52 Health sciences and human services
the field is about, and types of attributes
Courses eligible for Advanced Standing will
Social Service
you possess that would make you a
be determined by the instructor and may
viable candidate for this program.
include up to three of the following SSWK
Worker Certificate
145, SSWK 195, SSWK 196/199, SSWK 225
Note 1: You’ll have to undergo a criminal
in conjunction with CASS 120, and SSWK
record search, Schedule B, through the
• Full-time or part-time • Starts:
263.
Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General.
September • Fees, entire program:
Any costs are your responsibility.
For more information, please contact CNC
$3,567 (Prince George); Quesnel:
Counselling and Advising.
Note 2: It is recommended all successful
TBD • Nine months • Fort St.
candidates have current TB testing and a
James, Prince George and
complete immunization regime as per
Program outline
Quesnel; individual courses may be
Northern Health recommendations for health
Semester 1 September - December
available at other campuses
and social service worker students.
ENGL 103
Composition and Style
Note 3: It is recommended all applicants
SSWK 145
Communication and
Careers
have current certificates in Emergency-level
Interpersonal Relationship Skills
first aid and FoodSafe. Certifications in
SSWK 171
Introduction to Social Service
Do you enjoy helping those in need? With a
therapeutic crisis intervention and suicide
Practice
Social Service Certificate, you can find work
prevention are also valuable assets for work
SSWK 195
Issues and Principles of
in residential child/adult care services,
in the field.
Fieldwork and Community:
women’s programs, group homes, shelters,
Seminar I
First Nations social services organizations,
Note 4: To do a practicum, you must obtain a
Elective
One SSWK elective from SSWK
and more. This program gives you the basic
“C” grade or better in all social service worker
or other human service
skills and knowledge needed for work as a
courses.
discipline (e.g., CASS, ECE,
social service paraprofessional. It combines
Note 5: A minimum grade of “C” in all SSWK
AECE, FASD, OASW)
theory and classroom instruction with
courses is required to graduate with a SSWK
practical experience.
Semester 2 January - April
certificate.
SSWK 142
Helping Skills: Practical
Note 6: Courses must be completed no more
Applications
Admission requirements
than 10 years prior to the date of graduation
SSWK 151
History and Philosophy of Social
in order to count toward the following
1.
Successful completion of one of the
Welfare Policy
following:
credentials: Social Service Worker Certificate,
SSWK 196
Practicum and Seminar
Social Service Worker Diploma, and Social
Elective
One SSWK elective from SSWK
- Grade 12 with English 12 or English
Service Worker (UT) Diploma. This policy
or other human service
12: First Peoples
applies to CNC courses and to all courses
discipline (e.g., CASS, ECE,
- ABE/CCP Advanced Certificate plus
transferred from other post-secondary
AECE, FASD, OASW)
English 045
institutions for credit at CNC. Courses more
Intersession May
than 10 years old may be considered for
- GED Certificate plus English 045 or
SSWK 199 Practicum and Seminar
unassigned credit. Students should contact
English 12 or English 12: First Peoples
the Dean to discuss this option. (Please note
Note: For all of the above, you must have
that professional certification or accreditation
Acceptance process
a minimum “C” grade in English 12 or
bodies and receiving institutions may have
If there’s room in the program, you’ll be
English 12: First Peoples/English 045.
different criteria.)
accepted once you’ve met all the admission
2.
Completion of the English component of
requirements. This is called “first qualified, first
the EMAT.
Advanced standing
accepted.” If you qualify after the program is
full, you’ll be put on a waitlist.
3.
Two references from a Social Service
Based on the skills and knowledge the
employer, volunteer supervisor, teacher,
student has acquired through his or her life
or social service professional, attesting to
and/or work experience, the student may be
Criminal records search
your personal suitability for work in the
able to obtain course credits in the Social
You have to undergo a criminal record
field.
Service Worker Program via SSWK 100,
search. The cost of this search is your
SSWK 101, and SSWK 201.
4.
A work/volunteer experience resumé. You
responsibility. A search which identifies
must have at least 30 verifiable hours of
Through this assessment process, the
relevant criminal convictions may prevent you
volunteer experience in the past three
student documents and demonstrates their
from doing a practicum or entering a clinical
years.
capabilities based on identified competencies
setting. Students who cannot enter the
and learning objectives of the SSWK course
practicum or clinical component of the
5.
A written statement (maximum four
for which they are seeking Advanced
program cannot graduate from the program.
pages) on your interest in the social
Standing credit.
service field, your understanding of what
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