Learn how to incite real change with diverse individuals and families by building collaborative, culturally safe and strengths-based relationships! Gain an understanding of social problems such as family violence, addictions, mental health and poverty! You will learn tools to create compassionate solutions from an anti-oppressive and trauma-informed practice approach.
This two-year program is about jump-starting your career as a Social Service Worker with the skills and knowledge to make an impact. Gain real-world experience with 500 hours of field placements and volunteering, allowing you to apply classroom learning in a community-based environment.
As a graduate of the Sault College Social Service Worker program, you`ll meet the requirements for registration to become a regulated professional Social Service Worker with the Ontario College of Social Workers & Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).
Language Proficiency Test - IELTS/TOEFL/DUOLINGO
College Communication Skills
Introduction to Indigenous Canada
Introduction to SSW Helping Skills
Introduction to Concurrent Disorders
Introduction to Social Service Work Theory and Practice
Introduction to Trauma Informed Care
Global Citizenship
S.S.W. Documentation and Record Keeping
SSW Community Resources & Fieldwork Preparation
SSW Group Practice Skills
Ethics and Professionalism
Non - Violent Crisis Intervention
Lifespan Development
Student Selected General Education
Seminar for Social Service Work
Social Service Work Practice with Families
Social Welfare: Policy and Practice w/ Indigenous and O.P.
Human Behaviour and Social Environment
Fieldwork for Social Service Work
Seminar II for Social Service Work
Trauma Informed Crisis Intervention
S.S.W. Essential Advocacy/Community Capacity Building Skills
