Diploma - Social Service Worker (Immigrants and Refugees)
- 2 years
- Duration
- 16,043 CAD/year
- Price
- Rolling admission
- Start
- Rolling admission
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Mixed
- Format
- Toronto / Canada
- Location
Program description
This two-year diploma program will get you ready to deal with immigrants and refugees from all walks of life. This program will teach participants how to successfully help their clients during the migration and integration processes by using a framework based on equity, social justice, and anti-oppression principles.
Your personal development, openness to new ideas and perspectives, and willingness to advocate for social justice, human dignity, and equality will determine how far you go in this school.
If you complete this course of study and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better, Seneca will admit you to their Bachelor of Honours in Mental Health and Addiction degree program. After completing a summer bridging course, you can finish your degree in just over two years (4 semesters plus a work term).
Program structure
Semester 1
- Communicating Across Contexts or
- Communicating Across Contexts (Enriched)
- Interpersonal Communications
- Anti Oppressive Practice
- Resiliency through the Life Span
- Introduction to Immigrant and Refugee Policies
- Field Seminar: Laws, Principles and Ethics
Semester 2
- Group Dynamics
- Interviewing Skills and Principles
- Introduction to Settlement Sector
- Immigrant Families and Systemic Violence
- Integrative Field Work Seminar
- Field Placement
Semester 3
- Service Coordination and Advocacy
- Supportive Counselling
- Integrative Field Work Seminar
- Field Placement
- Non-Profit Funding and Grant Writing
- plus: General Education Course
Semester 4
- Community Practice
- Migration and Trauma
- Integrative Field Work Seminar
- Field Placement
- plus: General Education Course
Summer Bridge Courses
- Advanced Studies in Community Mental Health
- Health and Community Psychology
- Introduction to Mental Health and Addiction
- Crisis Counselling and Therapeutic Approaches
- Trauma Methods and practices in Community Mental Health
Price
Tuition fees - 16,043 CAD
Books and Supply Costs - 500 CAD
Please note: All costs are approximate, may vary by campus and are subject to change at any time without notice.
Requirements for applicants
Academic Requirements:
- Transcripts from high school for grades 10, 11, and 12 that include all prerequisite classes for the program.
- A high school or postsecondary degree (certificate of completion).
- Transcripts or certificates for any university or tertiary college courses or programs you have finished, whether they were taken domestically or abroad, may be submitted.
- An official/certified English translation must be included with any academic records that are written in a language other than English.
At any moment, Seneca has the right to check submitted transcripts. Seneca maintains the right to ask for authentic transcripts to be delivered directly to Seneca from the issuing school for courses and certificates obtained inside Canada. If such action is required, applicants will be informed.
English Proficiency Requirements:
If English is not your first language, show one of the following:
- Minimum of two years full-time study in an English-speaking nation
- Minimum one year of full-time postsecondary education in an English-speaking nation
- Successful completion of an intense English program like the English Language Institute
- English proficiency exam results from one of the international testing agencies. Only two-year-old tests are valid.
English language test score requirements
- CAEL CE and CAEL online - Minimum 60
- Cambridge English Exams (B2 First/FCE, C1 Advanced/CAE or C2 Proficiency/CPE) - Minimum 169 with no skill below 162
- Duolingo - Minimum score 105 to 110
- IELTS Academic - Minimum 6.0 with no skill below 5.5
- PTE Academic - Minimum score 58
- TOEFL iBT (including MyBest TOEFL and Home Edition) - Minimum 80 with no skill below 20
- TOEFL Revised Paper Delivered - No skill below 20
About the university
A public institution with many campuses in Peterborough, Ontario, and the Greater Toronto Area is called Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology. At the bachelor, diploma, certificate, and graduate levels, it provides both full-time and part-time programs.
Seneca has been involved in foreign education for many years and today draws over 10,000 students from over 130 different nations each year. Through intense language instruction that may last anywhere from two months to more than a year, Seneca's English Language Institute helps overseas students become ready for post-secondary education. The college has a number of alliances with schools abroad and is growing its efforts in collaborative applied research and work/study abroad opportunities.
Seneca in a Nutshell
- With 30,000 full-time students and more than 70,000 registrations for continuing education each year, this institution is among the biggest in Canada.
- 7,000 foreign students from more than 150 nations make up a diversified student body.
- In terms of connections to other postsecondary institutions, Ontario colleges rank first.
- In Toronto, York Region, and Peterborough, there are ten campuses.
- Every year, on average, 8,000 bursaries and 2,600 Seneca scholarships/awards are given out.
