Overview

Whether you’re building on existing skills or embarking on a new career path, you’ll graduate Social Work (Qualifying) equipped to enter an in-demand profession and support people experiencing emotional, social, and economic challenges.

Develop effective communication, creative thinking, and solution-based skills and get 1000 hours of hands-on experience during field placements to prepare you for professional practice. University of Southern Queensland’s graduates can work clinically with individuals and families or in counselling, advocacy, community engagement, disability services, social action, and international development.

Career prospects

As a graduate, you’ll have the skills to deliver social work services across diverse fields of practice, including disability, health, research, non-for-profit organisations, child, youth and family wellbeing, education, community services and criminal justice. 

You’ll be prepared to step into leadership roles and positioned to work towards societal change through policy advocacy. Job roles may include:

clinical social worker or medical social worker
child welfare specialist
community centre director or manager
substance abuse counsellor
public policy advisor.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Landscape Critical Social Work Practice
First Nations Peoples: Decolonisation Cultural Safety
Health Mental Health Social Ideas
Building Relationships
Trauma Informed Social Work
Leave Person Behind: Social Workers Inclusive Disaster Management

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-14 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-20 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-09-14 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-02-16 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-02-16 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-06-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-06 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-06-01 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

16 alternative credits

Units

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

, Australia

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS: 114532B
Completion of an Australian university three-year bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) with a minimum of 12 months of Social Science subjects.
Participate in an interview with a panel of UniSQ Social Work and Human Services staff.

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Tuition Fees

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32480 AUD / year

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Citizens or residents

29760 AUD / year

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Funding

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Key information

Duration

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Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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