Social Work, the Law and Ethical Decision Making

Students who successfully complete this course will be able to

• Critically analyse ethical and cultural issues, dilemmas and conflicts in social work practice situations.
• Evaluate the practice implications of relevant legislation for particular practice situations.
• Demonstrate an awareness of different cultural perspectives, including Māori perspectives on legal and ethical decision-making in social work contexts.
• Use evidence to construct arguments for legally and ethically defensible decisions in complex practice situations.

Assessment

This course is 100% internally assessed

Computer and internet requirements

This course is delivered online, so you will access your course material and submit assessments online. Our online courses may include reading, videos, quizzes or activities, and you may need to download content.

For online learning you need:

• Access to a laptop or desktop computer
• Reliable internet and data plan.  

If you are unsure if your current computer, Windows or internet access will allow you to study online, please contact us before applying to enrol. 

Find out more about online learning 

How to enrol

Before enrolling in this course you need to:

• choose the qualification you will study the course under
• check the order that courses in the qualification should be studied in the Qualification Structure table. This is in the Choose courses and apply tab on the qualification page.