Course detail

Chartered Social Work Practitioner

Course Description

A chartered-level professional programme designed to equip learners with advanced skills, ethical leadership, and specialised expertise required for complex social work practice. The course prepares practitioners to assess high-risk cases, lead interventions, manage multidisciplinary teams, influence social policy, and deliver evidence-based support to individuals, families, and communities.

Details

Learners gain mastery in clinical assessment, trauma-informed practice, safeguarding, case management, research, social justice advocacy, and organisational leadership. The programme aligns with international social work standards and professional codes of ethics.

Module 1: Advanced Social Work Practice, Ethics & Professionalism

Explores advanced ethical decision-making, professional boundaries, reflective practice, dilemmas in social work, and adherence to international ethical frameworks in complex cases.

 

Module 2: Clinical Assessment, Counselling Techniques & Trauma-Informed Practice

Covers advanced assessment tools, psychosocial evaluations, crisis intervention, trauma models, counselling methods, and strategies for supporting vulnerable populations.

 

Module 3: Child Protection, Family Systems & Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults

Examines high-risk family dynamics, child welfare systems, domestic abuse interventions, elder protection, mandatory reporting, and multi-agency safeguarding protocols.

 

Module 4: Mental Health, Substance Abuse & Behavioural Interventions

Provides skills to identify mental health conditions, addiction patterns, dual diagnoses, behavioural issues, and evidence-based interventions in clinical and community settings.

 

Module 5: Case Management, Documentation & Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Focuses on complex case planning, integrated care models, inter-agency coordination, report writing, documentation standards, and client-centred outcome planning.

 

Module 6: Social Policy, Advocacy & Human Rights Leadership

Explores social justice principles, rights-based approaches, policy analysis, advocacy strategies, programme development, and influencing systemic change through evidence and voice.

 

Module 7: Research Methods, Evidence-Based Practice & Impact Evaluation

Covers qualitative and quantitative research, programme evaluation, monitoring tools, data interpretation, and implementing evidence-based social work interventions.

 

Module 8: Organisational Leadership, Supervision & Professional Development

Teaches leadership in social service organisations, supervision techniques, staff development, burnout prevention, team motivation, and organisational culture improvement.

 

  • Advanced ethical and professional social work principles

  • Clinical assessment, trauma-informed and counselling techniques

  • Safeguarding children, families, and vulnerable adults

  • Mental health, addiction, and behavioural intervention skills

  • Complex case management and multidisciplinary teamwork

  • Social justice advocacy and policy engagement

  • Conducting research and applying evidence-based practice

  • Leadership, supervision, and organisational management in social work

  • Professional social workers seeking chartered recognition

  • Senior child protection and safeguarding officers

  • Community development and NGO specialists

  • Mental health and rehabilitation practitioners

  • Social service supervisors and case managers

  • Policy advocates and social sector leaders

  • Practitioners seeking advanced clinical and leadership skills

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