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Social Service Worker

Description

Credential Earned: College Diploma (2 Year)
Campus: Timmins, Distance
Program Length: 4 Semesters

Program Codes

A007-PC (Timmins Campus)
A104-CK (Distance)
 
With Northern’s two-year Social Service Worker diploma, you’ll graduate ready to help individuals, families, and communities as they cope with — and work through some of life’s most stressful events.

Focused on collaboration and teamwork, the evidence-based curriculum reveals the complex influences that affect human development and behaviour. It also provides you with the tools you’ll need to make a difference.

You’ll master conflict management, develop strategies and skills to intervene in a crisis, and through the development of holistic and culturally-sensitive healing plans that will help chart a new course for those in your care.

Theory will be put into practice through a series of clinical labs and a 15-week placement with a social services agency. It all adds up to a rewarding journey of self-awareness and professional growth which starts here at Northern College.

The SSW program provides a pathway option to our Addiction and Mental Health Worker program. Applicants who meet a qualifying GPA have the option to complete the Addiction and Mental Health Worker program in one year.

This program is offered completely online, with on-campus support and services if desired.
 
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent
  • Grade 12 English (C, U) (Minimum 60% GPA required) or equivalent
  • Computer proficiency in Microsoft Office (word processing), web search engines and e-mail systems.
Fieldwork Placement
  • A current Police Vulnerable Sector screening: Applicants can expect to wait a minimum of 6-8 weeks to receive a Police Check.
  • A recent criminal/vulnerable sector reference check – (within 3 months) maybe required in Semester II of the program prior to the start of classes in January.
  • To be eligible for participation in field work practice, students must not have been convicted of any criminal offence for which that person has not been pardoned. An unpardoned criminal record may result in inability to participate in fieldwork practice courses and will prevent the student from graduating. Any costs for these tests/certifications will be the responsibility of the applicant.
  • In order to prepare you for fieldwork placement, you will be required to have a current resume and cover letter. Fieldwork placement (FWP) agencies may require additional documentation in order for you to begin FWP. The specific documents will be made known to you in your Reflective Practice course.
  • It is important to note that this program requires a fieldwork component. While the intent is for placements to be arranged in the student’s own community, when this is not possible, alternate communities will need to be considered. Students are responsible for the costs of travel to and from field work placement sites, parking costs, etc. A dress code is in effect during all lab practice sessions and during the field work component of the programs. All theory and lab course work must be successfully completed prior to field work placements.
 
Semester 1:
CM1323 Professional Communications
SW1014 Working on Teams and in Groups
SW1024 Social Service Worker Practice I
SW1063 Introduction to Social Welfare in Canada
SW1073 Understanding Power, Privilege & Oppression
SW1083 Record Keeping and Report Writing
SW1093 Human Behaviour and the Social Environment
General Education Elective
 
Semester 2:
CM2303 Communications for the Workplace
SW2024 Social Service Worker Practice II
SW2073 Working with Indigenous Peoples
SW2093 Social Policy and Legislation in Social Service Work
SW2103 Social Problems in a Diverse Society
SW3103 Interprofessional Collaboration
SW3133 Addiction and Mental Health
 
Semester 3:
SW2042 Social Service Worker Practice II Lab
SW2083 Community Health and Development
SW3093 Preparation for Placement
SW3113 Working with Diverse Families
SW3123 Trauma-Informed Care and Crisis
SW3153 Interpersonal Violence

General Education Elective

Semester 4
SW4041 SSW Fieldwork Placement
SW4051 SSW Fieldwork Seminar
 
CAREER READY GRADUATES
 
Articulation Agreements
 
A number of articulation agreements have been negotiated with universities and other institutions across Canada, North America and internationally. These agreements are assessed, revised and updated on a regular basis. Please contact the program coordinator for specific details if you are interested in pursuing such an option.
 
Provincial Registration
 
In order to practice in Ontario as a “Social Service Worker” or a “Registered Social Service Worker”, graduates must apply for registration in the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW). Graduates of the SSW program will meet the education requirement for registration.

Career Opportunities
 
Social Service Workers are commonly employed by government agencies and social service agencies. Graduates are eligible to register with Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. 
 
Note: Check with the institution regarding start/end dates, prices, and delivery method. These may vary according to program, section, and/or semester.
 

Overview

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  • Institution: Northern College
  • Program type: Diploma
  • Language: English
  • Program Code: A104
  • Delivery Method: Fully Online/Distance

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