MA Social Work

Newdirections

Has anyone entered the Social Work profession via the postgraduate route? I am trying to make sense of the bursary system. Thanks

Sncjw

Do you mean NHS bursary

purple12

I did but it was a long time ago Has worked very well for me (I qualified with Masters in social work in 2000.. so not sure I can help with current details.. but still.. )

nimbo

Not the ma route. But working as a social worker and having students in. Shop around. The students we have currently get two statutory placements which is good. Not something offered by the university I went to. I personally didn't even get one.

The bursary has changed since I entered so wouldn't want to try to get my head around it. All students in my year got one. The year afterwards it became possibly 75% and was I think linked to performance. Speak to your university of choice because I think that may manage aspects of it individually.

Newdirections

Hi all

Thank you for your replies. I will speak to the individual universities. From what I can gather, it seems the NHS bursary would fund up to a maximum of 3,700 for the course fees but the cheapest course I can find in my area is 7,600. It seems they do also give a bursary for living costs but I still don't think the amount would make up the difference.

Will keep looking though thank you!

confusedinstaffordshire

Hi
I'm currently going through the process of applying for the MA social work. From what I understand about the bursaries is that only so many places are allocated bursaries, the university makes recommendations as to who they feel should have a bursary based on performance and the selection phase and previous vocational experience. The bursary is around £3200 ish off the top of my head (around £3700 for London) and they pay your course fees in addition to this. There is also a further grant which is means tested if you have dependents etc.