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Why Centennial College - Ashtonbee
- Campus Life and Surroundings: Ashtonbee is home to the School of Transportation and is one of the largest automotive and aircraft technology training centres in Canada. It’s also home to selected Community and Health studies programs.
- Co-op Education Options: Centennial College prepares students for career success by providing an enriched learning environment, and full-time, market-driven programs. The co-op programs help students take this learning, and apply it to the real world.
- International Focus: Centennial is recognized as one of the most culturally diverse post-secondary institutions in Canada. With more than 12,000 international and exchange students at Centennial, almost 100 ethno-cultural groups are represented and 80 languages are spoken on campus.
- Student Services: The College offers the following services to students: Testing Services, First-Year Experience, Leadership Programs, Peer Tutoring and Smart Services.
College Diploma - Community Development Work
College Diploma - Social Service Worker
The Centennial College Social Service Worker program will prepare students to be a critical practitioner, advocate, problem solver and agent of social change as they examine the expanding professional roles and responsibilities of social service workers within a rapidly changing society.
As a Social Service Worker student, students will develop the knowledge, skills and values to support diverse individuals, families, groups and communities to enhance their individual and collective well being.
This two-year college diploma program will integrate the principles, philosophies, skills and theories of social service work from an anti-oppressive and social justice framework. Themes related to professional competencies, group dynamics, interprofessional practice, interpersonal communication, counselling, community development, advocacy, social movements and social policies will be examined. Through critical thinking and reflective practice, meanwhile, students will identify how values and ideologies contribute to the construction of social problems and solutions.
As a graduate of the Social Service Worker program, students will meet the educational requirements for registration as a social service worker in the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).
This program requires valid language test results
Applicants interested in applying for direct admission, but are yet to complete an acceptable language test, can do so, but must provide valid results before receiving a final offer letter.
This program offers conditional admissions
For conditional admission, instead of submitting language proficiency test scores, applicants may complete English courses prior to the academic program. The length of the English course is determined based on the applicant‘s level of English proficiency.
The program requirements above should only be used as a guide and do not guarantee admission into the program.
