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Save Social Work campaign

August 19, 2020

On 17 June 2020 the Australian Government Department of Education, Skills and Employment released a discussion paper Job-Ready Graduates Higher Education Reform Package 2020. The paper notes that Commonwealth subsidy for social work will drop and student contribution will rise from $6,684 to $14,500 per year.

These changes will exacerbate already critical shortages of qualified Social Workers.

The Save Social Work campaign is being undertaken by the Australian Council of Heads of Schools of Social Work to encourage the Federal Government to reverse its decision about the funding formula for Social Work degrees.

Signing the petition here https://www.savesocialwork.org/.  Questions about the campaign can be directed to savesocialworkaustralia@gmail.com.