Bachelor of Social Work
at Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory.
A four-year professionally recognised social work degree at Casuarina (Darwin) and online. CDU reports fewer than five ATAR-based offers (<5), so no selection rank is published; the minimum entry requirement is an ATAR of 60. No Year 12 prerequisites.
Lowest selection rank
CDU has not published a lowest selection rank for this course for recent intakes. That usually means too few ATAR-based offers were made to report one, or that selection also uses a portfolio, audition, interview or other criteria. Check the current entry requirements on the official course page.
Prerequisite Year 12 subjects
No formal Year 12 subject prerequisites; assumed knowledge may still apply.
What you will study
Students use principles of social justice, human rights and cultural safety, and build skills in counselling, case management and community development, drawing on social work, psychology, social policy, research and First Nations perspectives.
Placement and industry experience
Supervised field placements are part of professional social work education, giving students practice experience with clients and communities.
Career outcomes
- Graduates work as registered social workers in child-protection, mental-health, hospital and family-support settings.
- Common destinations include state-government child-safety roles, community-health centres and not-for-profit support agencies.
- Many alumni progress into clinical specialty practice, policy roles or accredited mental-health social work after further study.
Typical first jobs
- Child protection caseworker (NT Department of Territory Families)
- Hospital social worker (Royal Darwin, Alice Springs hospitals)
- Community mental-health social worker
- Aboriginal community-controlled health organisation case worker
- Family violence or homelessness service worker
- Policy or programme officer in NT or federal government
After graduation
Graduates can work as social workers in health, community services, child protection and government.
Is this the right degree for you?
You probably thrive here if
- You want to work in NT child protection, remote or Indigenous services
- You can sustain emotional and reflective work over four years
- You are organised enough to manage two long placements and reading loads
- You handle role-plays and observed practice well
- You are committed to cultural safety and trauma-informed work
It is probably not for you if
- You dislike heavy reflective writing and group role-play
- You want a research-only or fully theoretical degree
- You cannot meet Working with Children and police check requirements
- You are not prepared for distressing case material and vicarious trauma
Related courses at CDU
Sources
Course details are summarised by ExamExplained, not copied from the university. Confirm course content and selection ranks on the Charles Darwin University website and on SATAC before applying.