Skill Level: 1 | Assessing Authority: AASW
Migrants who want to migrate to Australia under the General Skilled Migration Programme are required to have a positive skills assessment as part of their skilled migration visa application to the Department of Home Affairs. For ANZSCO 272511 Social Worker, the assessing authority body is the The Australian Association of Social Workers (AASW).
Job description
Assesses the social needs of individuals, families and groups, assists and empowers people to develop and use the skills and resources needed to resolve social and other problems, and furthers human wellbeing and human rights, social justice and social development. Registration or licensing may be required.
Tasks Include:
- acting as a facilitator between clients in need and community services
- assessing resources for health, welfare, recreation, housing, employment and other community services
- providing leadership and assistance for the implementation of pilot projects in community development and self-help, and planning and implementing research projects to address client needs, organisation goals and social policy
- cooperating with community organisations, social agencies and voluntary groups to improve services and develop new services
- conducting individual and family case interviews to identify the nature and extent of clients’ problems
- assisting clients to understand and resolve problems by providing information, acting as a mediator and referring them to community and self-help agencies
- analysing, developing, promoting and implementing social policies through the use of practice experience, research, analytic frameworks, and negotiation skills to respond to social need through a fair, equitable and effective allocation of social resources
- monitoring the progress of clients by maintaining contact
- compiling case records and reports
Skills Assessment Criteria
The assessing authority for ANZSCO 252712: Speech Pathologist is the Speech Pathology Australia (SPA). There are two pathways for skills assessments:
- The qualification must be a specific qualification in social work.
- The qualification must be regarded as a professional social work qualification in the country of training.
- The learning outcomes of the professional social work qualification are comparable to the learning outcomes that graduates of AASW-accredited social work qualifications must demonstrate.
- At least 980 hours of field education in at least two placements with two contrasting practise foci, with the requirement that one placement be in direct practice.
- A high-level English language skill (as per the AASW English language policy) is demonstrated.
English Language Requirements
Applicants must demonstrate evidence of English language proficiency in the IELTS Academic Test through one or two test sittings in six months, provided that:
- a minimum score of 7.0 is achieved in either one or two settings; and
- a minimum score of 7.0 is achieved in each of the four components (listening, reading, writing and speaking) in a maximum of two sittings in a six-month period, and no component score is below 6.5. Where a component score falls below 6.5, the test is not acceptable.
You may be exempt from sitting the IELTS Academic Test if you:
- completed your secondary education in English in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom or USA, and
- you successfully completed the equivalent of three years or more of full-time tertiary study (at Bachelor degree level or higher) in English, in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom or USA.
There is a particular criterion for receiving an English language exemption; please see AASW for further information.
Source from: AASW
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