Graduate Diploma in Social Service Worker Intensive (Accelerated)

at Canadore College - College Drive Campus Canada

There is an increased demand for qualified early childhood educators. Get the skills you need to start a rewarding career working with young children. This activity-based program is taught using a holistic approach in which the stages of a child’s developmental growth are emphasized including cognitive skills and socio-emotional development.

Graduates of our program find careers working in partnership with teachers in kindergarten classrooms across Ontario, as well as other early learning environments.

What You Learn

• Child development
• Infant, toddler, pre-school, kindergarten and school-aged curricula
• Language and literacy development
• Health, safety and nutrition
• Special education
• Outdoor/environmental learning course 

Occupational Therapist and physiotherapist assistant work with the people who have limited functionality because of injury, illness, disability or aging. By enrolling into the Diploma in Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist Assistant program, students will be helpful to gain hands on experience and to develop the skills which are required to work in clinical and community based system under the guidance of registered and excellent occupational therapist and physiotherapists.  

The program helps to develop skills in the areas of anatomy and physiology, rehabilitation practice, mental health concepts and techniques, occupational or physiotherapy skills, therapeutic exercise, function and movement specialized training, and human lifespan development.  By successfully undergoing the program understudies will be able to find employment in the sectors like hospitals, senior living centers, clinics, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, and extended care facilities.

Healthcare is a changing environment and nurses are needed to provide primary care where new trends in technology, pharmacology, nursing medical management are critical tools when working with clients presenting with acute complex pathologies. The Nursing Preparation Licensing Program (NLP) for Internationally Educated Nurses is designed to develop nursing expertise to work in the Ontario health care system. Emphasis is placed on the application and evaluation of advanced theories and practice in acute and chronic care settings within an interprofessional model of care as part of the health care team. Through classroom instruction, simulated labs and practicum placements, students will develop the necessary competencies to be eligible to practice in Ontario. Graduates of the program will be eligible to apply to write the College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) jurisprudence and regulatory examinations to be accredited as a Registered Nurse within the Ontario’s Healthcare system.

Learning Outcomes

• Provide patient care in accordance with the Professional Standards for Registered Nurses in Ontario, using critical thinking to make decisions based on research and theory.
• Practice within the legal, ethical and professional scope of practice of nursing for a diverse client population in the province of Ontario as a member of the health care team.
• Use appropriate technology to contribute to safe, effective and efficient nursing practice
• Incorporate reflective practice into the nursing process to identify future implications for the role of a nurse in patient-centered practice.
• Communicate effectively, and in a culturally competent manner, with clients, peers and other members of the interprofessional health care team at the level required of a health care professional in a therapeutic context.
• Contribute to the maintenance of health-related documentation and reports at the level required of a health care professional
• Practice Integrated Comprehensive Care within a variety of contexts and settings (for individuals, families, and groups) by evaluating and modifying individualized care plans to promote safe and optimal patient care.

People are a key resource in businesses, large and small. Learn how industry manages employees for better job satisfaction, staff development, and employee relations in this one-year program. Learn essential human resources functions within the domestic and international business environments like how to facilitate and guide staffing, performance management, training, and health and safety. Gain the skills needed to contribute to organizational development strategies and manage human resources activities of any organization.

What You Learn

• Human resources management and planning
• Corporate training and development
• Mediation skills/conflict resolution
• Labour relations
• Human rights and workplace investigation
• Finance

Train for a career in a growing field of Applied Behaviour Analysis. This specialized program will train you to work in a variety of fields with children, youth and/or adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder or other Developmental/Intellectual disabilities, acquired brain injury and/or mental health within the community, clinical setting, schools, residential placements and hospitals

Students will study a branch of psychology called Applied Behaviour Analysis- the science of assessing, analyzing and changing human behaviour.  Students will learn about the theory and clinical applications and technique of behaviour analysis and modification through an applied learning style and placement.

Graduates are qualified to work in a number of settings working with individuals or groups with mental health issues, autism or other developmental disabilities, to help them build new skills, or reduce problem behaviour and prevent crisis situations.

