Community Services

ARE YOU DRIVEN BY A DESIRE TO HELP PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY?

Are you driven by a desire to work the people in your community? To impact the lives of individuals, families and communities? Whether you’re interested in providing support to individuals and groups of all ages, we have programming options that can help you achieve your goals. Our programs include practical learning components, where you’ll gain hands-on experience working with real people in your community.

Learn more about program and admission requirements at northerncollege.ca/admissions

PROGRAMS

Certificate ■ Diploma

Advanced Diploma

Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMH)

Early Childhood Education (ECE)

Social Service Worker (SSW)

* For detailed program information refer to the program listings section on page 58.

SOCIAL SERVICE WORKER PROGRAM

The Social Service Worker program provides you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to work with individuals, families and communities who may be dealing with a stressful or traumatic event. You will learn effective crisis intervention strategies to develop the necessary skills to assist clients in addressing challenging situations, while enhancing their social functioning. Experiential learning opportunities such as clinical practical labs and fieldwork placements, provide you with practical opportunities to apply theoretical learning.

EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATORS

Early childhood educators are professionals who work as members of multidisciplinary teams that may include behavioural therapists, speech pathologists, consultants, parents and school representatives. In this program, you will research, plan, carry out and evaluate a full range of program and curriculum activities designed to help individual children reach their full developmental potential.

PATHWAY OPPORTUNITIES

Northern College’s School of Community Services has an extensive list of transfer agreements with universities in Ontario, across Canada and abroad. Our articulation agreement with Algoma University provides our Social Service Worker and ECE graduates with the opportunity to pursue an undergraduate degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology or Community Development.