Campus

Seneca@York

Duration

4 Semesters (2 Years)

Credential Awarded

Ontario College Diploma

School

School of Community Services

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This program is offered in Seneca's hybrid delivery format with some courses available in Seneca's flexible delivery format. Some coursework is online and some must be completed in person. Students will need to come on campus to complete in-person learning requirements. For courses offered in the flexible delivery format, professors use innovative learning spaces and technology to teach students in a classroom or lab and broadcast in real time to students attending remotely. In flexible courses, students have the choice of coming on campus or learning online.

Learn more about Seneca’s program delivery options.

About the Program

This two-year diploma program prepares you to succeed as a social service provider working with immigrants and refugees from diverse backgrounds. With a framework based on equity, social justice and anti-oppression principles, this program will provide insight and understanding of pre-migration conditions and how to effectively aid clients with migration and the integration process. 

Your success in this program will be measured by your ability to grow, change and challenge your own beliefs, values and promote social justice, human dignity and equality. 

As a graduate of this program with a GPA of 3.0 or higher, you are eligible to pursue Seneca’s Honours Bachelor of Community Mental Health program. This unique pathway allows you to earn a degree within two years (4 semesters plus a work-term) after completion of a summer bridging stream.

Completion of the summer bridging stream includes the following courses:

• MHB399: Advanced Studies in Community Mental Health
• MHB499: Health and Community Psychology
• MHB599: Introduction to Mental Health and Addiction
• MHB699: Crisis Counselling and Therapeutic Approaches
• MHB799: Trauma Methods and practices in Community Mental Health

Skills

Throughout this program you will develop the following skills:

• International and national migration policies

• Settlement counselling 

• Case management 

• Community development

• Advocacy

• Fundraising and proposal writing

• Program planning 

• Development and evaluation

Work Experience

Field Placement

As a student of this program, if you meet all the academic requirements, you will complete 600 hours of field placement during semesters 2 to 4 in a professional setting. Unpaid field placements will take place two days a week during each semester.