Sheridan’s Social Service Worker Program provides you with the skills and knowledge to help struggling people work through their challenges and enjoy more stable and satisfying lives. Success in the program requires that you be open to the specific issues and contexts of people with various racial, cultural and ethnic backgrounds. This award-winning program prepares you to:
- Conduct effective assessments
- Manage interventions
- Develop evaluation strategies relevant to the clients' needs
- Work with government agencies to navigate regulations
- Become fully aware of the services available and how to deliver them
- Understand the scope of your practice and when (and where) to refer clients
Professors representing a broad range of social service fields including family therapy, policy development and social work teach the Social Service Worker diploma program. Each holds considerable real world experience. You'll learn through:
- Seminar presentations with class interaction
- Class projects that include developing plans for starting and running a service organization
- Laboratory practicum that simulates the Year 2 practicum situation to give students a solid skills foundation for their upcoming experience in the field
- Guest speaker presentations from those active in the field
Get Real World Experience Through Practical
The Social Service Worker Program maintains connections with hundreds of organizations who welcome our students for their Year 2 practicum placements. These include community-based organizations, group homes, children’s aid organizations, youth centres and many others. You'll complete over 600 hours of field placement in a social service setting reinforcing the practical skills you’ve learned in class.
When you graduate from the Social Service Worker Program, you are eligible for admission to the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers. As a member of this body, you can use the title “Registered Social Service Worker.” For additional details, visit www.ocswssw.org.
University Linkage
The Social Service Worker Program maintains linkages with a number of universities, which offer further educational opportunities for our graduates.
The Social Service Worker Program is located at the Davis Campus in Brampton, Ontario and at the Trafalgar Road Campus in Oakville, Ontario.
Sheridan is your key to a great career and future. When you graduate from the Social Service Worker diploma program, you'll be eligible for frontline positions working with people in:
- Recreation programs
- Drop-in centres
- Centres for the developmentally challenged
- Group home and mental health settings
- Crisis centres
- Centres for abused women
- Community centres
- Food banks
- Homeless shelters
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, including these required courses:
- One English, Grade 12 (ENG4C or ENG4U)
or
Mature student status. (See "Admissions" section for details.)
APPLICANT SELECTION
Eligible applicants will be selected on the basis of previous academic achievement (the average of their six highest senior-level credits, including required courses).
Applicants who do not meet the admission requirements for this program will be assessed and advised individually and may be considered for other, related programs.
PREPARATION FOR APPLICATION
Related volunteer and/or part-time employment in a social service setting or with older adults is highly encouraged.
CRIMINAL RECORD CHECK AND IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS
Sheridan field placement agencies may require a police record check for criminal offences, a vulnerable sector check and/or a current acceptable record of immunization. Students will be required to provide this documentation directly to their field placement prior to the start of the placement and at their own expense. Students who cannot meet these requirements may have limited field placement opportunities. A blank immunization form can be found at: http://healthforms.sheridaninstitute.ca
*Course duration for September starts is two academic years. Course duration for January starts is 16 months continuous.
| CODE |
TITLE |
CREDITS |
| |
|
|
| TERM 1 |
|
|
| CSRV 17749 |
Social Service Work Foundations |
3 |
| CSRV 10703 |
Dimensions of Teams and Small Groups |
3 |
| FLPL 16886 |
Introduction to Social Services and Field Practicum |
3 |
| SOCS 16732 |
Human Development: Lifespan |
3 |
| PSYC 17967 |
Psychology Core Concepts |
3 |
| COMM 19999 |
Essential Communication Skills |
3 |
| CSRV 13672 |
Social Diversity in Contemporary Canada |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Total: |
|
21 |
| |
|
|
| TERM 2 |
|
|
| CSRV 22987 |
Concept of Helping |
3 |
| CSRV 17062 |
Introduction to Community Development |
3 |
| CSRV 10261 |
Social Justice and Social Change |
3 |
| FLPL 19798 |
Practicum Laboratory Seminar: SSW |
2 |
| FLPL 14717 |
Practicum Laboratory: SSW |
4 |
| GNED |
General Education |
3 |
| CSRV 10919 |
Introduction to Social Policy |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Total: |
|
21 |
| |
|
|
| TERM 3 |
|
|
| PSYC 24454 |
Psychology: Maladaptive Behaviour |
3 |
| CSRV 21618 |
Helping Models and Strategies 1 |
3 |
| CSRV 21425 |
Group Work Methods |
3 |
| CSRV 20691 |
Professional Practice Issues 1: SSW |
2 |
| FLPL 25812 |
Practicum 1: SSW |
9 |
| |
|
|
| Total: |
|
20 |
| |
|
|
| TERM 4 |
|
|
| CSRV 24947 |
Helping Models and Strategies 2 |
3 |
| CRSV 21011 |
Social Services Issues |
3 |
| CSRV 24143 |
Professional Practice Issues 2: SSW |
1 |
| FLPL 21095 |
Practicum 2: SSW |
9 |
| GNED |
General Education |
3 |
| |
|
|
| Total: |
|
20 |
Note: Courses subject to change.