Graduate Certificate in Addictions: Treatment and Prevention

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What will I learn?

Description

Students develop the skill set to provide a client-centered and client driven continuum of treatment for individuals with addiction problems. With a strong framework of individual and group counselling skills, students study individual, gender, and societal considerations and the resulting treatment implications through the lens of trauma informed care. They practice motivational interviewing techniques, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), and dialectal behaviour therapy (DBT) while learning to match client needs with intervention options. In addition, students reconstruct education and prevention strategies in an effort to design, facilitate and evaluate such tools.

Program Learning Outcomes

The graduate has reliably demonstrated the ability to:

  • counsel individuals, families and groups affected by addictions;
  • integrate skills and knowledge to provide client-centered treatment;
  • incorporate family, gender, relational, social and cultural considerations in treatment planning;
  • plan, implement and evaluate psychosocial educational programs;
  • advocate for individuals and for social change;
  • practice ethically, professionally and openly;
  • utilize strategies essential to being a resilient and healthy practitioner;
  • employ environmentally sustainable practices within the profession;
  • apply basic entrepreneurial strategies to identify and respond to new opportunities.

Career Opportunities

Graduates may find career opportunities in a variety of settings and job roles including addictions counsellors, substance abuse counsellors, chemical withdrawal management counsellors, addictions nurses, problem gambling counsellors, and attendants in residential, out-patient, and street-front treatment settings.

Work Integrated Learning: 1 Internship

Which department am I in?

Georgian College

Study options

Full Time (1 year)

Tuition fees
CAD$23,406.00 (14,37,362) per year
CAN $7,802 per semester

*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution

Start date

3 September 2024

Venue

Orillia Campus

825 Memorial Avenue,

ORILLIA,

Ontario (ON),

L3V 6S2, Canada

Entry requirements

For students from United States

Post-secondary diploma, or degree, with a specialty in related human services, social work, or social sciences. Selection process: Applicants are selected on the basis of their academic grades. An overall minimum average of 65%, C+ or GPA of 2.5 is recommended in post-secondary studies. Prior credential (diploma and/or degree) relevancy to be determined by program coordinator.

For international students

Post-secondary diploma, or degree, with a specialty in related human services, social work, or social sciences.

Selection process

Applicants will be selected based on their academic grades. An overall minimum average of 65%, C+ or GPA of 2.5 is recommended in post-secondary studies. Prior credential (diploma and/or degree) relevancy to be determined by program coordinator.

Applicants must meet ONE of the following criteria to meet Georgian’s language proficiency requirements:

  • IELTS Academic only: 7.0
  • Graduate of Level 8 of Georgian’s GAAS - English for Academic Purposes: Completion of level 8 with 80% or higher

*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.

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About Georgian College

Georgian College has recorded a consistently higher graduate employment rate than the provincial average for more than 20 years.

  • Ontario’s #1 co-op college with 6,200 employer partners
  • Seven well-connected and modern campuses in Ontario
  • 130+ market-driven programs 
  • Strong culture of entrepreneurship