Social Service Worker Certificate
If you are looking to enrich more than your resumé, the Social Service Worker Certificate program can be your way into this field or to a promotion. From social work theory to counselling skills and real-life practice, you learn about and experience situations you may encounter in your career.
Use this program to get you started in your career in social services, or transfer credits from this program into an undergraduate degree in social work. Increase your opportunties for employment or promotion.
Professional development
Not a program student? You can register in all Social Work (SOCW) and Human Services (HUMS) courses other than HUMS 1671, Social Welfare Field Practicum.
Careers
As a social service worker, you will work with vulnerable populations, assisting them in a variety of areas, including:
- Aboriginal outreach
- Addiction services
- Child and youth support
- Community outreach
- Crisis intervention
- Family service and support
- Group and transition homes
- Hospitals and public health
- Women's shelters
Program requirements
Admission requirements
- Grade 12 or equivalent or mature student status
- English Studies 12/English First Peoples 12 with a minimum of 73% (or equivalent)
- Two letters of reference
Admitted students
- If you are admitted to the program, you must complete a Consent to a Criminal Record Check before you start a practicum placement.
Residency requirements
- Six or more TRU credits (distance or on-campus)
Certificate requirements
30 credits total, with a GPA of 2.00 for each course required for completion of this credential, as follows:
Core knowledge (27 credits)
- HUMS 1541
- HUMS 1561
- HUMS 1581
- HUMS 1771
- HUMS 2231
- CYCA 2001
- ENGL 1101
- HUMS 1601 — practicum
- Six credits of Arts courses
Practicum (3 credits)
- HUMS 1601, Social Welfare Field Practicum (3)
The practicum is 210 hours (15 weeks) minimum. It is offered in your choice of one of two delivery timeframes: (1) part-time, three days a week in a 10-week placement; or, (2) full-time, in a six week placement. Practicums will be held during three annual placement periods (Fall, Winter, and Summer) and only after all theory courses are complete.