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Certificate in Community Support Worker

Canada

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What will I learn?

The Community Support Worker program is an eight-month certificate designed to develop fundamental knowledge, skills, and attitudes in students to work with marginalized communities and individuals. Graduates are expected to work at the front line of human-service delivery settings.

The following are some of the agencies and organizations that provide these services:

  • street work organizations
  • group homes
  • emergency shelters
  • settlement agencies
  • cultural organizations
  • child and family service agencies
  • Indigenous service agencies
  • cultural societies
  • personal and in-home supports for persons with disabilities
  • services that support older adults

Practicum/Work Experience

This program includes a 200-hour practicum and a 45-hour practicum seminar.

Career opportunities

Graduates of this program will find employment in such front-line human service-delivery settings as Indigenous child and family service agencies, street work organizations, group homes, emergency shelters, immigrant settlement agencies, ethno-specific community service organizations, and organizations that provide personal/in-home supports to the disabled and senior citizens.

Which department am I in?

Faculty of Health and Community Studies

Study options

Full Time (8 months)

Tuition fees
CAD$21,253.74 (US$ 15,612) per year
Fees estimate: CAN $1,964.25

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

Start date

3 September 2024

Venue

NorQuest College

10215 108 Street NW,

EDMONTON,

Alberta (AB),

T5J 1L6, Canada

Entry requirements

For international students

Applicants that have completed the high school level of education in another country must have graduated with appropriate high school documents and credentials.

ELP Requirements

IELTS Academic: 6.5; no section score below 6

TOEFL iBT: 84; no section score below 21

CAEL: 70; no section score below 70

Cambridge English Language Assessment: 180+, no section score below 165

PTE Academic: 59, no section score below 56

Duolingo: 115

minimum of: 80% in ESLS 8000 or ESLS 8100, and 80% in ESLW 8000 or ESLW 8100; or 50% in ESLG 1898 and ESLG % in ESLG 1860 and ESLG 1861

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

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About NorQuest College

Students can choose certificate or diploma programs covering areas such as health, business, environmental technology, and community studies.

  • Located in Edmonton, Alberta’s capital city
  • Over 60 per cent of students were born outside of Canada
  • Large number of scholarships are offered
  • Many courses include work-integrated learning

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