The College is very pleased to announce a new joint application pathway with the Indigenous Advanced Education and Skills Council (IAESC) for social service worker diploma programs offered by Ontario Indigenous Institutes. For more information, view the College Update.
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 career colleges do not meet the education requirements for registration as a social service worker with the College.