Step up to social work cohort 7 2022

https://www.mmu.ac.uk/social-care-and-social-work/step-up-to-social-work/

Worth asking if they assist with travel or accommodation costs.

I know Sunderland is one of the participant universities

Does anybody know which Uni Greater Manchester partners with. It seems that it is not Man Met.

Hi, this may be silly but...where do you attend university on this programme? I'm applying for North Tyneside and understand the first chunk of the course is at uni. Where will we go?

Thank you both, I did some more reading and found a bit that said something along the lines of... an appropriate regional university....I do imagine there will be one and Sunderland is much better than Manchester to travel to! I've sent a couple of emails. If I get a reply before applications close I will pop it on this thread.

Great Manchester is Uni of Salford Manchester Met covers other areas in the north like Blackpool, Etc. People living in Yorkshire and Humberside however are cover by Salford also, but aren’t expected to travel to Salford. Their lectures are run by Salford’s lecturers, but at a local university instead
Also to note, there is no other help with finances for bus pass, travel etc, that is what the bursary covers. So make sure you can get to uni.

Great Manchester is Uni of Salford Manchester Met covers other areas in the north like Blackpool, Etc. People living in Yorkshire and Humberside however are cover by Salford also, but aren’t expected to travel to Salford. Their lectures are run by Salford’s lecturers, but at a local university instead
Also to note, there is no other help with finances for bus pass, travel etc, that is what the bursary covers. So make sure you can get to uni.

I've completed my application now and will submit tomorrow evening after I've 'slept on it' ☺️ on average, how long were your answers for the employment history part? My responses are between 130 - 200 words and I'm wondering whether to leave it at that or go into more detail.

I’ve been doing mine for ages. Trying to get little bursts of time in between all the other stuff.

I was actually ready to send mine this afternoon and when I printed out my summary I realised there is a bit in the bridging question section that I need to edit and can’t get into. It is the bit that you have to answer in 100 words about your experience. How do you edit that? I can’t seem to get to that bit of the application at all apart from starting it all over again which I am extremely reluctant to do. I have used 140 words in the 100 words and need to edit. Please help? I’ve tried everything

I am in the same boat, only I didn’t put enough in- thinking I could edit it. Did you manage to do it?

Hi everyone!I submitted my application last week - I've worked for my local council in various roles of social care (front line referrals, care finding, commissioning etc) so hopefully I get accepted for at least an assessment! My only issue is, is that I don't drive. I was learning before the pandemic hit and was about 10 lessons in and doing well! And it's obviously had to stop....but the minute you're allowed to again, I'm starting up! I did put this in my application so hopefully i can get my license before I start

Has anyone read the FAQs, it says the application form is judged based on the framework, but then it also says to be successful in the application round all of your answers must score a benchmark 3. Does anyone know what the scoring criteria is as there isn't actually any number on the framework. How do we actually gain points to score at least 3?

I know that some local authorities say it is compulsory to have a full licence.... I believe that there are some that say it is not required... I think they are normally the inner city authorities where public transport is good.