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:
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.
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please check with institution
3 September 2024
NorQuest College
10215 108 Street NW,
EDMONTON,
Alberta (AB),
T5J 1L6, Canada
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.
Students can choose certificate or diploma programs covering areas such as health, business, environmental technology, and community studies.