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This graduate entry master course provides the knowledge and skills to become a professional social work practitioner and opens the door for graduates to work in Australia and overseas in this dynamic and progressive profession. The course is purposefully global and future-focused and aims to equip graduates with the skills required to transform professional practice in the sector. Social workers promote change at individual, community and policy levels and assist people to create positive outcomes. This course focuses on how people understand and interact with each other, their communities and society.
This course information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester. In particular please check the course requirements and the unit and unit set offerings, as these differ according to course delivery location.
In each year of the program, students undertake compulsory professional practice comprising 500 hours over 13 weeks (totalling 1000 hours for the entire degree). The field education units are SWK6440 and SWK6450.
Relevant up-to-date police clearance, Working with children's check and any other relevant clearance as determined by the placement organisation such as vaccinations.
Attendance of two blocks of work based learning. These occur in second semester year one and year two. 1000 unpaid hours in total.
Students are required to uphold the current AASW Code of Ethics and AASW Professional Practice Rules.
The field education units must be passed to graduate from the course. Students can repeat the field education units.
This course has been Provisionally Accredited by: Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
All applicants are required to hold a relevant three-year degree in a related field (other than social work)* which includes at least one year of full-time studies in social sciences (studies of the individual and society) or equivalent. * This includes programs in human services, social sciences, behavioural sciences, counselling and psychological sciences.
All students, including those to elect to study online, are required to complete a minimum of 140 hours (20 days) of face-to-face classroom-based learning, the focus of which is professional practice skills. This is a requirement set by the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) for accredited programs. Graduates of accredited programs are eligible for membership to AASW.
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SWK6400 | Building Effective Relationships Alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples | 20 |
| SWK6405 | Social Work Foundations and Fields of Practice | 20 |
| SWK6410 | Social Work Theory and Ethics | 20 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SWK6440 | Social Work Placement 1 | 40 |
| SWK6415 | Social Work and Participatory Practice for Structural Change | 20 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SWK6420 | Mental Health, Loss, Grief and Trauma | 20 |
| SWK6425 | Transdisciplinary Research for Practice | 20 |
| SWK6430 | Social Work, Governance and Social Policy | 20 |
| Unit Code | Unit Title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|
| SWK6450 | Social Work Placement 2 | 40 |
| SWK6465 | Addressing Violence and Abuse as Social Workers | 20 |
For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.
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