Social Work With Children And Families Level 4

Overview

Working with children and families is a highly specialised and skilled area of social work.

To be effective, social workers need to be flexible, knowledgeable and highly mindful of many aspects of the family and the obstacles to be encountered working with them.

This course will aim to introduce you to the structure of the family, and teach you to take the necessary factors into consideration, as well as the procedures involved and the proper course of action when working with children and families in a social work context.

Description

On completion of your course, you will receive these qualifications:

Qualification: Social Care with Children and Families Diploma
Social Care with Children and Families Diploma issued by Stonebridge Associated Colleges, entitling you to use the letters SAC Dip after your name.

Qualification: Level 4 Social Care with Children and Families Award
At the end of this course successful learners will also receive a level 4 NCFE Award certificate of achievement. That means that it is independently accredited at a level of learning equivalent to level 4 on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (in which case GCSE's are at levels 1 and 2 and A Levels are at level 3).

This award has been designed by Stonebridge Associated Colleges to meet specific learners' or employers' requirements.

Accreditation by NCFE is a guarantee of quality. It means that this learning programme has been scrutinised and approved by an independent panel of experienced educational professionals and is quality audited biannually by NCFE.

Career path

social care, counselling, health care