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School of Social & Community Services

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Type:
Diploma
Campus: Lakeshore, Orangeville
Program Code:
01221
Length:
Humber Lakeshore Campus
Four semesters, beginning in September
 
Humber Orangeville Campus
Four semesters, beginning in September
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Linda Hill, BSc, MA, program co-ordinator | 416.675.6622 ext. 3255 | linda.hill@humber.ca
  • Our Program
    Humber’s Social Service Worker diploma program consistently receives excellent ratings from students, graduates and employers alike. Program faculty effectively deliver social services work education and successfully prepare students to work with people experi­encing distressing events – both from an individual perspective, and in a way that examines society’s contribution to these crises. Students are taught how to help people assert their rights and meet their responsibilities in ways that empower them.
     
    The curriculum is updated frequently to ensure that content is current and relevant. Skilled, committed faculty with real-life work experience in the human services field deliver social services worker training with a special focus on promoting equality to address disadvantages people face on the basis of race, disabilities, gender, or sexual orientation.
     
    Course content also includes: human behaviour and development, improving communication, interviewing and counselling skills, and how to work with groups and communities so they can better support their members. Field placement lets students participate in at least two different types of human service agencies where they have supervised contact with clients. Graduates are able to intervene in crisis situations, and to work with a broad range of people including those experiencing domestic violence, alcoholism and drug abuse, child abuse, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress, and shock due to traumatic life events. 
    Your Career

    Your Career

    Ontario’s Children’s Aid Societies employ the full-time equivalent of nearly 8,000 social workers, child and youth workers and administrative and professional staff. Opportunities also exist with community centres, refugee centres, youth employment agencies, hostels, drop-in centres for homeless people, other social assistance agencies, group homes, and agencies with clients who have psychiatric issues, developmental delays or disabilities, as well as agencies in the field of corrections.
     
    Graduates may secure employment in the capacity of intake workers, case managers, residential counsellors, community/family support workers, mental health or outreach workers.

     

  • Professional Accreditation
    Graduates may apply for membership in the Ontario Association of Social Workers and Social Services Workers.

     

  • Industry Partnerships
    Humber has successful partnerships with an extensive list of agencies that provide placements and/or employment opportunities for students/graduates: Canadian Mental Health Association – Court Support, Victim Services of Peel, Bayview Community Services, Toronto Bail Program, Toronto Association for Community Living, LAMP, Probation and Parole, and Native Child and Family Services.
    The Advisory Committee is comprised of people with extensive experience in the social service work profession, representing a variety of settings that employ Social Service Worker graduates. Many are members of the Ontario Association of Social Workers and Social Services Workers.
     
  • Workplacement
    Three unpaid field placements are decided upon by the school in consultation with the student.
     
    First-year placement in the winter semester: two days per week. Second-year fall placement: two days per week, with a one-week block in October. Second-year winter placement: two days per week, with a one-week block in March.
  • Admission Requirement
    • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, or mature student status
    • Grade 12 English (ENG4C or ENG4U). If English is not your first language visit the English Language Proficiency Policy
    • Three Grade 11 or Grade 12 C, U or M courses in addition to those listed above
    • Applicants who do not possess the required courses may complete admission testing to determine equivalencies. Invitation and booking of admission testing is done using the email address provided on the online application
    • Attendance at an orientation/assessment session on campus that will include:
      –  completion of a questionnaire
      –  completion of a writing sample, which will be assessed for English proficiency
      –  submission of a minimum of 40 hours of documented volunteer experience in a recognized human services organization
      – two letters of reference one from paid/volunteer work you have completed in a human services agency and one character reference from a person in authority who knows you well (i.e. employer, teacher, guidance counsellor, etc.). Secondary school co-op experience will considered lieu of volunteer experience if it is done in a social/human services setting. Refer to www.211toronto.ca for a list of services agencies
    Note: For further information, refer to the Selection Procedures.

     Meeting the minimum requirements does not guarantee admission to the program.

     
     

     

    Additional Requirements

    Employers who provide field placement opportunities may require students to undergo a Police Record Check for criminal offences, and mandatory bonding is a requirement for some sectors of the corrections field. It is important for potential students to understand that the requirements noted above are beyond the control of Humber and may prevent students from completing the full program, including the field placement component, and/or securing employment. Applicants are advised to check the requirements for specific positions in which they are interested before enrolling in this program. Faculty will support students upon arrival to the program to ensure they apply for the correct type of police documentation.

