School: Seneca College
Program:Social Service Worker
Program | Social Service Worker | Faculty | Community Services |
Credential | Diploma | Duration | 2 Years |
Starting Month | Fall, Winter | Co-op opportunities | No |
Program Description:
The Social Service Worker program provides you with the knowledge and skills required to make a meaningful contribution in the human service field. You will be challenged to examine your own beliefs and values, develop interpersonal communication skills and promote social justice, human dignity and equity. Your success in this program will be measured by both your ability to grow and change and your academic performance.
Your studies will include: interviewing; counselling and relationship-building capabilities; effective membership and leadership in group settings; working with families; the creation and maintenance of helping relationships; and practice in such specialized areas as case management, community development and social policy.
Admission Requirements:
· Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent with:
o Grade 12 English: ENG4(C) or ENG4(U)
o OR Mature Student Status (age 19 or older) with the above prerequisite course(s), their equivalent(s) or appropriate Academic and Career Entrance (ACE) Certificate program credits
Tuition Fees:
Campus | King | Seneca@York | Yorkgate | |||
Tuition | 6,410.50 | 6,410.50 | 6,410.50 | |||
Alumni Fee | 7.25 | 7.25 | 7.25 | |||
Convocation Fee* | 50.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 | |||
Health Insurance** | 783.97 | 783.97 | 783.97 | |||
Health and Wellness Fee | 5.00 | 5.00 | 1.25 | |||
Seneca Student Federation Fee | 56.50 | 56.50 | 5.00 | |||
Student Athletic Fee | 46.25 | 40.70 | ||||
Student Build Fund | 50.00 | |||||
Student Bursary Levy | 3.00 | 3.00 | 3.00 | |||
Student Life Fee | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | |||
Student Sport Build Fee | 50.00 | 25.00 | ||||
Student Support Fee | 30.00 | 30.00 | 30.00 | |||
Technology Fee | 120.00 | 120.00 | 120.00 | |||
Total Fees Due (first semester in academic year) | $7,617.47 | $7,536.92 | $7,415.97 | |||
Book & Supply Costs | ||||||
Semester | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
Total per Semester | 500.00 | 750.00 | 750.00 | 750.00 | ||
Career:
Learn the broad skills of social service work and use them to plan and evaluate programs, assess community resources and coordinate service delivery for people in need. Your studies may lead you to employment in youth, women's, and 'disabled' persons' programs, as well as in housing, community development, rehabilitation, mental health and many other settings. Our Social Service Worker diploma program will prepare you for a rewarding career in human services.
Credits Transfer:
Location | University/College | Degrees Available |
Toronto | Ryerson University | Bachelor of Social Work (Full-Time or Part-Time Advanced Standing) |
Tyndale University College | Bachelor of Arts (Health & Human Services with a minor in Psychology, Human Services – Early Childhood Education, Human Services – Social Service Worker, Human Services – Modular) or Bachelor of Religious Education, Bachelor of Religious Education (Degree Completion, Modular) | |
York University | Bachelor of Arts (Multicultural and Indigenous Studies) Bachelor of Arts (Human Rights and Equities Studies) Bachelor of Public Administration (BPA) Bachelor of Social Work | |
Ontario | Algoma University | Bachelor of Arts in Community Development, Bachelor of Arts in Community, Economic and Social Development Bachelor of Social Work Bachelor of Arts in a related field |
Brock University | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Psychology degree or a 4-year with Major Psychology degree, or a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Women’s Studies degree | |
Carleton University | Bachelor of Social Work | |
University of Guelph-Humber | Honours Bachelor of Applied Science in Family & Community Social Services + Social Service Worker Diploma | |
King's University College at Western University | Bachelor of Art, Arts or Social Science | |
Lakehead University | Honours Bachelor of Social Work | |
Laurentian University | Bachelor of Arts (General) - Gerontology Bachelor of Social Work Honours Bachelor of Social Work (Indigenous Social Work) | |
Nipissing University | Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Social Work Bachelor of Arts (Honours Specialization or Specialization in Social Welfare and Social Development) | |
University of Ontario Institute of Technology | Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Honours) in Forensic Psychology – Bridge Bachelor of Arts (BA) (Honours) in Political Science – Bridge | |
Wilfrid Laurier University | Honours Bachelor of Arts | |
University of Windsor | General Liberal Arts and Professional Studies for Career Professionals (2-year diploma) & Honours Liberal Arts and Professional Studies for Career Professionals (3-year diploma) BA Honours in Disability Studies BA or B.S.W. in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences | |
Canada | University of New Brunswick | Bachelor of Applied Management (General Business) |
U.S. | University at Buffalo | Bachelor of Arts in Social Science Interdisciplinary with a concentration in Health and Human Services with an optional Master of Social Work combined degree |
International | Griffith University | Bachelor of Human Services Bachelor of Social Work |
Link to Seneca College Official Website
http://www.senecacollege.ca/fulltime/SSW.html