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Level 1
Course details
College Reading & Writing Skills
COMM1085
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Conestoga 101
CON0101
- Hours: 1
- Credits: 0
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Social Service Systems I
SOCS1040
- Hours: 28
- Credits: 2
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Social Work And The Law
SOCS1050
- Hours: 28
- Credits: 2
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Group Process And Dynamics
SOCS1060
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Introduction to Professional Practice
SOCS1390
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Decolonizing Social Service Work
SOCS1400
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options
Level 2
Course details
Safety in the Workplace
OHS1320
- Hours: 14
- Credits: 1
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Techniques Of Interviewing & Assessment
SOCS1035
- Hours: 36
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: SOCS1060
- CoRequisites:
Field Seminar: Preparing for Professional Practice
SOCS1375
This course will provide students with the opportunity to integrate theory and practice in preparation for practice as emerging social service workers. Through intentional experiences that combine seminars, independent reflection, small and large groups, simulation and professional networking experiences, students will integrate course material, assess their own learning and career goals, and examine strategies to develop a plan for future community-based placements.
- Hours: 140
- Credits: 5
- Pre-Requisites: SOCS1390
- CoRequisites: OHS1320
Transformative Practices: Theory to Action
SOCS1410
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Community Interventions
SOCS1420
This course focuses on theories of community structure and well-being and the range of community interventions vital to social work practice. Students will acquire knowledge related to the effective functioning of communities, the inter-relationships of people who live there, and the agencies and institutions that serve and support them. Students learn through the examination of major approaches and models of intervention, as well as active participation in skill development exercises.
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options
Level 3
Course details
Professional Communication
COMM1360
In this course, students will enhance their verbal and non-verbal professional communication skills needed in the field as a Social Service Worker. They will acquire the skills necessary to write memos, letters, email, case notes, meeting minutes, informal reports and proposals and presentations that meet the professional standards in the social work field.
- Hours: 28
- Credits: 2
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Field Placement I (Social Service Worker)
FPLT2460
- Hours: 254
- Credits: 9
- Pre-Requisites: SOCS1375
- CoRequisites:
Group Work: Assessment, Intervention And Evaluation
SOCS2060
This course examines the processes and principles of developing strategies for the creation of group for the purpose of change in the social service work profession. Starting from needs assessment through to implementation, students will become familiar with a set of therapeutic interventions designed to be applied within a wide variety of small group settings. Students will demonstrate knowledge, understanding and application of empirical methods of evaluation in group work practice.
- Hours: 28
- Credits: 2
- Pre-Requisites: SOCS1370 OR SOCS1375
- CoRequisites:
Supportive Counselling with Families
SOCS2070
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Community Interventions: Theory to Action
SOCS2210
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites: SOCS1420
- CoRequisites:
Level 4
Course details
Field Placement II (Social Service Worker)
FPLT2470
- Hours: 254
- Credits: 9
- Pre-Requisites: FPLT2460
- CoRequisites:
Violence, Trauma, and Abuse
SOCS2015
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Group Work: Community Applications
SOCS2045
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Simulation: Trauma, Mental Health, and Addictions
SOCS2220
- Hours: 42
- Credits: 3
- Pre-Requisites:
- CoRequisites:
Student must pass 1 Course(s), selected in the Student Portal from available course options
Program outcomes
- Develop respectful and collaborative professional and interpersonal relationships that adhere to professional, legal, and ethical standards aligned to social service work.
- Record information accurately and communicate effectively in written, digital, verbal and non-verbal ways, in adherence to privacy and freedom of information legislation, in accordance with professional and workplace standards.
- Integrate a practice framework within a service delivery continuum, addressing the needs of individuals, families and communities at micro, mezzo, macro and global levels, and work with them in achieving their goals.
- Plan and implement accessible and responsive programs and services, recognizing the diverse needs and experiences of individuals, groups, families and communities, and meeting these needs.
- Examine current social policy, relevant legislation, and political, social, historical, and/or economic systems and their impacts for individuals and communities when delivering services to the user/client.
- Develop strategies and approaches that support individual clients, groups, families and communities in building the capacity for self-advocacy, while affirming their dignity and self-worth.
- Work from an anti-oppressive, strengths-based practice, recognizing the capacity for resilience and growth of individuals and communities when responding to the diverse needs of marginalized or vulnerable populations to act as allies and advocates.
- Develop strategies and approaches to implement and maintain holistic self-care as a member of a human service profession.
- Work with individuals, groups, families and their communities to ensure that service provider strategies promote social and economic justice, and challenge patterns of oppression, discrimination and harassment, and sexual violence with clients, coworkers and communities.
- Develop the capacity to work with the indigenous individual, families, groups and communities while respecting their inherent rights to self-determine, and to identify and address systemic barriers that produce ill-effects, developing appropriate responses using approaches such as trauma informed care practice.