• Question: to be a social worker for kids from birth to 19 years do you have to take science ?????????? :)

    Asked by jadesummer to Anzy, Aoife, Dave, Matt, Tomasz on 17 Nov 2013.
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      Anzy Miller answered on 17 Nov 2013:

      I’m sorry I don’t know enough about this… but here’s my thoughts!

      I have just did some googling to see what I could find on the internet and it seems to say to become a social worker you need to study a degree at university that is approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). These are generally degrees called “Social Work” or “Children’s nursing and social work” – heres a the link of where I found this – http://www.hpc-uk.org/apply/uk/

      Do you have anyone at school that can help you with careers? Or your parents? My advice would be to find the course you’d like to do at university and see what their entry requirements are – they will usually say on the universities website. Then you’ll know if a science A level is a necessity.

      I hope this helps!

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      Matthew Tomlinson answered on 18 Nov 2013:

      I have a friend who works with at risk children and I don’t think he has any qualifications in science. My sister-in-law is now starting a degree in childhood studies with the aim of working as a social worker and she didn’t need any science qualifications either. The closest thing she needed was a C in Maths at GCSE, other than that there aren’t any requirements for sciences. As Anzy said, look at the course you want to study and check out the entry requirements, that will tell you what you need.

      I hope that helps!

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