Course content
About the course
The MA Advanced Professional Practice (MAAPP) has been developed in consultation with local authorities as part of the South Yorkshire Teaching Partnership, to support social work professionals to continue to develop their knowledge and skills as professionally capable, reflective and analytical practitioners.The course supports professional practice under four strands:
- Leadership and management
- Practice
- Practice educator
- Research
Each module developed for the programme has been mapped against the Government’s reform agenda for social work education, and is compliant with capabilities listed in the Knowledge and Skills Statement (KSS) for Social Workers.
Where your masters can take you
Our graduates are academics, researchers and health and social care professionals. Others become managers or administrators in the public and private sectors.
How we teach
Our teaching is rigorous and research-led. We encourage you to think critically, to learn research techniques and develop transferable skills. We also help you to develop the personal attributes that will make you highly employable. The department is a friendly place, where staff and postgraduates work together as colleagues.
Our interdisciplinary approach brings together sociologists, social policy analysts, social workers and social anthropologists. Our empirical research is internationally recognised. We make significant contributions to policy debates.
Course content
Topics covered include, amongst others:
- Evidence informed practice
- Out of home care
- Interventions to promote change
- Child development and communication with the child
- Introduction to leadership and mentoring
- Developing professional practice and safeguarding
Teaching and assessment
Teaching is conducted through a combination of lectures, tutorials, seminars, small-group work and problem-solving.
Visit the
MA Advanced Professional Practice
page on the University of Sheffield website for more details!
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