社会工作学士

提供社会工作领域的专业教育。该课程将培养学生的专业能力，并增强他们在复杂，不确定和有争议的社会工作实践环境中工作的能力。学生进行社会工作理论和实践，研究，政治，政策，法律和道德方面的研究，尤其要注意该知识与在区域，农村和偏远地区进行实践的相关性。该课程旨在培养能够理解并达到《社会工作者实践标准》的社会工作者。未来可能的职务包括社区发展官员，精神卫生工作者，人类服务经理，儿童保护主任，青年工作者，政策研究官员，医院社会工作者，社区卫生工作者，家庭支持工作者，残疾倡导者。
Social workers are champions for social justice equality and human rights They stand alongside individuals and communities to improve societys overall wellbeing especially for the most vulnerable populationsOur Social Work course is taught by staff with extensive frontline social work experience It focuses on working alongside regional rural and remote communities and integrating sustainability into social work practiceWith the professional skills youll develop your career can take you in many directions This might include working in mental health community development child protection or social research You could be running groups such as with young people new parents or people in prisons Or you could be supporting communities to organise projects campaigning for impactful social policy to transform systemic issues like homelessness racism or even climate changeCourse learning outcomesApply broad discipline coherent knowledge of the role and value of social work in addressing social inequalities to build sustainable communities through a variety of social work practices which are informed by human rights values and social justiceCommunicate social work knowledge and ideas clearly coherently and with independenceDemonstrate autonomy accountability and judgement for own learning and social work practice development including reflective thinking skills and innovative practice through continued professional developmentDemonstrate interpersonal skills global outlook and cultural awareness when collaborating in professional settings and with culturally diverse groups including Indigenous cultural competenceThink creatively to apply social work knowledge effectively in practice with individuals groups and communities in diverse contextsUse critical thinking to explore knowledge of human behaviour and society as well as social cultural political legal economic and global contexts of social work practice to generate and evaluate complex ideasUse digital technologies and information literacy to evaluate relevant research knowledge which informs decision making in social work practiceWork collaboratively and demonstrate initiative to implement social work professional values and ethics in decision making in a socially sustainable way