Social workers in health care work as integral members of the multidisciplinary team. Health social workers aim to meet the bio psychosocial needs of diverse New Zealand communities. The vision for health social work is to have a well trained, confident and competent workforce. Health social workers need to be equipped to practice independently, and in teams, in a fast changing and complex environment.

Postgraduate education is essential to provide a level of excellence in the health social work field of practice and the School of Population Health in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences and the School of Counselling, Human Services and Social Work have collaborated to develop a Social Work specialisation within the Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences. This new specialisation is available in semester 1, 2009.

New social work courses in 2009:

• SOCWORK 750 - Practice Research: Conduct, Utilisation and Dissemination
• SOCWORK 751 - Interpersonal and Family violence
• SOCWORK 752 - Issues in Clinical Practice
• SOCHLTH 753 - Health Social Work: Identity and Theory

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Possible Programmes

Postgraduate Diploma in Health Sciences

Interested?

Interested in Social Work? Then fill in an online expression of interest

For more information please contact:

Liz Beddoe Phone: +64 9 373 7599 x 48559 Email: e.beddoe@auckland.ac.nz

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