社会服务工作者（快速通道）是一项创新的为期一年的计划（三个学期），旨在指导您发展知识，价值观和技能，以便直接与需要帮助的广泛人群合作。您将有机会学习识别并应对许多系统性障碍并采取行动，这些障碍可能会阻碍当今社会的社会和经济正义。学生将研究大型城市中心和快速变化的社会中社会服务工作者不断扩大的专业角色和职责。
Preparing Social Service Worker graduates to be agents of and allies for change and social justice in diverse communities for nearly 20 years. The Social Service Worker (Accelerated) program will provide you with the opportunity to learn theoretical models, group facilitation, mental health support, values, ethics and professional practice, and anti-oppressive practice.<br><br>Apply to this accelerated program if you have a diploma or degree related to the field of social or community work. The one-year Social Service Worker (Accelerated) (C135) diploma program is designed to guide you in developing the knowledge, values and skills to work directly with a wide range of people in need.<br><br>This accelerated program stream is a condensed version of the two-year Social Service Worker (C119) program and is available to college and university graduates with a diploma or degree related to the field of social or community work (e.g., social sciences).<br><br>If you have strong interpersonal skills and are committed to working toward a more just and equitable society and examining the dynamics of power, oppression, and social location, this program is for you. As a graduate, you will be prepared for roles in a variety of agency settings, including mental health, homelessness, poverty, substance use and addictions, long-term care, criminal justice, crisis supports, and settlement and immigration.