A minimum of University Entrance (UE)

Age requirement

Applicants must be 17 years of age or older at the time of the commencement of the programme.

Health and professional requirement

ALL applicants are required to provide a completed Police Vetting Service Form and a Personal Declaration Form.

Professional Requirements

• Be free from criminal convictions which would preclude them from working with vulnerable clients.
• Provide evidence of the personal and professional qualities appropriate for undertaking a Bachelor of Applied Social Science by furnishing two references from persons who are not related to the applicant, using prescribed Referee Forms. One of the referees must be someone who has observed the applicant interacting with other people.
• Provide a brief CV (no more than 3 pages) outlining past education and work and voluntary experiences.

English Language Requirements

Any applicant, who does not have English, Māori or New Zealand Sign as their first language, or who did not undertake their secondary schooling in English, is required to have achieved scores of 6.5 or higher in all academic bands of the International English Language Testing System (IELTS).

IELTS 6.5 (academic) in all bands or equivalent. You will also be required to submit evidence that you have no criminal convictions that would preclude you from working with vulnerable clients. A skype interview and references will also be required.