College Diploma - Human Services - Social Service Worker
About College Diploma - Human Services - Social Service Worker
Program Description
If students have a desire to support people in times of need and crisis, a career in social services may be for them. Up to 90% of Selkirk's Social Service Worker (SSW) graduates find stable, satisfying work. A shortage of workers is predicted over the next five years.
Students should choose social service work if they:
- Want to help build healthy communities
- Have a strong desire to support others
- Believe in caring for others
- Feel a sense of duty to the community
- Want to work with marginalized populations
Social Work values form the foundation of this beneficial and rewarding program.
Program Benefits
- Practical interviewing and counselling skills
- Development of written and oral communication
- Promotion of self awareness, personal growth and readiness for practice
- Critical thinking, team building and problem solving skills
- Individual, group and family strategy skills
- Feminist and Indigenous approaches to practice are introduced
- Anti-oppressive perspectives are a foundation of the program
This program prepares students to work as entry level practitioners in the Human Services field.
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