Qualification Overview
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Qualification Title | Bachelor of Social Work | |||
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Qualification Type | Bachelor Degree | |||
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Level | 7 | |||
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Credits | 480 | |||
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Strategic Purpose Statement |
The BSW will enable students to become competent social workers with personal attributes, skills and knowledge to become reflective practitioners able to think critically, use current research and work collaboratively within the social work profession as beginning social workers. They will also have the educational requirements for NZ registration and be equipped to proceed to advanced study in the subject.
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Graduate profile |
The objective of this programme is to produce graduates that:
1. Are empathic, non-judgmental, respectful, resilient and self-aware; and demonstrate integrity, authenticity and professionalism, 2. Take a critical, reflective approach to social work practice that includes the use of supervision, continuing professional development, on-going learning and personal wellbeing, 3. Are able to promote social justice and social change, and to uphold the principles of human rights in both the Aotearoa New Zealand and global contexts, 4. Are able to work collaboratively and in partnership with individuals and groups from diverse backgrounds, 5. Integrate understanding of the significance and implications of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and te ao Māori into social work practice 6. Work in accordance with the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers (ANZASW) Code of Ethics and the SWRB Code of Conduct, 7. Have an extensive knowledge base, skills and professional attributes to work across a range of diverse social work contexts and communities, 8. Are proficient in professional literacies, including academic and research literacy, information literacy, numeracy, and digital literacy. |
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Education pathways |
The programme will prepare learners to be lifelong learners and to take responsibility for their own learning and professional development. They will be able to undertake post-graduate programmes in the field of social work as well as in related fields.
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Entry Requirements |
Academic requirement
Standard academic entry requirement A minimum of University Entrance OR Non-standard academic entry requirement 60 credits of successful study at an approved Level 4 or above programme at an accredited tertiary institution Age requirement Applicants must be 17 years of age or older at the time of the commencement of the programme. Health and professional requirement ALL applicants are required to provide a completed POLICE VETTING REQUEST AND CONSENT Form and a PERSONAL DECLARATION Form (see Appendices 1 and 2) annually. Any applicant, who does not have English, Maori or New Zealand Sign as their first language, or who did not undertake their secondary schooling in English, is required to have achieved scores of 6.5 or higher in all academic bands of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) or TOEFL Internet-based test (iBT) score of 85 or higher with a writing score of 22. Upon the application satisfying academic entry requirements, the applicants are then required to participate in an internal selection process prior to their beginning the programme. |
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Education Organisation | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |||
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Developed By | Te Pukenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology | |||
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Quality Assured By | New Zealand Qualifications Authority | |||
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Number | 3095 | |||
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Status | Current | |||
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Created | 2015-11-02 14:05:36.0 | |||
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Last Reviewed | 2019-07-18 09:06:13.0 | |||
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Next Review | 2018-11-02 00:00:00.0 | |||
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Content |
The entry point is BSW5.01 Whakamata - Foundation. This course is pre requisite to all courses in the degree. The rationale for this decision is that in Whakamata, students are oriented to the inquiry-based nature of the degree, to the profession of social work, and to being a successful student of social work. In year 3 all year 1 and year 2 courses are pre requisite to SW7.02 Social Work Practice 1. In year 4 all degree courses, apart from SW7.11 Social Work Inquiry and the elective, are pre requisite to SW7.14 Social Work Practice 2. The rationale for this decision is that the Practicum courses enable students to experience the interplay of theory and practice, and rely on their having a solid foundational framework, both to make sense of the practicum experience and to be of value to the agency offering the placement.
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