What You Learn (3 year)
Students will learn applications related to research in the field of ABA, and will be able to write and examine a research topic of interest through an individual research study. Students will complete a second placement in a clinical setting and will gain knowledge while working with special areas of focus, such as forensics, mental health, hospital settings, as well as high-risk behaviours. Students will also examine group behavioural therapy.

• Forensics and risk assessment
• Research and statistics
• Behavioural group therapy
• Individual Research assignment
• Additional Placement

The ecological segment is developing and there is a rise of new "green" employments - locally, broadly and all inclusive. Experts are expected to manage environmental change issues, land reclamation, water preservation, water the board, and other manageability concerns. This program offers you the chance to take in hands-on from experienced educators in the lab and in the field, and addition the aptitudes you have to dispatch an energizing and applicable profession. 

Graduates enrolled in the program will enhance their knowledge on the topics of microbiology and toxicology, biology and chemistry, environmental monitoring, drinking water provincial certification, earth science and ecology, applied geomatics, benthos bio-monitoring provincial certification and more. Students may seek their career opportunities in the area of government agencies and ministries, energy sector, natural resources, private corporations, water agencies, conservation authorities and others relevant to the field.

The field of biotechnology is immense and boundless. Graduates can proceed to work in an assortment of settings and enterprises including wellbeing, horticulture and regular assets. Take in hands-on strategies from current, well-distributed educators. The program gets ready understudies for compensating vocations investigating answers for an assortment of issues confronting our planet, for example, malignancy look into, control of irresistible ailments, nourishment deficiencies, and natural manageability. 

The three years program allows students to develop their skills and knowledge in the areas of genetics, biochemistry, micro or molecular biology, inorganic and organic chemistry, botany, immunology and virology, biostatistics, bioinformatics, pharmacology or toxicology.  Graduates after successfully completing the program, may look for their future career in research laboratories, agriculture and food production, forensics, mining and environmental cleanup, and pharmaceutical industry too.

Diploma in social Service Worker helps students to learn human development, group dynamics, ethics, substance abuse training, and trauma informed practice and crisis intervention and methods for dealing with personal violence. 

This program will give you the information and aptitudes you have to enter this remunerating profession field. Learn abilities and techniques that will set you up to work in various settings and testing circumstances. Topics incorporate social equity, strengthening of underestimated residents and morals. You will likewise be acquainted with Indigenous history and culture through the Canada's First Peoples Course. Graduates can proceed to work with people or gatherings in an assortment of network settings.

Students may look for various job requirements in this vast field, for example; children’s programs and services, transition houses and shelters, programs and services for youth, residential facilities, and mental health and developmental services.

The ecological segment is developing and there is a rise of new "green" employments - locally, broadly and all inclusive. Experts are expected to manage environmental change issues, land reclamation, water preservation, water the board, and other manageability concerns. This program offers you the chance to take in hands-on from experienced educators in the lab and in the field, and addition the aptitudes you have to dispatch an energizing and applicable profession. 

Train in various open air labs and partake in a GPS race on the trails. Work position choice in third year. Students enrolled in the program will be learning about sustainable energy solutions, applied research, health and environment, environmental risk management and also the work placement.  

Further on completing the program students may seek their career opportunities in the areas of energy sector, natural resources, government agencies and ministries, conservation authorities, private corporations, water agencies, and many others which are similar to the field. 

Start an exciting career that could take you across the globe. Work in a world-class resort or on a cruise ship, or go into business for yourself - the possibilities are limitless. You will be trained by highly skilled professors and chefs de cuisine, and will gain the culinary skills and management techniques necessary to make you highly sought-after in your field. Modern culinary skills and techniques will be practiced in a real-world setting, including liquid nitrogen applications, buffet work, pastry arts and restaurant food production; you will even learn the elegant art of ice carving.

What You Learn

• A la carte cooking
• International cuisine
• Wines
• Menu design/culinary display
• Buffet/quantity cooking
• Facilities design and equipment selection
• Baking and pastry arts
• Restaurant food production