  • Your Future Study Options
    Qualified graduates of this program may be eligible to apply their academic credits toward further study at many postsecondary institutions. For detailed information, visit our website at humber.ca/transferguide.

     

  • Fees
    The 2012/2013 fee for two semesters is
     
    – domestic $3,435.48
     
    – international $12,800.
     
    Amounts listed are the total of tuition, lab and material fees, student service and auxiliary fees for the first two semesters of the 2012/2013 academic year.
     
    Fees are subject to change.
     
    For more information visit Fees and Financial Assistance.
     
     
    Additional Costs
    Additional Costs

    $400 – supplies (per semester), transportation costs to and from field placement (varies).

Curriculum
  • Semester 1

    Course CodeCourseCredits
    COMM 200College Writing Skills

    College Writing Skills

    Course Code: COMM 200
    Credits: 3
    College Writing Skills emphasizes elements of the writing process. Although subject matter and format may change from one program to another, the skills necessary for effective writing remain the same, as do the professional standards that all Humber students are expected to attain. Students will practice the reading and writing skills that will be valuable in their college programs and build a strong base for professional business writing. Those students who plan to further their studies will develop the fundamental skills for writing acceptable academic English. To help students reach these goals, the course covers the following: analytical reading and critical thinking; essay organization and development; and the elements of clear writing, including grammar and punctuation skills. To complete COMM 200 successfully, students must produce writing that meets or surpasses the minimum departmental standards as set out in the attached criterion sheet.
    3
    HUMA 024Humanities: An Introduction to Arts and Science

    Humanities: An Introduction to Arts and Science

    Course Code: HUMA 024
    Credits: 3
    The Humanities course focuses on fundamental questions individuals ask of themselves as they proceed through life. Why are we the way we are? Do we have free will or are we prisoners of our past experience or our biological inheritance? What motivates societies to change? Why do societal changes so often divide people into opposing camps? Why do so many people find contemporary life at home, at work, and in the community unfulfilling? What constitutes good government? How should injustice be fought? Can nations successfully deal with global problems? What is science and how does it differ from other kinds of inquiry? Can scientists provide solutions to the problems we face? What is art and does it offer answers of its own? What is its relationship to beauty, to knowledge, and to ethics? Is objectivity about art (or anything) possible? These questions are organized into units that begin with issues concerning the nature of the individual and then extend outward to various social, cultural and physical contexts. The issues explored in this course are too complex to have any one right answer. Rather, individuals must search for answers that make sense of their experiences via various theoretical perspectives. The Humanities course supports this endeavour through study of different thinkers presented in the readings and exploration of different points of view explored in class discussions. ESL students should consider taking the ESL Humanities course. Students may transfer into ESL Humanities (HESL 024) either at the Registrar?s Office or the School of Liberal Arts & Sciences Office (K201) on a first-come, first-served basis before the Last Day to Add.
    3
    SSW. 101Urban Sociology

    Urban Sociology

    Course Code: SSW. 101
    Credits: 3
    In this course students will develop a basic sociological framework within which to define and analyze social problems, their causes, and their relationships to particular groups and sub-populations living in urban areas. Students will examine how social problems can have an impact upon the life and life chances of individuals and groups in the larger Canadian society. How individuals and groups cope with these social problems, and what experts say can be done to address them will also be discussed. Socio-economic and environmental factors will be considered from the perspective of how they contribute to - or detract from - people's lives, as will deeper structures such as race, class, gender, sexual orientation, age, and disability. How social services workers can apply these analytical skills to their work with clients who live in urban areas will be an important part of class discussions.
    3
    SSW. 102Human Growth and Behaviour (2 hours)

    Human Growth and Behaviour (2 hours)

    Course Code: SSW. 102
    Credits: 3
    A combination of human growth developmental theory and family dynamics theory will begin this course. Growth patterns will be studied as a framework for differentiating typical and atypical behaviour. Development beginning with conception/genetics and ending with adolescence will be discussed. Woven throughout this material will be family dynamic issues and struggles; family scripts, legacies and secrets. The impact of family structure, boundaries, attachment, traditions and cultural issues will be explored.
    3
    SSW. 103Orientation to Human Services

