DEVELOPMENT SERVICE WORKER DIPLOMA PROGRAM
Duration in years: 1.5 Academic year (56 weeks)
Duration in hours: 1500 Total Hrs. (Theory: 940 hrs. Field Placement: 560)
Placement:
Development Service Worker students complete their education with 560 hours of field placement experience.
Career opportunities:
According to Statistics Canada, more than 60,000 in Ontario alone have a developmental disability. As a skilled and caring developmental services worker, you can help these people live, work and participate positively in their communities. Your deep understanding of developmental disabilities and skills in behavioral interventions along with your desire to help others will help you build a rewarding and prosperous career in this social services field.
Course list:
The Course consists of 21 modules. These modules are covered in the classroom and in the clinical lab. Additional practical experience is provided in a facility and in the community.
- Essential Skills
- Microsoft Windows
- Inclusive Communication Skills
- Employment Achievement Strategies
- Basic Business Communications
- Harm Reduction and Crisis Intervention
- Introduction to Sociology
- Mental Health & Addictions
- Populations at Risk
- Support resources and community capacity building
- Law for Support Workers
- Self-Care and Team Building
- Basic Counselling Techniques
- Solution-Focused Intervention Techniques
- Family Development, Functions and Social Issues
- Introduction to Psychology
- Professional Documentation & Case Management
- Basic Nursing & Pharmacology
- Behavior Modification
- Development Disabilities
Job search workshops are included as a part of the course.
