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Social Work graduate Ella Baker-Condon is helping some of society’s most at-risk and in-need people as a social worker for Headspace, a free youth-focused health service.
Contemporary social workers need contemporary skills to respond meaningfully to social problems. Our Master of Social Work (Qualifying) has been redesigned after direct industry feedback to reflect current and emerging practice trends in the profession.
The newly updated course with specialisation options will give you key skills in ethical, innovative and collaborative social work practice.
The new curriculum will equip you with advanced knowledge of social work research principles and methods. It also includes 1,000 hours of supervised professional field education placement, and students are encouraged to take part in additional project and research work with communities and industry.
You will graduate as a creative and ethical communicator who respectfully uses knowledge to meet the needs of diverse social work client groups, communities and organisations. You will be able to respond to social justice and human rights challenges in ways that are culturally sensitive, principled, and effective.
Cradle Coast students should note they are required to attend a series of workshops in Launceston for two units: HGW503 and HGW605.
Students who commenced the Master of Social Work (R7N) in 2018 or earlier should refer to the entry for that course code and relevant year.
Learning outcomes
- Initiate improvements to services, policies and professional accountability in social work through the innovative application of critical analysis, research and culturally relevant knowledge.
- Maximise ways of decolonising social work knowledge, frameworks and practices to address inequality and injustice in ways that promote social sustainability policies and goals.
- Construct communication strategies that can respond to the needs and capacities of diverse social work client groups, communities, and organisations.
- Propose leadership approaches for social work that are collaborative, cooperative and useful in micro, meso and macro contexts.
- Develop ethical social work research and practice-based responses to local, national and global social justice and human rights challenges.
- Design practical solutions that can contribute to the decolonising agenda in social work in a sustainable way by using creative, entrepreneurial, and relational approaches.
Work placement
You will need to complete a minimum of 1000 hours of professional experience placement, equivalent to 2 x 14 weeks full-time. Depending on the organisation and where you are at in your degree, there will be opportunities of 5, 4 or 3 day per week placements.
The University will set up the agreement and match you to a suitable organisation. You will also have the opportunity to be provided with rural and remote experiences in the north and northwest.
Before you begin placement, you will need to attend preparation seminars and a placement interview. You will be allocated a field educator/social worker, with a minimum of 2 years full time equivalent post-graduation experience in the field. Your professional placement experience provides you with the opportunity to learn how to translate theories of social work into practice.
It is possible in some circumstances for students to complete a placement in their place of work.
Recognition of Prior Learning is possible for the first placement. Students who are given RPL for the first placement are unable to complete the final placement in their place of employment.
See more information and resources at Field Education Placements.
Career outcomes
The skills and expertise our Social Work graduates gain equips them for a diverse range of rewarding careers, including:
- child safety practitioner
- social worker
- project manager
- youth worker
- mental health practitioner
- researcher
- policy analyst and advisor
- community development worker
- migrant and refugee settlement workers
- case manager
- drug and alcohol counsellor
- palliative care social worker
- relationships counsellor
- disability advocate.
Professional Recognition
This is an Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) accredited course. It is an entry qualification into the social work profession and has been determined to meet the Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards. As a new course, the degree meets the national standards for Provisional Accreditation.
Course structure
Year 1
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Credit Points: 25
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for HGW503 Social Innovation and Sustainability and 21st Century Social Work
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Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for HGW516 Contexts of Social Work Practice
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Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for HGW527 Communication and Assessment Skills in Social Work
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Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | 5 Week Session Jun | ||||
View all details for HGW512 Social Work Theories, Values and Frameworks for 21st Century Practice
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Credit Points: 37.5
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
Year 2 (Non-Research Intensive)
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Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for HGW605 Collaboration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Social Work
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Credit Points: 25
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for HGW607 Social Work Exhibition and Social Work Thesis
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Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
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Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
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Credit Points: 37.5
| Location | Study period | Attendance options | Available to | ||
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| Hobart | 16 Week Session Jul | ||||
| Launceston | 16 Week Session Jul | ||||
| Cradle Coast | 16 Week Session Jul | ||||
View all details for HGW633 Professional Pathway Social Work Practicum
Year 2 (Research Intensive)
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Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
View all details for HGW605 Collaboration, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Social Work
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Credit Points: 25
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| Hobart | 16 Week Session Jul | ||||
| Launceston | 16 Week Session Jul | ||||
| Cradle Coast | 16 Week Session Jul | ||||
View all details for HGW606 Research Pathway Social Work Practicum
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Credit Points: 25
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| Hobart | Semester 2 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 2 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 2 | ||||
View all details for HGW607 Social Work Exhibition and Social Work Thesis
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Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
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Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
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Credit Points: 12.5
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| Hobart | Semester 1 | ||||
| Launceston | Semester 1 | ||||
| Cradle Coast | Semester 1 | ||||
Entry requirements
Eligibility
Applicants for the Master of Social Work (Qualifying) degree will have:
- a completed three year degree other than social work from the University of Tasmania or a recognised university in a related field with relevant units in the social and behavioural sciences (psychology, nursing, education, arts);
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- a completed degree (or equivalent) in a non-related field. They will be required to complete 8 x 12.5% units of the BSW(Hons), which includes 4 required 200 level units (Discipline and Degree Core Knowledge units) and 4 electives (Experience and Engagement units) that include at least one unit with a focus on studies of the individual/behavioural science.
The English proficiency requirement for entry to the MSW(Q) will be an IELTS overall score of 7 with each band no less than 6.5.
Exemptions regarding entry requirements may be made at the discretion of the Head of Social Work.
Police Record Check
Students will need to obtain a Tasmania Police Schedule 1 National Police Record Check and Working with Vulnerable Persons and Children Check to meet pre-practicum requirements.
Safety in Practice Compliance
Students will also need to complete a Safety in Practice Agreement to meet practicum prerequisite requirements.
See more information and resources at Field Education Placements.
Credit transfer
Passes in subjects or units in courses (completed or otherwise) at another approved tertiary institution may be credited towards the degree, provided that the College may specify what more a candidate so credited shall be required to do to qualify for the degree.
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Domestic students enrolled in a full fee paying place are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the fees you pay for each unit you enrol in. Full fee paying domestic students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Detailed tuition fee information for domestic students is available at the Domestic Student Fees website, including additional information in relation to a compulsory Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF).
Domestic students enrolled in certain postgraduate coursework programs may not be eligible for student payments through Youth Allowance and Austudy. Visit the Department of Social Services website to find out more about eligibility for Centrelink support and the list of eligible courses
International students
2020 Total Course Fee (international students): $ 69,088 AUD *.
Course cost based on a rate of $33,950 AUD per standard, full-time year of study (100 credit points).
* Please note that this is an indicative fee only.
International students
International students are charged the Student Services and Amenities Fee but this fee is incorporated in the annual rate. International students do not have to make any additional SSAF payments.
Scholarships
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
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- 1300 363 864
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
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