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This two-year Social Service Worker diploma equips you with professional expertise for the human services sector. The curriculum explores how historical, systemic, and sociopolitical factors create barriers to accessing resources and social/health services. Through practical interventions and strengths-based methods, you'll develop tools to advance equity and assist marginalized communities facing trauma and difficult circumstances.
The program covers diverse topics including mental health support and crisis intervention techniques. Coursework also addresses counseling methods, community building strategies, and relevant legal frameworks. Featuring seminars, group projects, and industry speaker sessions, the program offers hands-on learning opportunities. Graduates emerge with versatile human service competencies applicable across various professional environments.
(Social Service Worker (SSW) - Yorkgate campus 5 semester)
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD), or equivalent, or a mature applicant
English: Grade 12 C or U, or equivalent course
English Requirements
CAEL CE and CAEL online: Minimum 60
Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE): Minimum 169 with no skill below 162
Duolingo: Minimum score 105 to 110
IELTS Academic: Minimum 6.0 with no skill below 5.5
PTE Academic: Minimum score 58
TOEFL iBT (including MyBest TOEFL and Home Edition): Minimum 80 with no skill below 20
TOEFL Revised Paper Delivered: No skill below 20