Bachelor of Social Work

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) at IHM emphasizes social well-being, building relationships, and creating preventative and educational systems. With 1,000 field education hours embedded in the curriculum, graduates are equipped with the knowledge, skills, and professional connections to enter the social work profession. The program is AASW-accredited, ensuring graduates meet Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Bachelor of Social Work emphasizes the wellbeing and building of relationships with individuals, families, and communities and linking the local with the global. The Bachelor of Social Work explores social care, health and wellness programs and initiatives that seek to locate and create systems and relationships that are preventative and educative in nature. Graduates of the BSW will be able to influence local, national, and global social policy impacting all peoples and communities. The IHM Bachelor of Social Work offers significant interaction between students, their peers, social work academics, and social work/human services agencies that will provide the knowledge, skills and professional relationship building required to produce the quality and practice-ready graduates that are required by the social work profession. IHM’s Bachelor of Social Work has 1,000 field education hours embedded in the course This is an AASW-accredited qualification. It is an entry qualification into the social work profession and has been determined to meet the Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards. The accreditation ascribed to the IHM Bachelor of Social Work Program of Provisional Accreditation (2022-2025) means that it is a new program which has not yet delivered its first graduates. Provisional accreditation does not impact graduates of the BSW course with this status. Graduates have the same eligibility and standing as graduates in fully accredited social work programs.

Outline:

The learning outcomes of the BSW course are founded on the AASW principles of human dignity and worth, social justice and fairness, and social workers working with and on behalf of individuals, families, groups, and communities to: Increase their sense of well-being and social growth on an individual and collective level Address interpersonal and personal conflicts To enhance and enable participation with the larger society Identify and eliminate systemic barriers to full recognition and involvement Safeguard the weak against injustice and abuse The Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) is designed to sequence and stage learning across core units through major streams, providing a scaffolding approach to knowledge and skill development as well as increasing complexity in assessments and professional reflection. The design of the BSW is influenced by the course objectives, graduate qualities, and application of knowledge and abilities, all of which lead to field education placements and professional results and accreditation for individual students. The curriculum framework includes major streams embedded across the program including: Society and culture Behavioral science and public health Generalist social work practices Specialist social work practices Field education experience (1,000 Hours) To complete the Bachelor of Social Work students must attain 256 credit points The accreditation ascribed to the IHM Bachelor of Social Work Program of Provisional Accreditation (2022-2025) means that it is a new program which has not yet delivered its first graduates. Provisional accreditation does not impact graduates of the BSW course with this status.

Careers:

After completing the course, you can explore your career in the fields of: Child and family services Counseling Child protection Disability Ageing Refugee and Settlement Mental Health Rehabilitation Mediation