The following is a list of approved social service work programs currently offered in Ontario. Generally, graduates who have obtained a diploma in social service work from these programs will meet the education requirement for registration as a social service worker with the College:
- Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Cambrian College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Canadore College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology – Social Service Worker Program
- Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology – Addiction and Mental Health Worker Program
- Collège Boréal
- Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
- Confederation College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Confederation College – Onajigawin Indigenous Services (formerly Native Child and Family Services Program)
- Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Fanshawe College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology
- George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology
- George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology – Community Worker Program
- Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
- La Cité Collégiale
- Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Loyalist College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology – Social Service Worker Program
- Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology – Addiction and Mental Health Worker Program
- St. Clair College of Applied Arts and Technology – Social Service Worker Gerontology Program
- St. Lawrence College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology – Social Service Worker
- Sault College of Applied Arts and Technology – Social Service Worker – Indigenous Specialization
- Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology
- Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
In addition, the following past and current programs have been approved as equivalent to a social service work program offered in Ontario at a college of applied arts and technology:
- Collège Universel, Gatineau, Quebec – Techniques de travail social Program
- Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology – Addiction and Mental Health Worker Program
- Confederation College – Onajigawin Indigenous Services (formerly Native Child and Family Services Program)
- Durham College of Applied Arts and Technology – Human Services Counsellor (no longer offered)
- George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology – Community Worker Program
- George Brown College of Applied Arts and Technology – Human Service Counsellor (no longer offered)
- MacEwan University (formerly Grant MacEwan College), Edmonton, Alberta – Social Work Diploma
- Northern College of Applied Arts and Technology – Addiction and Mental Health Worker Program
- Sheridan College of Applied Arts and Technology – Community Worker – Outreach and Development (no longer offered)
Note: As indicated above, a number of these programs are no longer offered. To confirm if a program is still offered, please refer to the academic institution’s website.
Please note: Programs from private career colleges do not meet the education requirements for registration as a social service worker with the College.