Working towards full participation: a report on how social work degree courses, which started in 2003, have begun to involve service users and carers in social work training

The introduction of the new social work degree, which had its first intake in September 2003, provided an important and exciting opportunity to make participation in social work education a reality by requiring that service users and carers be involved in all aspects of course design and delivery, including the selection and assessment of students. This is the annual quality- assurance report (AQAR) to be compiled by the General Social Care Council (GSCC). The report draws on the full range of quality-assurance  (QA) processes undertaken during the reporting year April 2004 to March 2005.