Admission Requirements and
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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
OUR PROGRAM
George Brown College’s unique Career and Work Counsellor program has earned an excellent reputation for preparing students to help others find rewarding employment and careers. This program stream is specifically designed to help university and college graduates enter this field quickly.
Fast-track stream advantages include:
- Continuous classes for 12 months to concentrate learning and maximize earning.
- Excellent job opportunities in non-profit, government and corporate sectors.
- Starting salaries from high $30,000s to mid $40,000s per year.
- Graduates gain daily satisfaction helping others find rewarding careers that suit their skills, aptitudes and personalities.
- Graduates meet national standards for Career and Employment Counsellors – opening up job opportunities across Canada.
- Graduates are certified as career assessment testers to conduct and analyze Level B North American psychological tests.
- Practicum placement that allows students to gain on-the-job experience and contacts.
This program provides students with both individual and group career counselling theory and practice. Through a combination of classroom study and supervised placements, students are prepared to deliver career counselling services that are professional, informed and current. Students learn to advise and counsel others on career planning, career change, career revision and school-to-work transition, as well as career change related to injury, illness, inappropriate career choice or job loss. Topics covered include job-search preparation, career management, human rights legislation and diversity.
The career-work focus of this program reflects the rapidly changing field of career counselling, and addresses the special, diverse requirements of the Greater Toronto Area. Employers in this field choose George Brown graduates because they are informed about current educational and occupational trends, make appropriate referrals, utilize vocational assessment tools, and are skilled counsellors and group facilitators.
Note: Some of our student placement partners require students in this program to have a police reference check completed before their field placement. These reference checks, which can take up to four months, 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.
This program stream is unique in Ontario, and is also offered as a part-time study option evenings and Saturdays at St. James Campus.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENT
Students who have post-secondary degrees or diplomas enter the fast-track option in January. This means the student will start in semester 2 of the four-semester program.
YOUR CAREER
Graduates are prepared for a variety of employment settings, from corporate career services to community agencies. They may find work as career counsellors, career development practitioners, career technicians, worker rehabilitation assistants, corporate career planners, job search facilitators, employment counsellors, vocational assessors, career specialists or career information service providers. Eighty-five per cent of graduates have found work in the field.
Courses:
SEMESTER 2 (JANUARY TO APRIL)
CARC1005 Individual Career Counselling: Skills and Process I
CARC2003 Theory and Practice of Job Search I
CARC1017 Individual Career Counselling: Skills and Process II
CARC2001 Group Career Counselling
CARC1013 Assessment in Career Counselling: Statistics and Tests
CARC2007 Managing Change and Transition
CARC2014 Special Topics I
SEMESTER 3 (MAY TO AUGUST)
CARC2016 Career and Work Counselling with Special Needs Clients
CARC1009 Career Development Theory
CARC1019 Resources in the Field
PREP1004 Field Integration I
CARC1024 Practicum I (10 weeks block placement)
CARC2038 Special Topics II
CARC2039 Ethics in Career Counselling
COMP1082 Computer Skills and Applications
SEMESTER 4 (SEPTEMBER TO DECEMBER)
CARC2022 Assessment in Career Counselling: Tests and Interpretations
CARC2032 Theory and Practice of Job Search II
CARC1021 Career and Work Counselling with Diverse Populations
CARC2005 Career and Work Equity Issues
CARC2040 Advanced Facilitation
PREP2001 Field Integration II
CARC2012 Practicum II (8 weeks block placement)
For more information
Call the School of Social & Community Services
at 416-415-5000, ext. 2185 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
e-mail
For updated information and course descriptions, call 416-415-2000 (TTY 1-877-515-5559) or long distance 1-800-265-2002.
George Brown College is continually striving to improve its programs and their delivery. The information contained in
this calendar is subject to change without notice. It should not be viewed as a representation, offer or warranty. Students are responsible for verifying
George Brown College admission, graduation, and fee requirements as well as any requirements of outside institutions, industry associations, or other
bodies that may award additional designations concurrently with, or after completions of, a George Brown College program.
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Revised:
August 11, 2011
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