Education and training guidance
For guidance aimed at supporting education and training providers.
Approval of a new courses
Guidance on how Social Work England will process your request for approval of a new qualifying social work course.
Guidance on course changes
Guidance on how we will process your request for changes to a qualifying social work course.
Guidance on the 2019 standards
Guidance on Social Work England’s 2019 qualifying education and training standards.
Guidance on the 2021 standards
Guidance on Social Work England’s 2021 qualifying education and training standards.
Guidance on annual monitoring
This guidance is designed to help education providers understand what to do to comply with our annual monitoring of existing courses.
Assessment of students guidance
This guidance supplements the education and training standards 2021. It is particularly relevant to standard 5, curriculum and assessment.
Practice placements guidance
This guidance supplements the education and training standards 2021. In particular, this guidance is relevant to standard 2, the learning environment.
Raise a concern about a course
This guidance has been written for anyone who may want to raise a concern about a social work course, providing guidance on how we will handle concerns.
AMHP guidance
This document explains the approval criteria for approved mental health professional (AMHP) courses.