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Diploma in Social Service Worker

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Mohawk College

Ontario, Canada

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Key information
Duration 		: 2 Year
Study Type 		: Full Time
Tuition fees 		: 16.00 CAD / Per Year
Exam Accepted 		: IELTS 6.0/9 | TOEFL 80/120
Exam Intake 		: Sep
Conditional Scholarship 		: NA
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  • Diploma in Social Service Worker

  • Support individuals, groups, families and communities to become stronger, healthier and happier
  • Complete 600 hours of supervised field placement.
  • Advocate for and get involved in social justice opportunities and become an anti-oppressive practitioner
  • Meet like-minded people and network with current professionals.

  • What you'll learn

  • Current theories, models and interventions used in social service agencies to build healthy, positive relationships and connections within communities.
  • Value of self-reflection and how to engage in critical self-awareness to increase your ability to help others and respect the uniqueness and dignity of all people.
  • Develop core values of helping others such as the right to choose, the right to equality, justice and access to services.
  • Acquire helping skills such as interviewing, assessing the needs of others, working effectively with groups and assisting communities to change.
  • Understand how to document and work within legal, ethical and professional frameworks.

  • Program Length

    2 academic years (period of 8 months)

    Fast Track allows students to complete a two-year Diploma program (non co-op) in 16 months. Students will start in January and be in school for four continuous semesters: Winter, Spring/Summer, Fall and Winter. Students will not be off during the summer.

  • How you’ll gain skills

  • Experience unpaid field placements.
  • Through field-based learning and applied learning labs

  • To learn more, please visit the Centre for Experiential Learning. 

    Field placements

  • Field placements may occur at locations that are not accessible by public transit. As such, students shall be expected to either have access to a car or the ability to supply their own transportation when attending field placement activity. Mohawk shall not be responsible for providing students with transportation to field placements within or outside the Hamilton region
  • Registered students who have been convicted of an offence under the criminal code for which they have not been pardoned may be denied the opportunity to enter placement

  • Become an Agency

    If you would like to become an Agency that takes students on placement from Mohawk College's Social Services & Justice Studies programs, please visit the Community Services Field Placements page.

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  • Mohawk Pathways 

    Mohawk offers a diverse range of programs to further your studies**: Students that graduate from any of the following Mohawk College Certificate, Ontario College Certificate, and Ontario College Diploma programs are eligible to enroll into the Social Service Worker program:

  • Development Service Worker (Apprenticeship)
  • General Arts and Science Certificate (College Transfer)
  • Human Services Foundation 
  • Pre-Justice 
  • General Arts and Science Diploma (University Transfer)

  • Graduates from the Social Service Worker program are eligible to enroll into the following Ontario College Diploma Intensive, Ontario College Advanced Diploma, and Ontario College Graduate Certificate programs: 

  • Early Childhood Education (Intensive) 
  • Educational Support (Intensive)
  • Recreation Therapy (Intensive)
  • Child and Youth Care
  • Autism and Behavioural Science 
  • Brain Disorders Management 
  • Community and Social Services Management 

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  • Earn a degree:
    • Athabasca University - Bachelor of Professional Arts in Human Services
    • Davenport University - Bachelor of Science, Health Services Administration
    • Griffith University - Bachelor of Human Services
  • Visit Pathways and Credit Transfer for degree completion opportunities outside of Ontario.
  • See ontransfer.ca for additional opportunities at other colleges or universities in Ontario.

  • View our internal pathways map PDF. This Pathways map shows how the identified program can lead to future program choices within Mohawk.

    View internal pathways map larger

    Social Service Worker pathways map

    Your future career options

  • Social Service Worker
  • Mental Health Worker
  • Case Manager
  • Employment Counsellor
  • Community Worker

  • Where you could work includes:

  • Community Agencies
  • Ontario Works and Ontario Government
  • Recovery Homes, Residential, and Community Mental Health Services
  • Addiction Services
  • Youth, Seniors and Women's Shelters

  • Opportunities for grads

  • Become a member of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)
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  • Concurrent Disorders
  • Mental Health and Disability Management 
  • Psychosocial Rehabilitation 
  • Students may be required to complete various Immunizations and Disease Screening protocols required by some field placement agencies

Entry Requirement

  • Applicant must be high school passed.

Application Process

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