College Diploma in Addiction and Mental Health Worker program

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In just two years, Northern’s Addiction & Mental Health Worker program will prepare you for a rewarding career as an in-demand counsellor, case manager, or outreach worker.

In a collaborative lab environment, you’ll gradually hone your communication, listening and crisis intervention skills – all while gaining an awareness of the complex causes and impacts of mental health issues and addiction. You’ll challenge the stigma associated with these problems – including your own hidden biases – to develop holistic healing plans that work, and master the self-care strategies that will be critical to your long-term success. Finally, you’ll put theory into practice during a 650-hour fieldwork placement with social services employers of all kinds – including shelters, drop-in centres, recovery homes, correctional facilities, crisis support agencies, and more. Graduates will be prepared to analyze multiple and intersecting causes and impacts of addiction and mental health issues from a multidimensional framework that integrates an Anti-Oppressive Practice (AOP) lens, inclusive of Indigenous and traditional approaches to healing. The focus of this approach will prepare students to work with individuals and family members experiencing addiction and mental health issues and challenges, as well as to intervene in an advocacy role at organizational and systems levels to promote equitable access to supports and services, including health promotion and prevention/harm reduction. The field placement component of this program provides students with the opportunity to work in inter-professional teams to gain direct practice experience providing support to clients and families/kin through case management, assessment and referral and navigating systems of care. This program is available to students on campus and to students studying at a distance by e-learning format. Please note that students studying by e-learning format will be required to travel to lab locations (e.g out of town) on multiple occasions at their own expense. Professionals with training in addictions and mental health are highly sought after by social service employers. Graduates of the Addiction and Mental Health Worker program can find employment in shelters, drop-in centres, hospitals, correctional facilities, recovery or rehabilitation homes and crisis support agencies in roles such as Case Manager, Harm Reduction Worker, Street Outreach Worker, Short-Term Crisis Bed Worker, Front-Line Shelter Worker, Withdrawal Management Counsellor, and others.

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School of Community Services

Öğrenim seçenekleri

Full Time (2 yıl)

Okul ücreti
CAD$15,697.00 (TRY 370,807) Yıllık
Tuition Fees Estimate for 1st Year: CAN $15,697
Başlangıç tarihi

Planlanan Ocak 2025

Yer

Haileybury Campus

640 Latchford Street,

Box 2060,

HAILEYBURY,

Ontario (ON),

P0J 1K0, Canada

Full Time (2 yıl)

Okul ücreti
CAD$15,697.00 (TRY 370,807) Yıllık
Tuition Fees Estimate for 1st Year: CAN $15,697
Başlangıç tarihi

Planlanan Ocak 2025

Yer

Kirkland Lake Campus

140 Government Road E,

KIRKLAND LAKE,

Ontario (ON),

P2N 3L8, Canada

Giriş koşulları

Uluslararası öğrenciler için

To be eligible you must possess the equivalent of an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD).

Proof of Senior High School Diploma/Certificate

English Proficiency (we will require one of the following): IELTS Academic International English Language Testing System: minimum overall score of 6.0 must be achieved with no individual band score under 6.0; however, we will accept one band at 5.5.; TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) – Computer-based overall minimum score of 79; PTE (Pearson Test of English) Academic – Graduate Diploma: 58+.

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