If you are a person who is spirited about helping others, then online courses in social work could be an excellent choice for your distance education needs.   Social work courses online provide students with a wide variety of topics that are centered on the general concepts of social work, including: poverty, social exclusion and social work, using the law in social work, and working in partnership with people.

Social Work Courses

• Accountable Social Work

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9244

  At every stage in each unit examples are given of the application in practice of the theories, methods and issues under discussion and activities are provided to enable learners to explore in relation to their own experience what may be unfamiliar ideas and concepts.
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• Assuring Quality In Social Work Skills

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9245

  This course focuses on the ways quality services may be assured in changing conditions.
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• Caring At Home

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9246

  In this course you will come to understand the many services which contribute to care at home, and how to choose the right ones for the job, especially as caring becomes more complex.
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• Ethics and Values in Social Care

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9249

  This course is an introduction to the topic, but new questions and dilemmas related to ethics and values will arise in every aspect of practice, and in every piece of work you undertake as a social worker.
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• Human Growth and Development in Social Care

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9250

  
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• Innovations in Health and Social Work

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9291

  This course aims to introduce the student to the importance of innovations in Health and Social Work from the perspective of Service Users and Carers. It will also address Policy and Practice innovations and how best to evaluate them.
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• Introduction to Research Awareness in Social Care

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9292

  This course is intended to question this perception by highlighting that research is something we all do in our everyday lives.
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• Introduction to Social Work Practice and Theories

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9293

  This course is an introduction to a particularly broad and complex topic: the relationship between ideas about social work and what social workers actually do. The sorts of questions that we will be considering in this course are:
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• Learning and Social Work

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9294

  Our course will help you to examine the problematic nature of social work and provide a framework for a professional approach to addressing the uncertainties and complexities of practice, while improving your knowledge about social work qualifications and its historical context.
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• Loss and Social Work

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9296

  This course aims to enable you to explore the potential impact of the service users' own experiences of loss on their practice, identifying their own developmental and support needs.
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• Mental Health and Social Work

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9297

  This course aims to enable you to critically appraise the major existing theories, models and treatment methods in this field and to critically evaluate the social model of mental health.
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• Poverty, Social Exclusion and Social Work

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9298

  To understand the history and context of Poverty we need to see where poverty came from, how it was understood and what structures were developed by society in order to understand poverty.
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• Protecting People In Social Work (Skills Course)

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9299

  This course contains many valuable insights into prevention and protection from harm and danger and does so from the perspective of many helping professionals.
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• Protecting Vulnerable Adults from Abuse in Social Care

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9300

  This course uses the suggestions made in "No Secrets" as a foundation for building a more detailed study of Protecting Vulnerable Adults from Abuse.
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• Social Context of Caring in a Mixed Economy

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9303

  This course is designed to introduce students and practicing health professionals to a critical analysis of caring in the mixed economy, namely the social context of care.
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• Social Work Competence In Practice

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9304

  In order to be accountable to society, any profession must maintain clear standards against which acceptable practice can be measured. "Competences" are the widely accepted form of measurement for the social work profession, and the subject of this module.
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• Social Work in Community Care

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9305

  In this course you will receive an introduction to the problems which have inhibited the development of community care since the 1970s. This course also will provide you with a greater expertise and knowledge in relevant areas of the commissioning of services.
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• Social Work With and Within Groups

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9306

  This course is designed to give students the skills to develop critical appreciation and knowledge about social work group practice. As the power of the group can be extremely powerful and influential, it is necessary to gain a critical appreciation of the group process so that it does not overwhelm.
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• Social Work with Children and Families

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9307

  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.
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• Supporting People In Social Work (Skills Course)

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9308

  The aim of this course is to encourage you to explore the theory and practice of supporting people.
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• Using The Law In Social Work

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9309

  This course is for students or social workers who are looking to develop their skills and understanding of the requirements for practice.
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• Using Theories In Social Work

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9310

  This course enables you to think about what theory is and how it relates to social work methods. You will examine how and why theories are developed and how they apply to the practice of social work.
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• Working Across Boundaries in Social Work

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9311

  This course will help you to look at the way social work and social work care agencies develop an agency culture and how this can both impede and assist working across organisational boundaries.
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• Working In Partnership With People (Skills Course)

  Stonebridge Associated Colleges UK Course Code: DED9312

  These courses can be used by qualified social workers in practice as a source of professional updating, as well as by trainers, lecturers and practice teachers as a source of learning material. They can also be used by individuals who are eager to learn more about a particular area of Social Work.
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