    Orientation to Human Services

    Course Code: SSW. 103
    Credits: 3
    This course introduces first-semester students to the purpose, value base, principles, and methods of generalist social work practice. Students will have the opportunity to explore their own personal values and life experiences in the context of social work and the broader society.
    3
    SSW. 105Interpersonal Skills

    Interpersonal Skills

    Course Code: SSW. 105
    Credits: 3

    This course is designed to introduce students to the communications processes that characterize the human services field and to professional practice issues tied to the Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers. This course will focus on effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills which are essential in order to function effectively as a social service worker.  Focus will be on the factors that influence the ways in which professionals are seen by clients and fellow workers.  Boundary issues, anger and conflict resolution, giving constructive feedback, practicing tolerance and suspending judgment, taking personal responsibility for behaviour, and learning how to express difficult emotions appropriately will all be covered.  In addition, there will be discussions of how students can begin the process of self-reflection in order to provide more effective support to clients and gain insights into their own behaviour and attitudes. The impact of cultural and gender issues on interpersonal skills will be discussed throughout the course.

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    SSW. 106Field Practice Orientation

    Field Practice Orientation

    Course Code: SSW. 106
    Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is for students to become familiar with the field of social services and their role as future social services workers. Students will learn skills that they will need for their field practice placements that include the Social Work Standards of Practice, the scope of practice, impression management, effective communication, presentation and the effective use of community resources to assist clients. Students will be learning and practicing the ongoing process of becoming more self-aware and of recognizing the significance of this skill as a social services worker.
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    Semester 2

    Course CodeCourseCredits
    COMM 300Business Writing Skills

    Business Writing Skills

    Course Code: COMM 300
    Credits: 3
    Business Writing Skills introduces students to the strategies of effective written workplace communication. This course is designed to build on and reinforce the writing skills developed in COMM 200 and requires students to apply these skills to vocationally relevant assignments. Students will learn how to select and organize pertinent information according to purpose and audience and will practise presenting their ideas clearly, precisely, and effectively in various written formats. To complete COMM 300 successfully, students must produce writing that meets or surpasses the minimum departmental standards as set out in the criterion sheet.
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    SSW. 200Group Work Skills

    Group Work Skills

    Course Code: SSW. 200
    Credits: 3
    Group work is an important part of social services work, whatever the setting. Individuals, small groups, and communities may become empowered through working in groups. This course provides the opportunity to develop the self-awareness, knowledge and skills to work effectively in small groups.
    3
    SSW. 202Interviewing Skills 1

    Interviewing Skills 1

    Course Code: SSW. 202
    Credits: 3
    This course will introduce students to theoretical concepts and practical skills necessary to assist clients in defining their problems and identifying desired outcomes. Students will be introduced to the theoretical foundations of various models of counselling, as well as basic active listening skills. Focus will be placed on learning how to help clients identify and emphasize their strengths, through searching for positive assets related to concerns, issues and problem resolution. Learning to facilitate client self-empowerment and development will be done by acquiring additional skills in the effective use of questions, observation and reflection of feelings, and a broader understanding of the client's behaviour and communication style. Learning outcomes will be achieved through the use of lecture, discussion, experiential exercises and presentation of audiovisual resources.
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    SSW. 203Field Practice 1 (14 hours)

    Field Practice 1 (14 hours)

    Course Code: SSW. 203
    Credits: 7
    In Field Practice 1 students will have the opportunity to take part in the day-to-day operations of a social services agency. They will work under the direct supervision of a professional staff person, have the opportunity to observe social services procedures and practices, and take part in serving clients with direction from agency staff. Students will also be expected to maintain a record of their placement activities through the submission of a field contract, time sheets, and bi-weekly logs.
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    SSW. 204Family Dynamics

    Family Dynamics

    Course Code: SSW. 204
    Credits: 3
    The dynamics of healthy families and those that are struggling, family scripts and family legacies will be explored in this course. The impact of power relationships and how these contribute to family violence will also be outlined. How families are structured, boundary and attachment issues, as well as cultural issues and traditions will also be examined. How marital relationships can contribute to or detract from children's functioning will also be explored. The dark power of family secrets, scapegoating, and grief issues in families will be discussed, as well as divorce and its aftermath.
    3
    SSW. 205Integrative Seminar 1

