GEORGE BROWN FULL-TIME PROGRAMS GUIDE 2012-2013

Social Service Worker - Fast Track Program

 
Admission Requirements and Fees

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Student success in college requires well developed learning skills and attitudes (such as being able to work independently, participate in a team, be well-organized, develop good work habits, and show initiative). These skills are as important as prior academic achievement. Applicants should have thoroughly developed these skills and attitudes before beginning their college programs.

List of Courses

Fast Track Application Reference Form

Information Session Presentation

Applicant Questionnaire (pdf*)
The Applicant Questionnaire should be completed only AFTER receiving confirmation of academic eligibility from the George Brown admissions office. 

Students who have a diploma from a designated* college program or baccalaureate from a university in social sciences can apply to the SSW Fast Track option. This program begins in May 2010 and consists of four (4) weeks of compulsory course modules. These are pre-requisites and students are required to successfully pass all of the modules in order to continue into the to the 2nd (Fast Track) year of the full-time SSW program which begins in September 2010.

*Examples of college programs:

• Assaulted Women’s and Children’s Counsellor/Advocate
• Child and Youth Worker
• Community Worker
• Behavioural Science Technology
• Career and Work Counsellor.

The Social Service Worker Fast Track Program at George Brown College offers a unique bridge to a career in Social Services for college and university graduates.

Building on your current skill as a college or university graduate, the Social Service Worker program provides graduates with the skills, knowledge and attitudes required to work in the diverse and complex field of social services. Students are eligible for international field placements in Cuba, Jamaica and other countries.

In addition to the theoretical models, methods and skills of social service work practice, you will receive training in group work, life skills methodology, community organizing and development. Finally students can gain valuable experience through 500 hours of field work supervised by qualified professional practitioners in a field placement. The college maintains relationships with well over 200 agencies operating in a wide range of community, formal, informal and international social service settings locally and overseas.

At George Brown College you will be well-prepared to work in diverse urban communities. You will develop the abilities to respond to individual and community issues of homelessness, poverty, substance abuse, mental health concerns, oppression, crisis and other areas of social justice. Family work, group facilitation, advocacy and proposal writing will be integral components of your program of study.

Note: In compliance with requests from our student placement partners, all students in this program must have a police reference check completed before their field placement. These reference checks, which can take several weeks, are done to protect the clientele of these agencies, who are considered "vulnerable persons" under the law. The fees for the reference checks vary and must be paid by the student. Students are responsible for ensuring that the check covers appropriateness for "individuals being employed and/or volunteering who will be working with vulnerable person(s)." Students who are unable to provide a clear police reference check may be unable to complete their field placement and, therefore, be unable to complete the program.

Your Career

Graduates will meet the educational requirements for registration as a Social Service Worker in the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.

Graduates work in a variety of agency settings including addiction and mental health services, residential group homes, day treatment programs, case management services, shelters, drop-in and community centres, family service organizations, hospitals, governmental and non-governmental services.

Fast Track Option advantages include:

• After (4) four weeks of compulsory preparation modules, successful applicants can go directly into the 2nd year (Semester 3 & 4) of the full-time Social Service Worker program.
• Excellent applied experience in a variety of social, community, human services and government settings.
• Eligibility for registration as a Social Service Worker in the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.
• Advanced standing in the School of Social Work at some universities.

Courses:

Note: Curriculum review in progress. Course titles may change without notice.

For more information,
Call the George Brown School of Social and Community Services at 416-415-5000, ext. 2185 or long distance 1-800-265-2002 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. E-mail

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Revised: January 25, 2012