Your future career
How to become a Social Worker
Social Work and Care
Choose from Social Work and Care degrees including undergraduate, Masters and PhD courses.
How do you tell a child the reason they’ve been removed from their family without causing more trauma? How do you support a couple living with HIV to adopt or foster? Would you like to develop the skills to support older people who face barriers accessing services?
Social Work at Sussex combines theory with practical experience. You’ll learn to improve the quality of people’s lives.
We’ve built partnerships over years of collaboration with local organisations. As a core part of your undergraduate or Masters qualification, you’ll undertake practice learning placements. You’ll learn to uphold high-quality professional standards and develop leadership skills.
Our teaching methods draw on our cutting-edge research. You’ll graduate understanding the realities of practice in a supportive and caring environment.
Explore Social Work and Care at Sussex
Preparing for a Social Work interview
Our handy guide will help you to stand out on the big day
A little bit of TLC
Professor Gillian Ruch leads the Talking and Listening to Children (TLC) initiative, helping social workers talk to children
Trauma-Informed Practice
How Trauma-Informed Practice (TIP) can develop your skills in teaching and social work
More about life at Sussex
Virtual tour
Could there be a better place to be a student than our beautiful campus? Nestled in the South Downs National Park, we’re just nine minutes from one of the UK’s most iconic cities.
To get a picture of life on our campus and the excitement of being in the city of Brighton, take our virtual tour.
Funding your course
Find out more about fees, funding and student budgeting
Brighton
Uncover everything that Brighton has to offer – our city by the sea
Accommodation
Take a look at our accommodation options, both on and off campus