1. Initiate improvements to services, policies and professional accountability in social work through the innovative application of critical analysis, research and culturally relevant knowledge. 2. Maximise ways of decolonising social work knowledge, frameworks and practices to address inequality and injustice in ways that promote social sustainability policies and goals. 3. Construct communication strategies that can respond to the needs and capacities of diverse social work client groups, communities, and organisations. 4. Propose leadership approaches for social work that are collaborative, cooperative and useful in micro, meso and macro contexts. 5. Develop ethical social work research and practice-based responses to local, national and global social justice and human rights challenges. 6. Design practical solutions that can contribute to the decolonising agenda in social work in a sustainable way by using creative, entrepreneurial, and relational approaches.

Applicants for the Master of Social Work (Qualifying) degree will have: a completed three year degree other than social work from the University of Tasmania or a recognised university in a related field with relevant units in the social and behavioural sciences (psychology, nursing, education, arts); OR a completed degree (or equivalent) in a non-related field. They will be required to complete 8 x 12.5% units of the BSW(Hons), which includes 4 required 200 level units (Discipline and Degree Core Knowledge units) and 4 electives (Experience and Engagement units) that include at least one unit with a focus on studies of the individual/behavioural science. The English proficiency requirement for entry to the MSW(Q) will be an IELTS overall score of 7 with each band no less than 6.5. Exemptions regarding entry requirements may be made at the discretion of the Head of Social Work. Police Record Check Students will need to obtain a Tasmania Police Schedule 1 National Police Record Check and Working with Vulnerable Persons and Children Check to meet pre-practicum requirements. Safety in Practice Compliance Students will also need to complete a Safety in Practice Agreement to meet practicum prerequisite requirements.