    Integrative Seminar 1

    Course Code: SSW. 205
    Credits: 1
    Integrative Seminar provides an opportunity for students to discuss problems, issues, situations, and developments that occur in field practice, and to integrate learning acquired from academic courses with practical experiences in the field. In a peer setting, students are able to share experiences, problem solve, and provide each other with feedback and support.
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    SSW. 400Cross Cultural Skills (2 hours)

    Cross Cultural Skills (2 hours)

    Course Code: SSW. 400
    Credits: 3
    This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to appreciate and understand the knowledge, attitudes, and basic skills that are necessary in the development and delivery of effective social services to a diverse urban population. Students will learn about how culture influences their own personal values and beliefs as well as that of their clients and how similarities and differences in values and beliefs can lead to conflict. To promote effective interventions that promote advocacy and client empowerment students will examine both the multi-cultural as well as the anti-oppression frameworks to service delivery and intervention.
    3

    Semester 3

    Course CodeCourseCredits
    SSW. 201Political Process

    Political Process

    Course Code: SSW. 201
    Credits: 3
    This course is designed to provide a basic introduction to the issues of power and wealth in Canadian society, and their relationship to the formal political system of government. The course will examine the interplay between government decision makers and the different influencers on government decision-makers outside of government, and the resulting political decisions which shape people's everyday lives and communities.
    3
    SSW. 301Special Needs Populations

    Special Needs Populations

    Course Code: SSW. 301
    Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the personal and structural issues confronting people who have special needs. Using an empowerment approach which stresses the perspective of labelled or otherwise disadvantaged people, students will learn about how to work effectively with older adults, and people with labels like: psychiatric disorder, physical disability, developmental disability, cognitive disorder, eating disorder, substance abuse, and family violence survivor. Students will be expected to conform to the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics in the classroom and in their coursework.
    3
    SSW. 302Field Practice 2 (14 hours)

    Field Practice 2 (14 hours)

    Course Code: SSW. 302
    Credits: 7
    Field Practice 2 is intended to provide students with an in-depth experience of front-line work in a human services agency under direct supervision. Students will learn how their agency works, how to serve clients effectively, how to develop work habits which make them an asset to the agency, and how to navigate moral, ethical, clinical, and political issues as they emerge in their placements. Students will learn how to work well as part of a team, and how to effectively use supervision. Students will be expected to maintain a record of their placement activities through the submission of a field learning contract, time sheets and regular journals.
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    SSW. 303Integrative Seminar 2

    Integrative Seminar 2

    Course Code: SSW. 303
    Credits: 1
    Integrative Seminar 2 is intended to give students in field placement the opportunity to meet every other week to discuss issues, concerns and developments in their field placements. Students will be asked to discuss issues related to their professional practice, how they perform as social service workers in placement, how they relate to their supervisors and co-workers and how to address clinical or practical issues as they arise. Students will take responsibility for much of the material in this course by raising their own placement issues; however, faculty will ensure that specific practice issues, as outlined below, are covered during the seminar period.
    1
    SSW. 306Interviewing Skills 2

    Interviewing Skills 2

    Course Code: SSW. 306
    Credits: 3
    Students in this course will be introduced to theoretical concepts and skills to assist their clients in defining their strengths, identifying needs and desired personal outcomes from within an anti-oppression framework. Basic active listening skills for counselling to help clients identify their strengths, foster self-advocacy and self-determination by engaging in positive assets search will be central to this course. Emphasis will be placed on barrier analysis as well as learning how to focus on clients' concerns, and issues, and specifically on processes of facilitating resolution by accessing appropriate resources. Learning to facilitate client self-empowerment and development will involve students in analyzing contextual, structural or psychosocial factors from within an integrated anti-oppression framework. This course will provide opportunities to integrate theory and application of concepts and skills through experiential exercises and role-plays.
    3
    SSW. 421Community Development

    Community Development

    Course Code: SSW. 421
    Credits: 3
    The purpose of this course is to enable students to acquire the skills needed to achieve constructive social change through the process of community organizing. Both theories and practical applications will be discussed with a focus on the values of community work, power and how social structures are maintained and challenged, key objectives and approaches to organizing and the practical skills needed to organize around local and global issues.
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    Semester 4

    Course CodeCourseCredits
    GNED 000General Education Elective

    General Education Elective

    Course Code: GNED 000
    Credits: 3

    The following courses represent the GNED General Education electives that you can choose from as part of your program's curriculum.

