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SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER

Social Service Worker program will prepare you to be a critical practitioner, advocate, problem solver and agent of social change as you examine the expanding professional roles and responsibilities of social service workers within a rapidly changing society.

As a Social Service Worker student, youll develop the knowledge, skills and values to support diverse individuals, families, groups and communities to enhance their individual and collective well being.

This two-year college diploma program will integrate the principles, philosophies, skills and theories of social service work from an anti-oppressive and social justice framework. Themes related to professional competencies, group dynamics, interprofessional practice, interpersonal communication, counselling, community development, advocacy, social movements and social policies will be examined. Through critical thinking and reflective practice, meanwhile, youll identify how values and ideologies contribute to the construction of social problems and solutions.

As a graduate of the Social Service Worker program, youll meet the educational requirements for registration as a social service worker in the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).

Career Outlook

Social service worker
Child and youth care worker
Group home worker
Community development worker
Employment counsellor
Mental health worker
Community facilitator
Case worker
Family service worker
Community outreach worker
Womens shelter supervisor

Areas of Employment

Social service organizations
Settlement services
Residential programs
Group homes
Governmental organizations
Addiction and mental health services
Shelters and housing services
Community health centres
Employment centres
Community development organizations
Family service organizations
Crisis centres
Advocacy coalitions

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SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER