User talk:DonaldRichardSands/Community Services Worker

Oversight

 * Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW)
 * Social Work and Social Service Work Act, 1998 (Ontario)

Social Service Worker, program standards

 * Social Service Worker Program Standard, province of Ontario

National Occupational Classification, 4212 Social and community service workers

 * Aboriginal centre co-ordinator
 * Aboriginal outreach officer – social services
 * Aboriginal outreach worker
 * addictions worker
 * addictions worker – compulsive gambling
 * assistant, social services
 * case aide – social services
 * certified return-to-work co-ordinator – disability management
 * certified return-to-work facilitator – disability management
 * child and youth worker
 * child welfare worker
 * child-care worker (except day care)
 * coach, life skills
 * community and social services worker
 * community centre co-ordinator
 * community centre worker
 * community counsellor – social services
 * community development worker
 * community liaison worker
 * community mental health worker
 * community organization worker
 * community rehabilitation worker
 * community service worker
 * community services officer – social services
 * community worker
 * co-ordinator, community centre
 * co-ordinator, Native centre
 * co-ordinator, youth development
 * crisis intervention worker
 * detention home worker
 * development service worker
 * developmental service worker
 * disability management worker
 * drop-in centre worker
 * drug addiction worker
 * eligibility co-ordinator – social assistance
 * eligibility co-ordinator – welfare
 * exceptional-child-care worker (except day care)
 * family service worker
 * field officer, veterans' affairs
 * financial assistance officer – social assistance
 * financial assistance worker – social services
 * group home operator
 * group home worker
 * halfway house supervisor
 * halfway house worker
 * help centre supervisor – social services
 * hostel co-ordinator
 * hostel outreach worker
 * income maintenance officer – social services
 * independent living instructor
 * instructor, life skills
 * intellectual disabilities worker
 * Itinerant support service worker
 * life skills coach
 * life skills instructor
 * meals-on-wheels worker
 * mental health proctor
 * mental health support worker
 * mental health worker
 * Native centre co-ordinator
 * Native community worker
 * Native outreach officer – social services
 * Native outreach worker
 * neighbourhood worker – social services
 * officer, Native outreach – social services
 * peer support worker
 * personal skills development instructor – social services
 * proctor, mental health
 * psychological assistant
 * registered social service worker
 * rehabilitation officer – social services
 * rehabilitation service worker
 * rehabilitation worker – social services
 * residence co-ordinator – group home
 * residential counsellor – group home
 * return-to-work co-ordinator – disability management
 * return-to-work facilitator – disability management
 * settlement worker – community services
 * shelter supervisor – social services
 * shelter workshop supervisor
 * social aid officer
 * social animator
 * social assistance officer
 * social rehabilitation officer
 * social rehabilitation technician
 * social rehabilitation worker
 * social services assistant
 * social services volunteer co-ordinator
 * social services worker
 * social welfare officer
 * special education technician – social and community services
 * street outreach worker
 * streetworker – social services
 * substance abuse worker
 * supervised access worker
 * supervisor, halfway house
 * supervisor, women's centre – social services
 * supervisor, women's shelter – social services
 * transition home worker – social services
 * transition house worker – social services
 * veteran services officer
 * veterans' affairs field officer
 * volunteer co-ordinator, social services
 * welfare and compensation officer
 * welfare organization supervisor
 * welfare worker
 * women's centre co-ordinator – social services
 * women's centre program supervisor – social services
 * women's shelter supervisor
 * youth development co-ordinator
 * youth hostel co-ordinator
 * youth services worker
 * youth worker
 * youth worker – social services


 * Source

Social Service Work Programs offered by public colleges
"The following is a list of approved social service work programs offered in Ontario. Generally, graduates who have obtained a diploma in social service work from these programs will meet the education requirement for registration as a social service worker with the College. To date, there are non-social service work programs approved by Council as being equivalent to a social service work program offered in Ontario at a College of Applied Arts and Technology. Links to SSW programs and equivalent programs are below."


 * Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Collège Boréal
 * Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
 * Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology - Human Services Worker Program
 * Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology - 1. Community Worker Program; and, 2. formerly Human Services Counsellor Program
 * Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
 * La Cité Collégiale
 * Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology - Social Service Worker Gerontology Program
 * St. Lawrence College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
 * Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
 * Sir Sandford Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology

For more information on registering with the College, please download our FAQs for Social Work and Social Service Work Students brochure or e-mail registration for further information.


 * Social Work & Social Service Work Programs in Ontario

Community Services Worker deplomas offered by private colleges

 * Herzing College


 * Evergreen College


 * triOS College


 * [ Everest College]


 * [ Trillium College]


 * Seneca College

Concepts

 * Social justice
 * Culture of equality

Topics involved
The topics covered in the CSW course include
 * introduction to psychology and mental health, community services in Canada,
 * sociology
 * criminology,
 * introduction to addictions.

The student learns the skills necessary to serve clients in
 * hospitals,
 * halfway houses,
 * detox centres,
 * residential care facilities.

Jobs include:
 * Child Abuse Worker,
 * Crisis Intervention Counselor,
 * Residential Manager, and
 * Drug Abuse Counselor