Your Experience: Field placement opportunity in community agency setting.
Program Code: 010206
Type: Full-time
Intake: January 2026
About the program
Offered in partnership with Canadore College, this program will give you the knowledge and skills you need to enter this rewarding career field. Learn skills and methods that will prepare you to work in different settings and challenging situations. Themes include social justice, empowerment of marginalized citizens and ethics. You will also be introduced to Indigenous history and culture through the Canada’s First Peoples course. Graduates can go on to work with individuals or groups in a variety of community settings.
Community placement opportunity.
Note: Graduates may apply to register with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).
Your Future Career
• Residential facilities
• Social Service departments
• Addictions and mental health services
• Schools and youth services
• Community health and resource centres
• Transition houses and shelters
What You Learn
• Trauma informed practice and crisis intervention
• Human development
• Effective leadership in group settings
• Substance abuse training
• Canada’s First Peoples
• Client interviews and assessment
• Methods for dealing with personal violence
Admission Requirements
OSSD or equivalent, ENG4C or ENG4U
If English is not your first language you must provide
proof of English competency.
Certificate/Accreditation
Ontario College Diploma
Graduates can apply to register with the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.
Program Contact
Curriculum
Semester 1
First Peoples of Canada (CLT100)1 Full Week Land-Based and Asynchronous
College Communication I (CMM125)Asynchronous
General Education Elective (GENED)1 Full Week Land-Based and Asynchronous
Social Service Worker Interviewing I (SSW105)Asynchronous
Lifespan Development (PSY200)Asynchronous
Foundations of Sociology (SOC100)Asynchronous
Introduction to Social Service Work Practice I (SSW101)Asynchronous
Semester 2
Creative Writing (ENG200)1 Full Week Land-Based and Asynchronous
Social Service Work with Families (SSW155)Asynchronous
Social Service Worker Interviewing II (SSW160)Asynchronous
SSW Methods: Community Organization (SSW103)Asynchronous
Introduction to Social Service Work Practice II (SSW104)Asynchronous
Mental Health and Addictions (SSW165)1 Full Week Land-Based and Asynchronous
Group Work for Social Service Workers (SSW219)Asynchronous
Semester 3
SSW Method of Intervention (SSW225)Asynchronous
SSW Methods: Intimate Personal Violence (SSW238)Asynchronous
Trauma and Crisis (SSW290)Asynchronous
Fieldwork Preparation (SSW292)Asynchronous
Accountable Professional (SSW294)1 Full Week Place-Based and Asynchronous
Introduction to Gerontology (SSW296)Asynchronous
General Education Elective – Online (SSW) (GENED)1 Full Week Place-Based and Asynchronous
Semester 4
Fieldwork Integration (SSW293)In-person Placement
Fieldwork Placement (SSW295)In-person Placement
