Bachelor of Social Work [Deniliquin]

Course structure

TAFE NSW Riverina Institute component
The TAFE component of this integrated program is studied on campus at Deniliquin. For further subject information, please contact TAFE NSW Riverina Institute.

CSU component
The CSU component of this integrated program is studied via distance education and consists of 26 subjects for the pass degree (256 points) and 27 subjects including one 16 point Social Work Honours Project/Dissertation (272 points) for the Honours degree.

Pass degree

Foundation subjects
PSY111Foundations of Psychology for Health and Human Services
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
SOC101 Introductory Sociology
SOC102 Social Inequality
or
SOC215 Gender, Family and Society
LAW211 Law for the Human Services 1
PSY216 Psychology of Ageing
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practice
SOC308 Community Analysis
or
LAW221 Law for the Human Services 2

Social Work Theory and Practice subjects
HCS102 Communication and Human Services
HCS103 Fields of Practice
HCS111 Introduction to Social Welfare
HCS204 Research Methods
HCS206 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 (16 points)
HCS207 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 (16 points)
HCS304 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 (16 points)
HCS405 Social Work Theory and Practice 4 (16 points)
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights

Social Policy, Politics, Economics subjects
SPE101 Introduction to Politics and Social Policy
SPE201 Politics and Social Policy in Australia
SPE301 Critical Issues in Social Policy
SPE401 Social Work and Social Policy Practice

Field education
There are 980 hours of field education in this degree. This meets the requirement set by AASW.

Field education helps students to develop and consolidate practice skills under the supervision of a qualified social worker. It provides opportunities to observe, question and model social work behaviour. Each practicum is integrated with subject covering social work theory and practice.

HCS303 Professional Field Education 1 (16 points)
HCS402 Professional Field Education 2 (16 points)
(490 hours each)

Restricted electives
Students choose three subjects from the following:

Rural Practice and Policy
SOC216 Understanding Rural Society
WEL306 Non-Metropolitan Welfare Services

Mental Health, Ageing and Disability
WEL203 Community Mental Health
WEL217 Social Dimensions of Disability
WEL302 Ageing and Social Policy

Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling
WEL116 Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling 1
WEL229 Drugs, Alcohol and Gambling 2

Child and Family Welfare
HCS205 Child Abuse and Child Protection
HCS321 Welfare Practice with Children, Young People and their Carers
WEL407 Child and Adolescent Welfare in Indigenous Communities

Justice Studies
JST212 Juvenile Justice 1 - Context
JST215Juvenile Justice 2 - Practice
JST330 Restorative Justice - Community Conferencing
JST331 Crime Prevention and Young People
JST333 Community Corrections

Non-Specified
WEL418 Case Management
WEL409 Grief and Loss
WEL218 Developing Cross Cultural Competencies

Additional Honours component

In addition to the pass program, students in the Honours program complete a Research Practicum (including thesis) of  32 points (HCS407 Social Work Honours Research Practicum) in the final year of the program. Honours students substitute this subject for HCS402. The student may conduct an investigation in any area in which the Honours Committee can provide adequate supervision and for which written approval has been given. The following general areas provide a guide, but they are not prescriptive:

• Aboriginality
• Children and Families
• Community Work
• Corrections
• Disability
• Drug and Alcohol
• Hospital Social Work
• Ideology and Social Work
• Mental Health
• Rural Issues
• Rural Service Delivery
• Social Policy and Administration
• Women’s Issues
• Social Work Theory and Practice

Enrolment pattern

Full-time enrolment pattern

Year one
Session 1
HCS102 Communication and Human Services
TAFE Studies (three CSU subjects equivalent)

Session 2
SPE101 Introduction to Politics and Social Policy
PSY113 Child and Adolescent Psychology
TAFE Studies (two CSU subjects equivalent)

Year two
Session 3
HCS206 Social Work Theory and Practice 1 (16 points)
TAFE Studies (two CSU subjects equivalent)

Session 4
HCS207 Social Work Theory and Practice 2 (16 points)
SPE201 Politics and Social Policy in Australia
TAFE Studies (one CSU subject equivalent)

Students may exit at the end of Year two with the TAFE awarded Diploma of Community Services Work.

Year three
Session 5
HCS204 Research Methods
HCS303 Professional Field Education 1 (16 points commenced)
HCS304 Social Work Theory and Practice 3 (16 points)

Session 6
HCS303 Professional Field Education 1 (completed)
PSY216 Psychology of Ageing
SPE301 Critical Issues in Social Policy
SWK423 Ethics and Social Work Practice

Year four
Session 7
HCS402 Professional Field Education 2 (16 points commenced)
HCS406 Social Work and Human Rights
LAW211 Law for the Human Services 1
SPE401 Social Work and Social Policy Practice

Session 8
HCS402 Professional Field Education 2 (completed)
HCS405 Social Work Theory and Practice 4 (16 points)
SOC308 Community Analysis