    Anthropology
    ANTH 002 Anthropology
    ANTH 005 Cultural Anthropology
    Economics
    ECON 004 People, Money and Markets
    ECON 005 Real-Life Economics
    ECON 006 The History of Money
    Geography
    GEOG 010 The Nature of Ontario
    GEOG 012 Political Geography: Conflict and International Affairs
    History
    CULS 300 Encounter with Latin America

    HIST 003 Monsters of the 20th Century
    HIST 017 History of War
    HIST 018 Making of the Modern World
    HIST 020 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
    HIST 022 The Age of Europe: From the Enlightenment to 1989
    MILE 100 Italy: History and Culture
    MILE 110 Great Cities: USA
    Humanities
    HESL 024 ESL ˗ Humanities: An Introduction to Arts and Sciences
    HESL 035 ESL ˗ World Religions: Western and Eastern Traditions
    HUMA 024 Humanities: An Introduction to Arts and Sciences
    HUMA 026 The Arts and the 21st Century Imagination: Longing for Paradise
    HUMA 028 Popular Culture: Shaping How We Live
    HUMA 029 Musical Pioneers
    HUMA 035 World Religions: Western and Eastern Traditions
    HUMA 036 China: The Next Superpower
    HUMA 037 Art Matters
    HUMA 038 Understanding Movies: An Introduction to Film Studies
    HUMA 039 Digital Culture
    HUMA 040 Law and Society
    HUMA 041 Exploring Music and Film
    HUMA 042 Vampires in Film and Literature
    HUMA 043 Crossing Borders: Migration and Culture
    HUMA 044 Ordinary Heroes: Extraordinary Lives
    HUMA 045 The Body: Beauty, Sex and Consumerism
    HUMA 046 Art and Artists – Money, Madness and Masterpieces
    HUMA 050 God, Religion and Science
    HUMA 060 The World of Myths and Legends
    HUMA 084 Pulp Fiction
    SPN. 100 Introductory Spanish 1
    Literature
    ENGE 025 ESL Literature: Introduction
    ENGL 039 Dark Days Ahead
    ENGL 046 Contemporary Fiction
    ENGL 047 Life Stories
    ENGL 048 Voices from the Underground: Modern Narratives of the Self
    Philosophy
    PHIL 001 Ideas: An Introduction to Philosophy
    PHIL 008 The Love of Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy
    PHIL 017 Ethical Issues
    PHIL 022 Justice
    PHIL 025 Philosophy of Love and Sex
    PHIL 027 Business Ethics
    PHIL 028 Success
    PHIL 029 Violence, Order and Justice: An Introduction to Poltical Philosophy
    PHIL 030 Environmental Ethics
    Political Science
    BEH. 002 Surveying Society
    POLS 004 Morality, Democracy and Politics
    POLS 019 Globalization
    POLS 023 War and Terrorism
    POLS 024 Justice, Equality and Rights
    POLS 025 Environmental Policy and Economics
    POLS 104 Introduction to Politics
    Psychology
    PSYC 001 Psychology: Introduction
    PSYC 002 Psychology: Developmental
    PSYC 003 Psychology: Social
    PSYC 004 Psychology: Abnormal
    PSYC 007 Psychology of Sport
    PSYC 105 Psychology Applied - Recreation Leadership
    PSYC 121 Psychology Applied 1: Paramedic
    PSYC 122 Psychology Applied 2: Paramedic
    PSYC 123 Psychology Applied 3: Paramedic
    Science
    SCIE 008 Water: A Life or Death Issue
    SCIE 013 Astronomy: The Evolving Universe
    SCIE 016 Origins of Life
    SCIE 019 Dangerous Earth
    SCIE 020 The Universe in a Lab
    SCIE 021 The Environment
    SCIE 022 Global Warming Concepts
    SCIE 023 Astrobiology: Life in the Universe
    SCIE 024 Discovering Dinosaurs
    SCIE 028 The Science of Everything
    Sociology
    SOCE 006 ESL Canadian Society and Culture
    SOCE 037 ESL: Canada Today
    SOCE 039 ESL ˗ Citizenship, Immigration and Democracy
    SOCI 002 Sociology: Introduction
    SOCI 006 Canadian Society and Culture
    SOCI 014 AlterNative Pathways: Aboriginal People in Canada
    SOCI 019 Sport and Society
    SOCI 027 Environmental Citizenship
    SOCI 029 Understanding Diversity: The World in Canada
    SOCI 032 Gender, Power and Society
    SOCI 033 Sociology of Cultural Difference
    SOCI 034 Society and Conflict
    SOCI 036 Issues in Crime
    SOCI 037 Sociology of Fashion
    SOCI 038 Sociology of Food
    SOCI 040 Sociology of the Family
    SOCI 041 Risky Business: Living in a Dangerous World
    SOCI 042 Culture, Technology and Identity
    SOCI 046 Sociology of the Emotions
    SOCI 047 Leadership
    SOCI 048 Corporations, Modern Capitalism and Economic Disorder
    SOCI 049 Imagining the City
    SOCI 075 Racism and Discrimination
    SOCI 077 Introduction to Intercultural Communication

