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Introduction to Social Work
Understanding the profession, its values, roles, and impact on society.
View courseHistory and Evolution of Social Work
Exploring the development of social work from past to present day.
View courseHuman Behaviour and the Social Environment
Understanding how individuals develop and interact within their social environments.
View courseSocial Work Interviewing and Counselling Skills
Developing effective communication and counselling skills for professional social work practice.
View courseCase Conferencing and Documentation
Managing client cases effectively through coordinated services and accurate documentation.
View courseCommunity Development and Community Organisation
Empowering communities through participation, organisation, and sustainable social change.
View courseChild Protection and Safeguarding
Protecting children from harm through prevention, intervention, and safeguarding practices.
View courseMental Health and Psychosocial Support
Supporting mental wellbeing through psychosocial care, resilience, and recovery-oriented practice.
View courseSocial Policy, Social Welfare and Social Protection
Understanding policies and systems that promote social welfare, equity, and protection.
View courseField Practicum and Professional Competency Assessment
Applying social work knowledge in supervised practice while demonstrating professional competence.
View courseFoundations of the Ecosocial Resilience Theory (ERT)
Foundations of the Ecosocial Resilience Theory (ERT) is a foundation-level course within the School of Ecosocial Resilience and Environmental Social Work, delivered online (self-paced + live cohort sessions). It combines evidence-based global standards with African community realities, using case st
View courseClimate Change Adaptation for Vulnerable Communities
Climate Change Adaptation for Vulnerable Communities is a foundation-level course within the School of Ecosocial Resilience and Environmental Social Work, delivered hybrid (blended online/offline with field practicum). It combines evidence-based global standards with African community realities, usi
View courseOil Spill Response and Community Recovery
Oil Spill Response and Community Recovery is a intermediate-level course within the School of Ecosocial Resilience and Environmental Social Work, delivered offline (in-person, community-based delivery). It combines evidence-based global standards with African community realities, using case studies,
View courseGreen Social Work Interventions
Green Social Work Interventions is a intermediate-level course within the School of Ecosocial Resilience and Environmental Social Work, delivered online (self-paced + live cohort sessions). It combines evidence-based global standards with African community realities, using case studies, applied simu
View courseBiodiversity Conservation and Indigenous Communities
Biodiversity Conservation and Indigenous Communities is a intermediate-level course within the School of Ecosocial Resilience and Environmental Social Work, delivered hybrid (blended online/offline with field practicum). It combines evidence-based global standards with African community realities, u
View courseEnvironmental Impact Assessment for Social Workers
Environmental Impact Assessment for Social Workers is a advanced-level course within the School of Ecosocial Resilience and Environmental Social Work, delivered offline (in-person, community-based delivery). It combines evidence-based global standards with African community realities, using case stu
View courseRenewable Energy and Community Transition Planning
Renewable Energy and Community Transition Planning is a advanced-level course within the School of Ecosocial Resilience and Environmental Social Work, delivered online (self-paced + live cohort sessions). It combines evidence-based global standards with African community realities, using case studie
View courseERT Practicum: Field Application in the Niger Delta
ERT Practicum: Field Application in the Niger Delta is a professional-level course within the School of Ecosocial Resilience and Environmental Social Work, delivered hybrid (blended online/offline with field practicum). It combines evidence-based global standards with African community realities, us
View coursePsychological First Aid (PFA)
Providing immediate emotional support during crises and emergencies.
View courseTrauma Care
Providing assistance to those affected by past unpleasant experiences.
View courseDepression
Understanding depression, recognizing its signs, and providing appropriate psychosocial support.
View courseAnxiety Disorders
Recognizing anxiety disorders and supporting individuals with effective, evidence-informed interventions.
View courseSuicide Prevention
Recognizing suicide risk and responding with timely, compassionate, and life-saving interventions.
View courseGrief Counseling
Supporting individuals and families through grief, loss, and the healing process.
View courseCommunity Mental Health
Promoting mental wellbeing through community-based prevention, support, and recovery services.
View courseStress Management
Building practical skills to manage stress and promote mental wellbeing.
View courseBurnout Prevention
Recognizing burnout early and building resilience for sustainable wellbeing.
View courseClinical Referrals
Identifying when and how to connect clients with appropriate clinical care.
