Social Service Workers help individuals and families deal with broad and complex issues such as poverty, access to needed social supports, reduction of oppression and social prejudice, educational challenges, mental health, addictions, abuse, illness and loss. This program will prepare you for the rewards and challenges of supporting people as they change and grow.

Find your career

Social Service Workers work with adults, seniors, children, families and youth in need of support. Prepare for a variety of job opportunities:

• Case workers.
• Social service positions with municipal, provincial and federal governments.
• Front-line workers in group homes, employment offices, corrections, residential treatment programs, community agencies, business and industry.
• Social Service Worker is a registered professional title that may only be used by members in good standing of the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.

Our grads get great jobs

• Program Facilitator, Canadian Mental Health Association
• Family Support Worker, Children’s Aid Society
• Residential Staff, Bayfield Treatment Centres
• Coordinator for Social Service Programs, Community Care for Seniors
• Social Services Caseworker and Employment Counsellor, Ontario Works

Is it for you?

Does this sound like you? Students who thrive in social service work are:

• Passionate about helping others.
• Seeking new challenges.
• Able to draw strength from their own life experiences.
• Interested in opportunities for personal growth.