The Bachelor of Social Work equips you with the knowledge and skills to enhance the wellbeing of others through an understanding of policy, socioeconomic factors and social justice issues. If you are passionate about human rights and have a strong sense of social justice, this is the perfect course to begin your journey towards a rewarding career in social work.

Want to graduate with the skills and professional experience to launch a career in helping others?

In this course, you will gain the skills to work effectively with individuals, families and communities to address key factors causing inequality. Enabling social change, you will help to improve the quality of life for those who need it most.

With an emphasis on progressive, student-centred teaching practices, we ensure you will be learning the latest approaches and techniques for a career improving the lives of others. You will cover contemporary social topics including:

• human behaviour
• public policy
• processes and interventions
• social justice.

You will gain an understanding of a range of social research methods and contemporary health issues - learning how to design and conduct research relevant to social work practice.

The practice education placements included within this course will give you invaluable experience as you learn from qualified social work practitioners who have a minimum of two years work experience. You will complete two placements of 500 hours each, in a variety of communities and workplaces in metropolitan and regional settings. This ensures you will gain multiple perspectives and will help you graduate job-ready.

The Bachelor of Social Work is an Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) accredited qualification, so you will graduate with an entry qualification into the social work profession.

Social work is part of a growing human services field, with graduates working across local, state and federal government departments, in private and non-government human services organisations, and in various advocacy, policy making and tribunal capacities.

After completing this course, you will be a sought-after graduate, ready to pursue a rewarding career in social work. You may work in many general and specialist areas of social work such as:

• activism
• advocacy
• community development
• consultancy
• counselling
• drug and alcohol counselling
• education
• facilitation
• family therapy
• health
• housing
• policy development and research
• program management and coordination
• refugee assistance and tribunal capacities
• assisting groups such as the aged, women, youth or multicultural populations.

Examples of specific roles you may pursue include:

• careers counsellor
• case manager
• child and family counsellor
• child protection officer
• community development access officer
• community development and education officer
• disability support coordinator
• diversity officer
• drug and alcohol case manager
• family relationship adviser
• mental health coordinator
• school counsellor
• youth projects officer