Make a difference with a career in Social Work. Studying a bachelor’s will help you to develop a practice model that integrates non-indigenous and indigenous theories, models, thinking and skills, which can help to enhance working with family and wh?nau and more in the community.

 

Programme outline

This programme is designed to meet the professional and educational requirements of the Social Workers Registration Board (SWRB) and New Zealand Qualification Authority (NZQA) and in doing so provides those who choose to study at Whitireia with a sound social work education, a recognised qualification, and a pathway to higher qualifications.

The online tutorials will require you to have a computer and internet access at home. Students will also need to be able to work from home should Covid-19 Alert Levels change.

 

Year one

In this first year, the formation of the student's identity as a social worker is increasingly supported by their ability to access new and relevant technical information and analyse and interpret it for new and relevant contexts. 

 

Year two

Year two introduces the student to the nature of the social worker/client relationship, the roles of the social worker, the responsibilities that ensue from these roles, and a range of contexts where social work occurs. 

 

Year three

Year three learning provides the student with the opportunity to consolidate their knowledge and understanding of the social worker 'identity' and the principles and practices that keep them, their clients and the organisation within which they are placed, safe. The body of knowledge related to social work, culture and research informs the student's identity as a training social worker. 

 

Year four

Students are enabled to confirm the competencies expected of them as work-ready, new social work practitioners. They take responsibility for their actions, are informed by the many dimensions of social work knowledge, and critically reflect on their own actions and responses, as well as those of others.