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    SSW. 300Agency Administration and Fundraising

    Agency Administration and Fundraising

    Course Code: SSW. 300
    Credits: 3
    The Agency Administration and Fundraising course will provide students with an overview of the non-profit sector and an understanding of how social services agencies are governed and managed. The course will review the structure of funding, as it currently exists in Ontario, and how to access government, corporations, and foundations as part of an organization's overall funding strategy. Students will learn how to prepare fundraising plans and funding proposals.
    3
    SSW. 304Current Social Policy Issues

    Current Social Policy Issues

    Course Code: SSW. 304
    Credits: 3
    This course is designed to develop knowledge and understanding of the current status and future choices concerning Canada's social welfare system. The course will encourage students to understand current social and economic trends and their impacts on social welfare programs within a historical context. Students will learn how to analyze social policies and their consequences for community members, social service workers, nonprofit organizations, and government.
    3
    SSW. 401Legislation in Human Services

    Legislation in Human Services

    Course Code: SSW. 401
    Credits: 3
    This course is designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the role of the law in social work, and to equip them with sufficient knowledge of the law to assist them in their roles as advocates or case managers. Students will learn to recognize when someone's legal rights, or their rights to dignity and equality have been violated and how to challenge these violations effectively. Students will learn what their rights and obligations are as defined by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Services Workers.
    3
    SSW. 402Field Practice 3 (14 hours)

    Field Practice 3 (14 hours)

    Course Code: SSW. 402
    Credits: 7
    An opportunity for students to practice social service work on a regular basis in an agency setting under the supervision of a practitioner in the human service field. Students will also learn how to clearly and objectively record their activities.
    7
    SSW. 403Integrative Seminar 3

    Integrative Seminar 3

    Course Code: SSW. 403
    Credits: 1
    Integrative Seminar provides an opportunity for students to discuss problems and situations that arise in field practice, and to integrate learning acquired from academic courses with practical experiences. It is an opportunity to discuss a range of topics, which will include, but not be limited to the following: legal and ethical issues in social work practice; using supervision appropriately; boundary issues with clients and co-workers; broader systemic issues; dealing with personal and professional limitations; and self-care. Students will also reflect upon how their field practice work can be presented to potential employers in the field.
    1
    SSW. 407Case Management/ Advocacy

    Case Management/ Advocacy

    Course Code: SSW. 407
    Credits: 3
    Learners will be taught the skills required to effectively promote the full integration of disadvantaged people into the mainstream of community life, using an empowerment model of case management. This involves introducing learners to empowerment theory and its implications for practice, highlighting legal and ethical issues, and developing critical awareness of systemic issues. Empowerment practices taught in this course will include the development of an empowerment plan based upon clients' strengths, as well as building informal supports and increasing community capacity for inclusion. Students will also learn advocacy skills that include an understanding of power relations, and recognize the importance of self-care as an ethical issue in case management and advocacy practice.
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