The Social Work program at the University of Otago offers two main qualifications designed for different career stages of professional social workers:

The Bachelor of Community Services is a fully accredited Australian higher education degree. The course is designed to prepare you for ethical, competent, and culturally relevant community service generalist practice and to equip you with the skills you need for life-long learning and professional development.

The Bachelor of Applied Social Science in Counselling is a three year full-time, dynamic qualification that will provide you with the theoretical & practical skills you need to pursue a career as a counsellor in various settings.

When studying for a Bachelor of Social Work at Waikato, you'll be learning how to make a positive difference to the lives of others. If you're a person who wants to contribute to society – this is a professional qualification that helps you to do just that.

Acknowledge Education Bachelor of Social Work is based on the principles of human rights, social justice, and human dignity and is designed to develop your knowledge and skills for enabling positive social change with individuals, families, groups, communities, and organisations.

A Bachelor of Social Work from JCU provides you with the practical skills and experience to begin a rewarding career, with a focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, International and tropical communities.

Put your passion for a better world into a creative, meaningful career. In the Bachelor of Arts, you’ll learn how societies evolve and humans change the world. Expect to focus on the world's most pressing problems, critical thinking, communication skills, cultural competency, digital literacy and building your confidence to make a difference. Be ready to make your mark on a greener, more equitable future by developing a critical understanding of the social impacts of climate change.

As a social worker, you will work with people to achieve changes to improve their lives. You will guide and support the individual client, family, or community to meet their goals.

Button for easy access to information about this qualification Bachelor of Counselling (BCouns) is a three-year degree designed for students who want to integrate Christian faith with a range of sound, well-established counseling theories and practical skills into community, church-based or private practice.

The Bachelor of Counselling prepares students to work in a multi-disciplinary environment and significantly enhances their counselling, pastoral and spiritual foundations.

For more than 30 years, Tabor has been teaching students what it means to listen. And we mean really listen – without agenda, prejudices or judgment. Counselling another human through a challenging time in their life can be truly transformational for the individuals involved.

The Bachelor of Community Services prepares students with theoretical and practical skills necessary to pursue a career in community and public sectors.

Massey is the longest-serving (since 1976) four-year Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree in New Zealand. Our highly sought-after, internationally recognised degree will offer you a lifelong career that can take you across the country and around the world to countries such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Hong Kong and the United States. Just to name a few.