Mr. Cormac Quinlan:

Under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 there are a number of approved courses set out for social work. Anyone outside of that can apply through CORU for a recognition process. There is no automatic approval of courses from the UK as such. People have to apply for recognition based on course content and relevant work experience. The recognition process considers such applications and approves the applicant as meeting the standards of proficiency as set out in the Act. There should not be any blockage to anybody, even in a no-deal Brexit, being able to apply for a recognition process through CORU and have his or her qualification recognised here for social work in particular.