- Diploma
- 24 months
College Diploma - Social Services Worker
Northern Lights College - Dawson Creek · Dawson Creek, Canada
Tuition
CA$11,580
Application fee: CA$100
Submit by February 15, 2027 · 116 days left · starts May 1, 2027
Ask about this course- Length
- 24 months
- Starts
- May 1, 2027
- IELTS
- 6 overall
- Post-study work
- Available, as published
- Taught in
- English
- Application fee
- CA$100
- Cost of living (annual)
- CA$23,448
Overview
The Social Services Worker Diploma (SSWD) program provides opportunities for students to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills, and qualifications to enable them to work in a human services worker field. The program involves two years of full-time study, with a combination of practice, theory, and academic course requirements aimed to prepare students to become critical practitioners with an emphasis on advocacy, social justice, and social change.
The SSWD program prepares students to work as paraprofessionals in a variety of social service and health agencies. Typical jobs include, but not limited to: financial assistance worker, bail supervisor, residential service worker, social work assistant, mental health assisted living worker, family support worker, supported employment, community living worker, transition houses, women's programs, Aboriginal support worker and family violence worker.
Entry requirements
As the university states them. Whether you meet them depends on your own results — ask us and a consultant will check with you.
- English
- PTE: 57 overall or above
- IELTS: 6 overall or above
- TOEFL: 78 overall or above
- Duolingo: 110 overall or above
- Prior study
- Secondary school
Fees and living costs
- Tuition
- CA$11,580
- Application fee
- CA$100
- Cost of living (annual)
- CA$23,448
Published as Northern Lights College - Dawson Creek publishes it, through ApplyBoard, and not checked by Go Study — ask us and a consultant will confirm any of it with the school.
Intakes
May 1, 2027
Starts May 1, 2027 · apply by February 15, 2027
Applications opened June 21, 2026
September 1, 2027
Starts September 1, 2027 · apply by May 31, 2027
Applications opened October 8, 2026
May 1, 2028
Starts May 1, 2028 · apply by February 15, 2028
not confirmed by the school
September 1, 2028
Starts September 1, 2028 · apply by May 31, 2028
not confirmed by the school
Talk to a Go Study consultant
Leave your name and a way to reach you, and a consultant will get in touch in the language you are reading this in.