Membership Offer

Join us today and make the voice of social work heard. 
A college developed and led by social workers for social workers; a leading, supportive voice for the profession with exclusive, competitively priced membership packages starting at £10 PA for students, offering services enabling you to meet the highest possible professional standards.

Find out about our membership categories and subscription costs 

Continuing your membership of The College

The free membership trial has now expired.   

If you are already a member of The College of Social Work (TCSW), Login to your dashboard and enter your payment details today to continue your membership. 

We have kept our membership subscriptions low while providing members with high quality, practical and accessible membership services.  

Download our Welcome leaflet (pdf 260k) for an introduction to the benefits of TCSW membership

New members click here to join. 

Professional indemnity and public liability cover 

 £2m Professional Indemnity cover for members in local authority and organisational employment.
 £2m Professional Indemnity and £5m Public Liability cover for self-employed members.
The College of Social Work will cover your insurance excess in the event of a claim. 

TCSW currently operates in England. Insurance cover therefore only applies to social workers who are qualified and working in England. If some of your work involves working overseas or in the other countries of the UK Professional Indemnity cover is worldwide and Public Liability is within the European Union. We are sorry that we cannot currently offer this insurance to social workers who are qualified and working in other countries. Please contact us if you have any queries regarding insurance.  

Knowledge at the College

Your professional practice questions and dilemmas answered by social workers via Knowledge at the College, our online professional practice help desk service.  

Communities of Interest 

Information, useful documents and tools to support good practice in different areas of social work practice, as well as an opportunity to meet and network with other social workers up and down the country to exchange ideas via our thriving online Communities of Interest. Join us now to help to develop the Communities of Interest.

eMagazine 

Professional news, good practice highlights, topical policy issues and lots more delivered to your inbox via The College monthly e-magazine Social Work Matters. 

eBooks and Journals 

Access to  academic journals and a wide range of e-books.

Peer mentoring 

Access to peer mentoring service, supporting you and helping you grow as a professional
(Note: not available to Affiliate members who can obtain mentoring support from their University)

ePortfolio (from June 2012)

Your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) plans and records all in one place, mapped to the professional capabilities framework and linked to the Health Professions Council (HPC) regulation requirements for re-registration via The College e-portfolio.

Directory of endorsed providers (from June 2012)

Making your decisions about pre and post qualifying training and education simpler through The College’s directory of endorsed education and training providers.

Professional practice guidance and resources 

Full insight into the professional capabilities framework, helping you maintain the highest level of professional standards at every stage of your career via The College interactive Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) tool.

Membership categories and subscription costs 

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Registered Member Category (RM TCSW) 

For qualified and registered social workers, required to register with the regulator for employment purposes and who are required to keep their CPD up to date to maintain post registration training and learning (PRTL). Provides access to all College services at a cost of, including professional indemnity cover of £2m.
Annual subscription: £60 (£5 a month). That’s only £1.15 a week before tax relief.

For independent / self employed social workers who are registered with the regulator. Provides access to all College services, including Professional Indemnity (£2m) and Public Liability (£5m) cover.
Annual subscription: £90 (£7.50 a month). That’s only £1.73 a week  before tax relief.

Member (M TCSW) 

For qualified social workers who are not registered (because they do not need to register for employment purposes), but are eligible for registration. Provides access to all College services, including professional indemnity cover of £2m.
Annual subscription: £60 (£5 a month). That’s only £1.15 a week before tax relief.

For independent / self employed qualified social workers who are not registered (because they do not need to register for employment purposes), but are eligible for registration. Provides access to all College services including Professional Indemnity (£2m) and Public Liability (£5m) cover.
Annual subscription: £90 (£7.50 a month). That’s only £1.73 a week  before tax relief.

Affiliate (Af TCSW) 

For all student social workers and NQSWs until first employment. Provides access to all College services apart from peer mentoring.
Annual subscription: £10, payable as a lump sum That’s equivalent to 83p a month before tax relief.

 Associate (TCSW) 

For retired social workers, people who use social work services and carers and those not eligible for membership or registered membership because they are not qualified social workers. This can include:

• lecturers and professors of social work and aligned subjects (who are not qualified social workers).
• Senior Managers in Adults and Children’s Services departments (including Directors who are not qualified social workers)
• chief officers of bodies that employ social workers (including for example Cafcass, NSPCC, MH Trusts, Local Authorities)
• social workers and other interested people working in the devolved administrations

Provides access to a range of selected college services including Social Work Matters, the monthly e-magazine from The College of Social Work and discounts to events and conferences.
Annual subscription: £30 before tax relief, for employed individuals, payable as a lump sum, or £10 before tax relief, for unwaged individuals payable as a lump sum. That is equivalent to only £2.50 a month and 83p a month respectively.