Quality-assurance downloads

On this page you can find copies of our annual quality-assurance reports, as well as assuring quality publications for the various social work awards accredited by the GSCC.

Social work education quality-assurance reports (SWEQARs)

Clicking on each of these links will open one of our recent annual quality-assurance reports on social work education and training in England.

2007-08 report - 'Raising standards' (full report)
2006-07 report - 'Delivering quality, recognising success'
2005-06 report - 'Listening, learning, shaping'
2004-05 report
2003-04 report
2002-03 report
2001-02 report

Quality assurance downloads

Download documents relating to degree quality-assurance

CCETSW Assuring Quality publications

These documents were published and updated by CCETSW between 1995 and 2000, and remain the basis for our monitoring, review and inspection of the outgoing social work qualifying and post-qualifying awards.

There is an "Assuring Quality" publication for each award. Click on the links below to download the relevant document.

• Child Care Social Work [PDF - 970KB]
• Diploma in Social Work 1 [PDF - 650KB]
• Diploma in Social Work 2 [PDF - 590KB]
• Mental Health Social Work [PDF - 760KB]
• Post-qualifying Education and Training 1 [PDF - 220KB]
• Post-qualifying Education and Training 2 [PDF - 580KB] 
• Practice Teaching Award [PDF - 820KB]
• Regulation of Care Services Award [PDF - 480KB]

Complaints and concerns

If you have a complaint about a course, you can also download a copy of our complaints guidance.

• Concerns for social work degree courses
• Concerns for DipSW and PQ courses

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