Rehabilitation - Social Work Route PgDip/MSc: Course features

What this course offers you

This course enables you to develop your skills to Higher Specialist and Advanced level in a highly specialist area of social work practice with adults and gain GSCC-approved awards.
It aims to develop quality of service by enabling you to progress to a 'substantially enhanced' level of professional competence and, at Advanced Level, to take a leading role in service delivery.
Many teaching staff are research active, which keeps your learning cutting-edge, and others are expert practitioners. This combination of academics and practitioners provides a uniquely dynamic environment. Read more in our Research areas section.
You will learn from representatives of people who access social work services and carers, and with and from other professionals.
You also have the chance to meet other professionals in the same situation as yourself.
As well as developing your understanding of your specialist area, this course will make sure you:
- keep up to date with recent developments, legal requirements and ethically-sound practice;
- reflect critically on your practice;
- develop your judgement and decision-making skills;
- improve your networking skills; and
- gain skills in managing others.
The part-time option provides maximum flexibility to help you fit your studies around other commitments.
The Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences is a unique partnership between Kingston University and St George's, University of London. This means that you benefit from the expertise and facilities of two complementary institutions:
- Kingston University has a long-established reputation for vocationally-relevant education; and
- St George's, University of London combines teaching and research excellence in healthcare sciences.
For more information about the School of Social Work and the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, visit the School web pages.