College of Education, Psychology and Social Work

Intellectual rigour, sustainable practice, social justice.

Welcome to the College of Education, Psychology and Social Work.

Through our world class research and teaching, we seek to advance the quality of life for people across their life-span.

We bring an interdisciplinary and relational approach to supporting all in our world to thrive.

Our goal is to bring positive change through the cultivation of bright minds and high standards and academic excellence.

It’s our attitude for innovative thinking.

Social Work with Children and Families

Navigating the complexity

World renowned UK social work expert, Emeritus Professor Eileen Munro, London School of Economics, discussed how complexity can be managed but not controlled and the implications for social work based on the Munro Review of the English Child Protection System and her work with ten local authorities in England effecting whole system redesign to support Signs of Safety practice with families.

Wednesday 23 October

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Service Chaos Amplifies Family Chaos

How do we build more integrated services for families?

Our presenter and panel members discussed how family services can be professionally organised and clinically coherent, but are oriented to single issues when families don’t live this way. They also discussed restorative practice and the experience in Leeds UK, and why it’s important to remove road blocks and improve collaboration between services.

Tuesday 30 July

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2016 winner of Alby Jones ACEL SA Fellowship Award

5 psychology academic and emeritus staff elected fellows of The Academy of Social Sciences in Australia

Study areas

Education

Psychology

Social work

Honours and postgraduate studies in Psychology

Psychology offers:

an Honours program which is accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council
the Master of Psychology (Clinical) is a coursework degree approved by the APS College of Clinical Psychologists
Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology).

Honours

Master of Psychology (Clinical)

Doctor of Philosophy (Clinical Psychology)