View courseConcepts and Principles of Community Development
Module One establishes the conceptual foundation for the entire CDP training. Learners are introduced to community development as a participatory process through which community members collectively identify needs, set priorities, and take action to improve their own wellbeing, deliberately distingu
View courseParticipatory Needs Assessment
Module Overview Module Three trains learners in the first substantive stage of the community development process: conducting a genuinely participatory needs assessment that identifies a community's own priorities, not an outside actor's assumptions about what a community needs. Learners are trained
View courseSetting Goals and Priorities
Module Five trains learners to translate the needs assessment findings from Module Three, informed by the stakeholder understanding built in Module Four, into clear, prioritised, actionable goals. Learners are trained in structured prioritisation technique, addressing the common, documented challeng
View courseResource Mobilisation and Partnerships
Module Seven trains learners to identify and mobilise the financial, human, and material resources required to implement a community action plan, drawing first on local and community-based resources before seeking external support, and to build genuine, durable partnerships rather than purely transa
View courseMonitoring, Evaluation and Learning
Module Nine trains learners in monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) practice for community development initiatives, equipping them to design simple, practical indicators, track implementation progress, and assess whether an initiative is achieving its intended outcomes, directly building on th
View courseFoster Care
Course Overview Foster care is a child protection intervention that provides temporary family-based care for children who cannot safely remain with their biological parents due to abuse, neglect, abandonment, exploitation, parental illness, death, conflict, displacement, or other circumstances that
View courseFoster Parenting, Child Development, and Trauma-Informed Care
Module Overview Children entering foster care often have experienced significant adversity, including abuse, neglect, family separation, domestic violence, exploitation, loss of caregivers, armed conflict, natural disasters, or other traumatic events. These experiences can affect their physical heal
View courseFamily Reunification, Permanency Planning, and Transition to Independent Living
The ultimate goal of foster care is to ensure that every child grows up in a safe, stable, permanent, and nurturing family environment. Foster care is generally intended to be a temporary intervention while long-term solutions are explored. Whenever it is safe and in the child's best interests, effo
View courseClimate Change Science and Vulnerability Assessment
Course One establishes the scientific and analytical foundation for the entire BLU certificate. Learners are introduced to the basic science of climate change, the distinction between weather variability and long-term climate trends, and the specific manifestations of climate change relevant to the
View course: Environmental Justice and Human Rights in Climate Practice
Course Three grounds the BLU certificate's technical climate and disaster content in a rights-based, environmental justice framework, directly relevant to a region where decades of oil and gas extraction have produced well-documented, unevenly distributed environmental harm alongside emerging climat
View courseMarine and Coastal Ecosystem Management
Course Five is the certificate's most field-intensive course, building learners' practical understanding of the marine and coastal ecosystems, mangroves, wetlands, estuaries, and near-shore fisheries habitat, that underpin both the blue economy livelihoods covered in Course Four and the natural coas
View courseSustainable Livelihoods in Coastal Communities
Course Seven builds directly on the blue economy literacy of Course Four and the honest viability assessment discipline it instilled, training learners to design and support locally credible, sustainable livelihood diversification processes for coastal and riverine communities facing declining tradi
View courseParticipatory Engagement, Communication and Gender-Inclusive Practice
Course Nine consolidates and deepens the participatory facilitation, communication, and inclusion competencies introduced across earlier courses, particularly Courses One (plain-language climate communication), Six (participatory adaptation planning), and Seven (gender-responsive livelihoods design)
View course**Introduction to Extractive Industries and the Energy Sector**
Module Overview Course One establishes the foundational sector literacy the entire EIL certificate depends upon. Learners are introduced to the structure of the extractive industries and energy sector, upstream (exploration and extraction), midstream (processing and transport), and downstream (refin
View course#Environmental Management and SW-EMHEC**
Course Three introduces environmental management principles relevant to extractive settings and provides an in-depth grounding in this programme's own SW-EMHEC framework (Social Work, Extraction, Mental Health and Environmental Contamination), which traces the pathway from environmental contaminatio
View course#Livelihoods Assessment and Sustainable Enterprise Development
Course Five trains learners in assessing the livelihood impacts of extractive industry activity and in supporting sustainable enterprise development as a livelihoods diversification and restoration strategy. This course merges livelihoods assessment methodology with practical enterprise development
View course#Occupational Health and Safety in Extractive Industries
Course Seven introduces occupational health and safety (OHS) principles relevant to extractive industries, equipping learners to understand workplace and community safety risks associated with extractive operations, and to support both workers and community members in accessing appropriate safety in
View course#Conflict, Security, Peacebuilding and Corporate Social Responsibility
Course Nine addresses two closely related domains: conflict, security, and peacebuilding in resource-affected communities, and corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder relations. Extractive industry activity in the Niger Delta has, at various points, been associated with significant com
View courseIntroduction to Aging, Disability and the Life Course
Course One establishes the foundational conceptual grounding for the ADI certificate, introducing learners to aging and disability not as separate, unrelated practice areas but as interconnected experiences best understood through a life-course perspective, in which functional capacity, health, and
View courseAssessment of Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities
Course Three trains learners in structured, respectful, strengths-based assessment of older adults and persons with disabilities, drawing on the WHO's Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) approach and person-centred assessment principles more broadly. Learners are trained to conduct assessments
View courseDementia, Alzheimer's Care and Community-Based Rehabilitation
Course Seven provides specialised, practical training in dementia and Alzheimer's care, and introduces community-based rehabilitation principles for persons with disabilities recovering or living with functional limitations. These two domains are combined in a single course because both require lear
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