Why the NUS Graduate Diploma in Social Work?
Enter Social Work Practice
Specifically designed for individuals seeking a career in social services without a social work degree, this programme enables you to acquire the essential qualifications for social work practice.
Develop Critical Thinking Skills
Develop critical thinking skills that are essential to social work practice, and learn to address problems faced by social workers.
Become a Skilled and
Reflective Practitioner
Get started in your journey of becoming a skilled and reflective social worker through the programme, which inculcates thoughtful and effective practice.
What our students say about the Graduate Diploma in Social Work
"When I was working as a community service executive at YWCA, I wanted to be more involved to provide support for the clients I work with, especially with children from lower-income families. ... it was interesting to me that the work not only focuses on the individual's interpersonal, but also the holistic, where there could be system barriers, which requires advocacy from social workers."
MS NURUL KHAIRIAH
AWWA Family Service Centre
"It showed me the importance of front line work. Watching the undergraduates (that I mentor) collaborate and work with marginalised clients, inspired me to jump in! In addition, I realised that people are influenced by familial, communal, and societal factors. Therefore, I hoped to learn about systemic interventions from the Social Work field."
MR NG YONG HAO
NUS Chua Thian Poh Community Leadership Programme
"The modules had developed professional capabilities by equipping me with not just knowledge on theoretical frameworks and concepts, but also on essential skills in communicating with clients."
MS LIM EN YIN, AMANDA
Ministry of Social and Family Development
Where our students consider a career after completing the GDSW
Those with the Graduate Diploma in Social Work can look forward to a career in social services, such as in the examples listed here:
| Medical | Public & Civil Service | Community-Based Agencies | Social Enterprises & Philantrophy |
| Hospital, polyclinics, and other medical settings | Ministry of Social and Family Development, Ministry of Education, Singapore Prisons, Family Justice Court | Family Service Centres, youth agencies, senior and eldercare services, and others | Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) divisions, foundations, and others |
A non-exhaustive list of examples of organisations that graduates can work in:
The Unique NUS Experience
We develop:
Critical thinkers
We hone:
Evidence-based
practice
We nurture:
Skilled and
reflexive practitioners
We groom:
Social service leaders