This module will teach you how to use your senses in the social work profession. In particular, this module will look at the following senses in detail; listening, observing, talking, and feeling.

This module combines thinking skills and the senses to establish additional skills needed by social workers. These include skills such as interviewing, leading, negotiating, and supporting. You will also look at constructive criticism, and inter-professional working. You will similarly be introduced to the challenges of working with an interpreter.

In this module you will learn how to efficiently manage information, using tools such as technology. You will also be introduced to the importance of literacy and recording when managing information. Effectively creating reports and writing practices specific to social work will also be explored.

This module deals with responding to children's needs. In particular it looks at the needs of children and how to recognise them. It also looks at parenting capacity and social work.Your learning in this module will be augmented with a case study looking at the Palmer family.

This module looks at critical practice in social work, in particular it looks at the three domains of critical practice. You will also hear an audio discussion relating to critical practice.