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[BSocP]

7, 360

Full-time for three years or part-time options available

Starts February

50 full-time and 30 part-time places across all majors

by 12 November or 4 February

CA2224

Waitakere campus
 NZ$ 4502

International fees
Programme summary
Career opportunities
Courses and timetables
Admission requirements

Programme summary

Want to work as a social worker? Deepen your insight into social policy and sociological analysis, and become familiar with narrative ideas in social practice.

Are you interested in a career as a social worker? The Bachelor of Social Practice (Social Work) is a professional qualification for a career in a wide range of social, community, disability, mental health and education services. With its emphasis on the practical application of theory, a critical focus on social justice and the use of narrative ideas in social practice, it is the only programme of its kind in Australasia.

You’ll deepen your insight into sociological analysis and social change processes, and become knowledgeable about psychology, mental health and risk assessment. Further your understanding of community development, and organisational and societal change processes. You’ll also develop an awareness of dynamic Maori and Pacific cultural practices.

Essays, reports, presentations, tests, and observation are the main assessment processes for this programme. There are no exams, but full attendance in class is expected.

Real-world learning
In Year Two and Three, you apply what you’ve learnt during a practicum in a social work organisation.

Industry recognition
The Bachelor of Social Practice (Social Work) is accredited by the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers.

Timetables
Each course runs for one day a week, across a 16-week semester with a holiday break that is aligned, where possible, with school holidays. There are two semesters in our academic year:

  • Semester 1: Monday 22 February to Friday 25 June.
  • Semester 2: Monday 19 July to Friday 19 November.

In the first year, each course runs from 9.30am to 2.30pm. There are no classes on Wednesday.

Exit qualification
Partial degree study may be recognised with the award of an exit diploma (subject to approval).

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Career opportunities

  • Case manager
  • Community worker
  • Counsellor (children, adolescents)
  • Family therapist
  • Mental health worker
  • School guidance counsellor
  • Social worker
  • Youth worker

 

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Courses and timetables

To view the list of courses and timetables for this programme for 2010, please click here.

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Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, applicants must meet the general admission or special admission requirements. Applicants must also meet the English language requirements. Applicants may be interviewed.

General admission

Applicants must:

  • Be at least 20 years of age when the programme begins; and 
  • Have a minimum of 42 credits at level 3 or higher on the National Qualifications Framework, including a minimum of:
    • 14 credits at level 3 or higher in each of two subjects from an approved subject list; and
    • 14 credits at level 3 or higher taken from no more than two additional domains on the National Qualifications Framework or approved subjects; and
  • Have a minimum of 14 credits at level 1 or higher in Mathematics or Pangarau on the National Qualifications Framework; and
  • Have a minimum of eight credits at level 2 or higher in English or Te Reo Māori, of which a minimum of four credits must be in Reading and four in Writing (see note), or equivalent; or
  • Have at least three C passes in New Zealand University Bursaries examinations, or equivalent; or
  • Have the Unitec Certificate in Foundation Studies: Whitinga (Level 3) with a relevant endorsement, where appropriate, or equivalent.

Applicants must also:

  • Hold a current, full and unrestricted New Zealand driver's licence (subject to any disability exemption) at time of commencement of first fieldwork placement
  • Have completed the Bachelor of Social Practice self-declaration form
  • Supply the names of two independent persons who will provide confidential references
  • Provide a CV and personal statement indicating their reasons for applying to the programme
  • Provide evidence of computer literacy through the achievement of a level 3 computer course, or equivalent.

Special admission

Applicants who do not meet the general admission requirements and who are at least 20 years of age when the programme begins may be considered for special admission if they can provide evidence of aptitude or appropriate work or other experience.  

English language

Applicants must:

  • Have a minimum of eight NCEA credits in English at level 2, of which four must be in Reading and four in Writing, or equivalent; or
  • Have a minimum of seven NCEA credits at level 3 in an English-rich subject, or equivalent; or
  • Have successfully completed studies at level 5 or higher in an English medium; or
  • Have a grade of 5 or better in New Zealand Sixth Form Certificate English, or equivalent; or
  • Have New Zealand University Bursaries in an English-rich subject, with a minimum mark of 40 percent, or equivalent; or
  • Have an overall IELTS band score (Academic) of no less than 6.0 (with no band score lower than 5.0), or a TOEFL score of no less than 550, or equivalent; or
  • Have an appropriate Unitec English language qualification, such as the Diploma in English (Academic), or equivalent.

Note: New Zealand secondary school graduates who have English as an additional language (EAL) using NCEA to meet Unitec programmes general admission criteria may substitute the eight credits in English at NCEA level 2 (four in Reading and four in Writing) with an IELTS score (or equivalent). This IELTS score is the same as that required by the programme in which they wish to enrol. These students are still required to achieve a minimum of 42 NCEA credits at level 3 or higher and the Mathematics or Pangarau requirements.

 

 



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