About Social Service Worker in Selkirk College

Choose Social Service Work If You

• Want to help build healthy communities
• Have a strong desire to support others
• Believe in caring for others
• Feel a sense of duty to your community
• Want to work with marginalized populations

Social Work values form the foundation of this beneficial and rewarding program. 

Program Benefits

• Practical interviewing and counselling skills

• Development of written and oral communication
• Promotion of self awareness, personal growth and readiness for practice
• Critical thinking, team building and problem solving skills
• Individual, group and family strategy skills
• Feminist and Indigenous approaches to practice are introduced
• Anti-oppressive perspectives are a foundation of the program

This program prepares you to work as entry level practitioner in the Human Services field. 

Practicums Provide an Opportunity to Explore

Practicums include a variety of services and programs serving a wide range of populations that includes people who live in poverty, are young, are aging, have substance use and/or mental health problems, have behavioral problems, or other issues that interfere with their ability to cope successfully in a demanding society.

You will have the opportunity to demonstrate skills that include

• Advocacy
• Child and youth care
• Employment supports
• Substance use awareness
• Group facilitation
• Community support and individual support
• Problem-solving and communication skills

Transfer Opportunities

Your SSW certificate transfers to two  Human Services diploma specialties at Selkirk and also to related programs at other universities.

Academic qualification equivalents

• Completion of All India or State Board HSC (XII): 55% or higher in relevant subjects.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS:Must have an IELTS score of 6.0 with no band less than 6.0. 

  Post Graduate Diploma programs and a few other programs have a higher English Language Proficiency requirement (6.5 IELTS).

• TOEFL: TOEFL score of IBT 80 or better

Selkirk College Highlights

Selkirk College Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

• The payment of the semester must be made by the students before the first day of academic term.
• For payment methods cash, cheque, money order, bank draft, credit as well as debit cards are accepted
• The annual fees of courses vary with each other. Below mentioned is the estimated cost of living in Canada when enrolled at the institute: