Excellent social workers are always striving to gain new knowledge. If you already have a professional qualification in social work and want to improve your practice, this qualification is for you.

The Master of Social Work qualification is an advanced study of a specific aspect of social and community work. The programme is flexible and offers you opportunities for both full and part-time study.

This is a thesis-based programme that encourages you to pursue research in a particular field of practice, population, or area of interest. It equips you to develop and use research skills in their practice settings. You’ll also keep current with the very latest theories and practices.

Practice-based social work research can include needs assessments, programme development, implementation assessment and programme evaluation. Your study will also include theory development in a New Zealand context.