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Kia ora Jay,

 

Thanks for your email. We will endeavour to respond to you within the
statutory timeframe (which ends on 23 January 2026).

 

I tried to respond to you on 9 December 2025, but now see that email
didn’t go through for some reason.

 

   Ngā mihi,  

 

   Lucas Davies (he/him)

   Acting Legal Services Manager | Kākaho
Papaki Matua

   Social Workers Registration Board | Kāhui
Whakamana Tauwhiro

   PO Box 3452, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
   [1]www.swrb.govt.nz  

   
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From: Lucas Davies
Sent: Tuesday, 9 December 2025 10:03 am
To: [2][email address]
Subject: {LEGAL: IN-CONFIDENCE} RE: Official Information request - Revised
Social Work Education Standards 2026: Qualification length and programme
design

 

Kia ora Jay,

 

Thanks for your email. We will endeavour to respond to you within the
statutory timeframe (which ends on 23 January 2026).

 

   Ngā mihi,  

 

   Lucas Davies (he/him)

   Acting Legal Services Manager | Kākaho
Papaki Matua

   Social Workers Registration Board | Kāhui
Whakamana Tauwhiro

   PO Box 3452, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
   [3]www.swrb.govt.nz  

   
   He ara pūkenga, he ara tauwhiro, hei
whakamana mātā waka
   

 
 
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-----Original Message-----

From: Jay Marlowe <[4][email address]>

Sent: Thursday, 4 December 2025 3:10 pm

To: SWRB Office <[5][Social Workers Registration Board request email]>

Subject: Official Information request - Revised Social Work Education
Standards 2026: Qualification length and programme design

 

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Dear Social Workers Registration Board,

 

Under the Official Information Act 1982, I request the following
information relating to the revision of the Social Work Education
Standards (2021–2025) to the Revised Social Work Education Standards 2026
and the SWRB’s associated decisions on qualification length and programme
design.

 

Please provide all materials relating to each question below for the
period 1 Jan 2021 – present.

 

***Decision-making on programme length

What factors, evidence, or advice informed the SWRB’s decision on the
flexibility and acceptable length of social work programmes under the
Revised Social Work Education Standards (undergraduate and postgraduate
qualifying)?

 

•       Please provide all evidence, analyses, modelling, or briefing
papers considered in forming these decisions, including: consultation with
social work education providers and the professional bodies; and
information provided to Ministers

 

***Curriculum requirements and postgraduate programme length Given the
breadth of curriculum content required in the Education Standards, what
assessment or analysis did the SWRB undertake to ensure a shortened (120
or 180-credit) postgraduate pathway could deliver the required learning
outcomes for registration?

 

•       Please provide any relevant reports, mapping exercises, or
external advice.

•       Please also provide any consultation that has been conducted in
relation to postgraduate programme length.

 

***Advice to Ministers on alternative pathways Has the SWRB provided any
advice to Ministers or ministerial offices about apprenticeship pathways,
recognition of prior learning (RPL), or other non-traditional
qualification routes (i.e. apprenticeships)?

 

•       If so, please provide copies of all such advice and any related
ministerial responses.

 

***External direction or instruction

Has the SWRB received any specific direction, request, or instruction from
any government agency or Minister in relation to the revised Education
Standards?

 

•       If yes, please provide copies of such correspondence and any
rationale or justification supplied.

 

I understand that a decision on a request for information under the OIA
should be made within 20 working days of receiving that request.

 

If any responsive documents are withheld or redacted, please provide a
schedule describing the document, the grounds for withholding under the
OIA, and the author/recipient.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Jay Marlowe

 

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