Diploma - Mental Wellness and Addictions Worker
- 2 years
- Duration
- 18,192 CAD/year
- Price
- Sep 2025
- Start
- May 2025
- Deadline
- Diploma
- Degree
- Campus
- Format
- Brockville / Canada
- Location
- St. Lawrence College, Canada
- School
Program description
This two-year (four semester) program prepares students for careers in healthcare and social services by providing specific training in addictions and mental health. The Mental Wellness and Addictions Worker is trained to engage and support people who are struggling with addictions and/or mental health issues. Graduates will have the information, skills, tools, and abilities needed by frontline practitioners to provide responsive and effective care.
Graduates will gain an understanding of the complex needs of diverse client populations; establish and broaden their skill set; nurture and broaden their critical-thinking and problem-solving abilities; recognize, understand, and apply a holistic model of client-centered care; and, finally, demonstrate learned theoretical concepts with our community stakeholders during their field placement.
Hands-on learning is critical to student success and essential for transferring theory to practice in the field.
Program structure
Semester 1
- Human Growth and Development
- Communication Skills in the Social Service Profession
- Examining Multiculturalism in Sociological Terms
- Interview & Counselling Skills
- An Exploration of Addictions
- General Education Course
Semester 2
- The Historical and Philosophical Background of Social Work in Canada
- An Analysis of Mental Health Issues
- Interviewing and Counselling Skills 2
- Group Work as an Intervention
- Safely Managing Disruptive and Assaultive Behaviour
- General Education Course
Semester 3
- Helping Families Develop, Cope and Change
- An Examination of Pharmacology in Mental Health Substance Use
- Field Placement Preparation
- Unlocking the Process of Change by Using a Recovery Oriented Approach
- Case Management: Helping Clients Navigate the Health and Social Service
- General Education Course
Semester 4
- Preventing Relapse and Promoting Recovery
- An Evaluation of Concurrent Disorders
- Becoming the Accountable Professional and the Importance of Evaluating Information
- Uncovering Trauma
- Field Placement
Price
- Tuition 16,430 CAD
- Program Fees 0,00 CAD
- Ancillary Fees 1,762 CAD
Total tuition per 2 semester (one year) 18,192 CAD
Fees are estimates only
Requirements for applicants
Admission requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma, or equivalent
- Grade 12 English at the C or U level
- Grade 11 Math
English Proficiency requirements are:
- International English Language Testing System (IELTS)-Academic - Overall 6.0 with no band less than 5.5 (SDS requires an overall 6.0, with no band less than 6.0)
- TOEFL Internet-based Test (iBT) or Home Edition - 78
- TOEFL Computer-based Test - 213
- Canadian Academic English Language (CAEL. In-person or Online)* - overall 60
- EIKEN (Test in Practical English Proficiency)* - pre 1
- The Michigan English Test* - Overall 58 with no individual score below 56, ECCE/ECPE 650 or higher
- Cambridge English Proficiency* - 173
- Duolingo (Temporarily accepted)* - 105
- Pearson Test of English -Academic (Online & In-person) - 55
*Note: Students from India are not eligible to submit the results of this test as proof of English proficiency.
About the university
St. Lawrence College has campuses in Kingston, Brockville, and Cornwall, Ontario. Our secure neighborhoods combine small-town atmosphere with big-city attractions, like shopping, eating, and nightlife.
The institution has 6,700 full-time and 20,000 part-time students in 89 academic programs and 829 full- and part-time employees, including 414 professors.
With modern, expansive facilities in three vibrant eastern Ontario cities and a solid track record of excellence, St. Lawrence College still combines all the benefits of a world-class education with the advantages of small-town living and personal attention to detail.
