Bachelor of Social Work

If you’re interested in human rights, social justice, and changing lives for the better, then you should consider social work. As a social worker you will improve individual and community wellbeing by addressing challenges such as inequality, discrimination, violence and other types of harassment. An embedded honours program is available from third year for high-achieving students. In collaboration with the team from Refraction media, we have created a number of Job Kits to give you an insight into various professions. We hope that these will inform and inspire you to choose the career path that is right for you. You can read about the day in the life of a student, what our graduates are doing now, how our expert academics have shaped the industry and what your study options are. Check out the Social Worker Job Kit, a great resource that will help you decide if social work is for you. There has never been a better time to study Health Sciences, with State and Territory governments and other external bodies offering various scholarships and support at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Check out these initiatives and others, and don’t forget to look at ACU’s own scholarships. If you're thinking of studying social work, but the cost of placements is putting you off, think again! You may be eligible to receive $331.65 per week to support you while you’re out on mandatory placement through the government’s recently introduced Commonwealth Prac Payment (CPP) .Check out eligibility and more. Professional experience You will be required to complete 1000 hours of supervised field education and training. Work placement Field education placement is a core element of a student's development of a professional identity. It provides an opportunity for you to observe, question and model social work behaviour and to translate social work theory into practice, and to apply knowledge drawn from other subjects. In the third and fourth years of the degree, students will complete 1000 hours of professional experience field placements in social work and/or human service settings in a range of organisations, supervised by a social work practitioner. Students will also complet