Social Work

Make a difference to peoples lives

Now more than ever compassionate and engaged social workers are needed to help improve the life and wellbeing of people and to combat societal inequality.

Social Workers need skills to respond meaningfully to social problems. Our courses are developed with comprehensive industry consultation to reflect current and emerging trends in the profession.

During your studies, you’ll develop advanced knowledge of social work research principles and methods. You’ll also participate in supervised field education placements, and be encouraged to take part in additional projects and research with communities and industry.

Become an ethical communicator

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 new curriculum will equip you with advanced knowledge of social work research principles and methods, and includes 1,000 hours of supervised professional field education placement.

We'll give you knowledge and skills to become a creative and ethical communicator, able to respond to social justice and human rights challenges in ways that are culturally sensitive, principled, and effective. You will be able to respectfully use your knowledge to meet the needs of diverse social work client groups, communities and organisations.

Your introduction to the study of Social Work

This course introduces you to a range of topics including mental health, the impact of chronic health conditions on quality of life, mental health first aid, and applied counselling skills. Your studies will focus on adopting healthy thoughts and behaviours as part of a self-care approach, introducing you to a range of skills to manage stress and enhancing well-being of yourself and others through lifestyle, mindfulness and positive psychology.

Through applied learning activities and face-to face-classes, you will explore foundational concepts of research methods, research design and research ethics that will help you interpret and critically evaluate health research. You will graduate with practical skills that are transferable to many of today’s workplaces such as counsellor roles and community service roles. You’ll also develop a solid foundation for further study in counselling and psychology.