SSW - 150 Social Services Practice Experience I

5 Credit(s)
This 210 hour practicum completes the first year of Social Services training. This course enables the student to combine theory and practice in a social services work setting. Students must successfully complete this practicum at an employment readiness level in order to continue with the second year of the Social Services Diploma. As each practice placement site is unique and may require knowledge and skills specific to its mandate and client population, a contract of learning outcome expectations will be established at the beginning of the practice placement at a meeting between the student, the practice placement supervisor, and the classroom instructor. The student will be supported in her/his learning through weekly seminars.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Social Services Diploma Program and C minimum in all first year SSW Diploma courses and co-requisite enrollment in winter theory courses including:

ENG-115 Essay Writing and Critical Analysis or ENG-125 Composition and Indigenous Literature I
SSW-120 Foundations of Social Service Practice
SSW-121 Interpersonal Communications
SSW-122 Social Welfare in Canada
SSW-123 Advanced Interpersonal Skills
PSY-250 Human Development from Conception through Childhood
PSY-251 Human Development from Adolescence through Adulthood

For information about transferability: BC Transfer Guide

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