About Community Worker – Outreach And Development in Sheridan College (Ontario)

What you'll learn

• Community engagement and leadership
• Advocacy and conflict resolution
• Partnership and coalition building
• Human rights and community organizing
• Fundraising and grant writing

Learning Outcomes

Program Outcomes:

• Work with communities to build change strategies that promote social and economic justice and challenge patterns of oppression and discrimination.
• Create a community engagement plan utilizing principles of community leadership and volunteer management.
• Plan, design and manage a fundraising project using creative and effective techniques and strategies.
• Develop competency in community work roles ranging from direct service to classical advocacy and organizing.
• Analyze social inequalities and demonstrate creativity in meeting community needs.
• Develop and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues, supervisors, and community partners.
• Develop a community outreach plan in response to a community issue using marketing techniques with a social justice lens.
• Facilitate conflict resolution and consensus building among groups and individuals through effective mediation strategies and skills.

Career Opportunities

A Sheridan education enhances your job prospects. When you complete your Community Worker diploma program, you’ll be qualified to work in a variety of sectors.

Here are some areas in which you might work:

• Community engagement
• Conflict resolution
• Fundraising and proposal writing
• Health promotion
• Non-profit marketing
• Program planning

Academic qualification equivalents

• Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, include one English, Grade 12 (ENG4C or ENG4U), minimum 60%

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS       :    6 – Overall Band Score with no Band below 5.5
• TOEFL      :    80 (20L,W,S,R) iBT (Internet-based TOEFL) or 550 Paper-based
• PTE A       :    58 - Overall Minimum Score  (49L,W,S,R)

Sheridan College (Ontario) Highlights

Sheridan College (Ontario) The Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

Though the cost of attendance for a student studying at Sheridan College would vary as per standard of living and choices of an individual, however, the estimated average cost for an academic year is tabulated below: