Social Service Worker Centennial College

Program Description

Students enrolled in this program are eligible to register for our Specialized Academic Certificate, Indigenous Knowledges: First Peoples in Canada, and earn an additional credential. A fee may apply. For more information, click here. The Centennial College Social Service Worker program prepares you to be a critical practitioner, advocate, problem solver and agent of social change. You will learn about the Social Service Workers’ expanding professional roles and responsibilities within a rapidly changing society. You will develop the knowledge, skills, attitudes, values, and ethics that are required to work with diverse individuals, families, groups, and communities. The two-year college diploma program integrates Social Service Work principles, attitudes, skills, and theories from an anti-oppressive and social justice framework. You will examine themes related to anti-Black racism, Indigenous approaches, power, privilege, and oppression, interpersonal communication, counselling, community development, advocacy, social movements, social policy, and essential skills that will be the foundation of your career as a future Social Service Worker. Through critical thinking and reflective practice, you will identify how values and ideologies contribute to the construction of social problems and solutions. When you leave our program, you will be fully prepared to start your journey of social change. As a Social Service Worker, you will be employed in many different types of settings. You may work in

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