NorQuest College offers an approved and accredited two-year full-time Social Work diploma program with a multicultural focus. As its mission, the program emphasizes the value of human diversity and teaches the practice of social work within an anti-oppressive framework that is supportive and empowering.
As a social worker, you may have the ability to improve the quality of life for yourself and for others through self-reflection and offering resources, services, and opportunities for your prospective clients. In addition, you will be prepared to create social change through your work and professional activities.
Program themes include:
- competency working in different cultures
- social work practice that recognizes and deals with oppression
- awareness of cultural displacement issues
- awareness of personal abilities and resiliency
- spirituality
- community practice
- holistic practice
- practice in specialized settings
Students in the Social Work program can expect to develop knowledge and skills in the following areas:
- social work foundations
- the helping process
- social policy
- assessment and interviewing
- social work models and practice
- working with groups
- working with families and communities
- mental health
- abuse, violence, and addictions
Program Level: Post Secondary Diploma
Intake Schedules: September
Language Requirement: IELTS is waived
Practicum/Work Experience:
This program includes a 350 hours practice to work with individuals, families, groups, communities, and/or organizations.Post Graduation Work Permit: Eligible
*All fees are subject to change without notice. Please note that tuition fees per year may vary depending on the type and amount of courses that a student enrolls in. Tuition is subject to change without notice and annual increases.
Career Opportunities
Graduates are employed in government and non-governmental settings in areas such as child and youth protection, addictions counseling, family support, and other related helping disciplines. Graduates can pursue careers that deal directly and indirectly with child neglect, foster care, juvenile offenders, family conflict and individual emotional problems, and may expect to work with individuals, families, groups, and communities.
*Tuition: $18,000/year
*Admission Application Fee: CAD 150
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*All fees are subject to change without notice. Please note that tuition fees per year may vary depending on the type and amount of courses that a student enrolls in. Tuition is subject to change without notice and annual increases.
