For the past 10 years, Anya Brooks worked in a range of early years settings and gained a raft of qualifications including a BA in early years, BA (Hons) in childhood and youth, and a post-16 teaching qualification.
She was considering doing a masters in early years education when she heard about Step Up to Social Work, a government-funded programme designed to encourage highly qualified people with experience of working with children and families to switch to a career in social work. Brooks is now assigned to Suffolk County Council and is doing an 18-month masters in social work through Manchester Metropolitan University. She gets a bursary totalling £22,000, plus course fees and books. "I had thought about social work previously but there was no easy way in that didn't involve doing another degree," she says.
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