful completion of this programme,
students should be able to:
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