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Social Work
Social workers help people thrive in their environments, influence policy development and assist communities. Social work is a rewarding and challenging profession.
Our new social work course will provide you with an education in social work that is oriented to the professional values and practice of the social work profession which reflect a high commitment to ethical practice, human rights and social justice.
This course will equip graduates to gain entry into the profession and work in Australia and overseas. Because this course is a Master level degree graduates may well find it easier to consider employment opportunities in the USA and Canada. In these countries, a Masters level qualification is required to be licensed as a professional social worker.
Respect for the dignity of the human person and the values of social justice and the common good are fundamental and integral to the teaching of this course.
You will be equipped with an academically strong foundation of advanced knowledge and skills for the practice developed through critical analysis of social science and social work theories.
This course will educate social workers according to the standards set by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
The course prepares students to practise in a wide range of social work roles in both direct and indirect practice including:
- counselling casework and case management
- social policy and planning
- research and evaluation
- community development and
- administration.
Study areas include social work and social welfare history, social work practice methodologies, social-personal systems, community work, research methods design and evaluation, social policies and programs, social work practice with diverse groups and populations, skills workshops and field education.
Industry experience
You will undertake field education experience as a component of this course, enabling you to gain social work practice experience in an agency under supervision. Students are placed in a variety of agencies negotiated by the university to facilitate the learning objectives required by the Australian Association of Social Workers Practice Standards as well as the University's learning objectives for social work practice.
Career pathways
Graduates practice in areas such as community development, group work, family work, case management and individual casework, administration, policy analysis and development, research, social action, program planning, Employment opportunities exist in government and non-government agencies.
Following graduation social workers may also specialise in different areas of practice such as:
- family work
- youth and child welfare services
- medical and health services
- disability services
- psychiatric and general mental health services
- community services
- aged care
- income support
- mediation
- research.
Hear from our Bachelor of Social Work graduates Tamra Comerford, a Family Counsellor at Lifeline Community Care and Dalia Pisk, Social Worker at The Burdekin Association.
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