Brock University

Collaborative Study in Social Service Worker

 This program is designed for those who want a career in social services and front-line counselling.  It is available to Psychology majors who maintain a 70% average in their studies.

About the program

Brock University and Durham College have teamed up to develop the Collaborative Social Service Worker program (formerly Human Services Counselling). In just four years, students in the program earn both a twenty-credit BA degree from Brock University and a Social Service Worker diploma from Durham College. Upon graduation, students are eligible to be licensed as Social Service Workers through the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers.

Possible career opportunities include

*Individual and community issues of homelessness
*Poverty
*Substance abuse
*Mental health concerns
*Oppression
*Crisis
*Other determinants of health and areas of social justice