Doctor of Social Work

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The Doctor of Social Work or PhD in Social Work or PhD in Social Policy and Social Work is a higher academic degree for social workers who wish to further their careers. The PhD candidate gain experience at doctoral level in education, training in advanced practice, teaching, supervision, research and/or policy analysis and development. The curricula of the course differs from country to country and from universtity to university. It can be a professional degree where the PhD candidate is interested in being a more qualified social worker or a research degree (probably the most common) in which s/he is probably more interesting in research settings in social work practice, education, research and development. The degree typically leads to academic teaching and research or more leadership roles in practice and policy developments at an international or local level.

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