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Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) BSocSc(SocWelf)

CSU’s Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) equips graduates with the skills required to work in a variety of community social services.

About the course

This course is primarily intended for those graduates of Australian TAFE and Registered Training Organisations offering the two-year full-time (or equivalent ) Diploma of Community Welfare or similar, developed under the CHC08 Community Services Training Package approved in 2009, and the superseded CHC02 Community Services Training Package V3. These courses include:

Completion of the Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) provides a pathway to the Master of Social Work (Professional Qualifying) for those students wishing to gain membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW)

Where it will take you

Social welfare graduates work at the interface between people and their environments, focusing on experiences of individuals, families, groups and communities. Graduates work professionally in government departments, charities and other non-government agencies within all social service areas. They can be found in positions that involve coordinating or managing social service delivery, developing and implementing policies and programs, developing local community social plans, working with self help or support groups, and conducting social casework with individuals and families.

Some fields of practice are:

Professionals teaching you

The course is taught by academic staff in Social Work and Human Services and the foundation disciplines of Psychology, Sociology, as well as practitioners with a wide range of industry experience who are field education supervisors.

Your course is recognised by industry

The Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) is widely recognised as a base grade qualification for employment with many human service providing agencies within Australian Commonwealth, State and Territory governments as well as non-government charities and private service providers.

The Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) is ideal for students whose employment preferences do not require their eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW) upon graduation. For those students who wish to gain a recognised social work qualification the course provides all the pre-requisite studies necessary for entry to the Master of Social Work (Professional Qualifying).

Credit

Applicants can request consideration of credit for studies undertaken elsewhere, providing these studies have currency and are evidenced by a certified university or TAFE transcript.

Students of the TAFE pathway are granted the maximum credit of 16 x 8 point subjects. The abridged course of study comprises 8 x 8 point subjects, all in distance education mode with no residential school or professional field education requirement. The prescribed subjects include psychology, sociology, social policy and research methods, as well as an elective choice.

Residential schools

There is no residential school requirement for students enrolled in the TAFE pathway.

Graduation requirements

To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 192 points (normally equal to 24 subjects).

Further studies

Students who complete either the full course of study or the TAFE pathway of the Bachelor of Social Science (Social Welfare) can continue their studies by seeking entry into Master level programs, a few of which are:

 

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