Dear Kirsty (and Karen and Emma)

I think you might mean CCETSW (Central Council for Education
and Training in Social Work). This body has now been superceded
by the GSCC (the General Social Care Council). The equivalent
body in Northern ireland is the Northern Ireland Social Care
Council (www.niscc.info) -as far as I am aware the GSCC (thus
hopefully the NISCC) do offer funding for people studying for
a social work qualification - I know that our Disability
Service has secured financial help from the GSCC for disabled
social work students.

Hope this helps,

Ben Fell,
University of Hull


On Wed, 4 Jun 2003 10:59:32 +0100
Kirsty Mackenzie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Karen and Emma,
>
> Have you tried the CCSW for funding the first student? Not sure if things
> are different on your side of the water, but a previous student of ours who
> left to do a post-grad SW qualification had the professional body falling
> over themselves to fund support (even though she was DSA eligible!).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kirsty
>
> Disability Coordinator
> University of Brighton
> (01273) 642885
>
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Karen Hedley [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>         Sent:   Tuesday, June 03, 2003 4:24 PM
>         To:     [log in to unmask]
>         Subject:        Ineligibility for DSA
>
>         Hello all,
>
>         We currently have two students, who appear to be ineligible for DSA
> though
>         need support to complete their courses.
>
>         The first student has been seconded by her employer to complete a
> two year
>         Masters course in Social Work. Her employers have loaned her a lap
> top and
>         printer and the School of Social Work is funding a proof reader. Her
> initial
>         needs assessment recommended the above support and also recommended
>         specialist software eg kurzweil 3000, dyslexia support tuition for
> two hours
>         per week, and the use of a note taker during lectures. Her employers
> have
>         been reluctant to fund this additional support and the student
> feels, that
>         without this support, she is being discriminated against. She has
> contacted
>         Disability Services regarding who is responsible for providing
> funding for
>         this support- the institution or her employer?
>
>         The second student is a prospective student, who has applied to do a
> part
>         time computers course through our Institute of Life long learning
> and is
>         registered blind. The student has only contacted us for information
> at this
>         stage, but we are concerned that the course he has applied for is
> not
>         eligible for DSA as it is not on the list of designated courses that
> the
>         Education and Library Boards hold. At this stage we are unaware of
> the full
>         range of support that he requires and plan to carry out a full
> assessment of
>         needs in due course. The Institute of life long learning have asked
> who
>         would be responsible for funding any equipment/personal support the
> student
>         requires to complete this course, if he is not eligible for DSA?
> Also could
>         he be accepted onto the course on the basis that he has to fund any
> support
>         that he requires?
>
>         We have had little experience in cases such as these and would
> grately
>         appreciate any guidance on these issues.
>
>         Many thanks
>
>         Karen Hedley and Emma Kelly

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Benedict C Fell
Research Assistant,
67 Salmon Grove,
HUll HU6 7RX
Email: [log in to unmask]
University of Hull