Social Work, Community and Human Services

Social work, community and human services professions incorporate a number of different activities all of which seek to redress social inequality and injustice. While some help formulate and implement social policies, participate in social research, manage programs or assist community groups to develop services, others provide personal services to individuals, families and small groups. These services include counselling, conflict management and crisis work. All identify, as their central concern, the relationship between personal experiences and social structures.

We are particularly concerned with the experience of marginalisation, poverty and oppression and seeks to understand how social divisions such as class, gender, cultural diversity, sexual preference, mental health, ability and disability and age influence the experiences of people.

Social work, community and human services professions work towards personal and social change with and on behalf of individuals, groups and communities. They are employed in a wide range of settings and organisations including government organisations, and a variety of non-government and community based organisations.

We provide high quality learning opportunities and customised services for students and a range of other clients. We support the career aspirations of individual learners and meet the needs of organisations by building capabilities in community service work skills.

Our programs are designed with partner organisations to enhance the effectiveness of learning for individuals and employers, and to provide for life-long learning as new training needs are identified.

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