Social work students on the Register 2017 to 2018 Factsheet • Social work students joining and leaving the Register • Final year students qualifying and registering as social workers Students who started the social work degree in Wales and joined the Register between September 2017 and August 2018 What are the key points? What is the age and gender of All students who join the social work degree students who joined the Register? course in Wales must register with us. 88% were female 253 students joined the Register. 12% were male Age and gender of social work students enrolled September 2017 to August 2018 70 60 50 40 30 20 Social work students Social work 10 0 Under 25 25-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 Over 65 Female 47 65 45 33 18 9 4 1 0 0 Male 5 10 6 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 The average age of social work students is 32. What is the profile of the students who joined the Register? 94% of social work students are white, white British or white Welsh 3% of social work students consider themselves to be disabled 50% of social work students speak some, or fluent, Welsh 96% of social work students are heterosexual Which courses did students join? University Number registered Cardiff Metropolitan University BSc (Hons) in Social Work 29 Cardiff Metropolitan University – Bridgend College BSc (Hons) in Social Work 15 Cardiff University MA in Social Work 40 Glyndŵr University BA (Hons) in Social Work 34 Swansea University BSc (Hons) in Social Work 29 MSc in Social Work 20 The Open University BA (Hons) in Social Work 41 University of South Wales BSc (Hons) in Social Work 26 University of Wales Bangor MA in Social Work 19 Total 253 Students leaving the course and the Register between September 2017 and August 2018 If a student leaves their social work degree course, they will be removed from the Register. 2% of students starting their course between September 2017 and August 2018 left the course and the Register in the same period. How many students left their course and why? Reason for leaving Number Per cent Personal 18 52.9% Academic 10 29.4% Health 4 11.8% Conduct/Suitability 2 5.9% Total 34 100% Final year students qualifying and joining the Register as social workers in April 2017 to March 2018 We have published a profile factsheet of all social workers on the Register at April 2018. This includes 246 final year students who graduated and joined the Register as social workers in the previous 12 months. Of these, 231 qualified in Wales and 15 qualified outside Wales. What qualifications were held by newly-qualified social workers joining the Register? Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work 6 (2.4%) MSc in Social Work 20 (8.1%) MA in Social Work 59 (24.0%) BA (Hons) in Social Work 68 (27.6%) BSc (Hons) in Social Work 93 (37.8%) 0 20 40 60 80 100 What is the age and gender profile of newly-qualified social workers joining the Register? 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 Newly-qualified social workers social Newly-qualified 10 0 Under 25 25-30 31-35 36-40 41-45 46-50 51-55 56-60 61-65 Over 65 Female 23 80 39 40 23 13 3 1 0 0 Male 1 6 4 3 6 3 1 0 0 0 What is the employment category of newly-qualified social workers joining the Register? * Agency social worker 2 (0.8%) Third sector and private sector social 5 (2.0%) work with case load Other posts 18 (7.3%) Employment not known/ outside social care/ outside Wales 36 (14.6%) Local authority – no case load 71 (28.9) Local authority social work 114(46.3%) with a case load 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 * Based on information provided by those registered, as at January 2019. .