General Social Care Council
Protecting the public by requiring high standards of professional education, conduct and practice of all social workers
Education and training
Post Qualifying Courses
The post qualifying (PQ) framework for social work education builds on the qualifying degree in social work. The GSCC approves courses which lead to specialist, higher specialist and advanced post qualifying awards in social work.
The overall objective is to ensure that post qualifying education and training improves the standard of social work practice.
For all Registered Social Workers (RSWs), the PQ framework offers a number of different ways to adhere to point six of the GSCC codes of practice.
‘As a social care worker, you must be accountable for the quality of your work and take responsibility for maintaining and improving your knowledge and skills’
The framework will also enable social workers to fulfil post registration training and learning (PRTL) requirements. All forms of PQ will count towards PRTL.
Some previously approved Post Qualifying courses have now been closed by the awarding university. We have produced a list of closed post qualifying courses for reference.
Approved Post Qualifying Course Providers
