Inclusion scholarships for social work placements

You may be eligible for a scholarship if you:

• are a domestic student
• are completing your social work placement in 2025 as part of your Bachelor or Master of Social Work with a Victorian public university
• live in Victoria or a defined border community
• meet one or more of the socio-economic and demographic criteria listed below.

The socio-economic criteria are:

• people from financially disadvantaged backgrounds
• people with experience of using social or community services as the main service user or primary carer of a family member who is the main user of social or community services
• Examples of accessing social and community services may include the following:
  • carer support programs
  • case management
  • counselling
  • crisis care response
  • family preservation and reunification
  • parenting services
  • respite and support care.

The demographic criteria are:

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people
• refugees, or people from multicultural backgrounds
• people who identify as LGBTIQA+
• people with disability
• people with caring responsibilities, including 
  • single parents
  • caring for a person with disability, chronic health conditions, mental illness, or who is frail or aged.
• people who live in regional or rural Victoria or defined border communities.

A limited number of scholarships are available. Preference will be given to applicants who can demonstrate that they meet multiple criteria from both the socio-economic and demographic areas.

Please see the program guidelines (Word) and FAQ document (Word) for more information on eligibility criteria.

If you are unsure about whether you are eligible, please email placement.scholarships@grants.vic.gov.au.

Applications for Round 3 closed at 4 pm, 25 November 2024.

The fourth and final round will open at the end of March 2025.

Round three dates

For placements completed between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.

Indicative round four dates

Application dates for round four will be confirmed on the website Inclusion scholarships for social work placements at least four weeks prior to applications opening.