Postgraduate Diploma in Social Work

The PGDipSW is equivalent to the first year of the Master of Social Work. This qualification will enhance your professional learning and development, and prepares you for advanced professional responsibility in social work. Through taught courses, you will learn advanced approaches and interventions in social work practice.

You will learn advanced approaches and interventions in social work practice and examine current research in social work. This programme is delivered through face-to-face block-courses supported by online study guides and resources.

Requirement

• 120 points from a range of recommended courses in Education Professional Studies, Education, Professional Counselling, Professional Supervision, Social Work Child and Family Practice, Social Work Health Practice, Social Work, and Social Work Youth Practice

Note: a Research Methods course is a prerequisite for enrolment in a thesis or research portfolio for the Master of Social Work from the PGDipSW. You may enrol in either Research Methodologies (EDUCSW 700) or Maori and Indigenous Research (EDUC 787)

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