The Australian Association of Social Workers have proposed new Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards (ASWEAS) 2024.
The proposed ASWEAS remove many of the current employment requirements for social work programs to be accredited. NTEU shares the concerns of many social work educators and professionals that these changes could potentially threaten employment of social work educators, undermine quality social work education and deprofessionalise the social work profession.
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- ASWEAS 2024 Campaign Update Meeting6 pm Wednesday 6 August As you will be aware, the AASW has introduced concerning changes to the social work education and training standards. We continue to believe that these changes threaten the industrial conditions of social work educators and the quality of social work education. The Australian Council of Heads of Social Work Education… Read more: ASWEAS 2024 Campaign Update Meeting
- Open letter to the AASW on ASWEAS 2024In December 2024, the Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW), released its new Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards (ASWEAS) (2024). The ASWEAS 2024 set the minimum standards required for a social work program from a tertiary institution to be accredited. There is considerable concern about the level of consultation and engagement with social… Read more: Open letter to the AASW on ASWEAS 2024
- Social work educators’ concerns about the proposed ASWEASNTEU calls for AASW to immediately withdraw ASWEAS (2024) and engage in proper consultation with universities and those in the sector concerned with quality social work education. We call on AASW to honour their responsibility and previous commitment to protect educational standards and industrial conditions that enable quality education for social work students.
