Mental Health & Addictions Ontario College Diploma
ObjectivesThe two-year Mental Health and Addiction Worker program is designed to help you find meaningful employment in the diverse field of counselling. This program will train you with the proper knowledge, skills and attitude required to be an effective counsellor in a variety of mental health and addiction services. Students are trained to work in mental health and addiction-specific settings and the broad spectrum of social or health service agencies where mental health and addictions-related issues are likely arise.
Practical experienceCanadore College reserves the right to place students in any clinical or field placement or combination of placements that are determined to be appropriate. Students must be prepared to travel to and from placements and/or relocate at their own expense for all or part of the placement. * Nipissing Detoxification and Substance Abuse programs - North Bay General Hospital * North East Mental Health Centre - North Bay Campus * Various addiction and mental health agencies in North Bay and across Ontario For this eight-week field placement a security check may be required. This may be obtained from local police departments and is at the student’s expense.
Academic titleMental Health & Addictions Ontario College Diploma
Course descriptionSEMESTER ONE:
• BCL 111 Computers for Human Services
• DAC 180 Substance Abuse I
• HSP 105 Interviewing I
• HSP 150 Multiculturalism in Canada
• HUM 219 Group Work
• SSW 100 History and Philosophy of Social Work
• PSY 100 Foundations in Psychology
• SOC 100 Foundations in Sociology
• STS 120 Strategies for Success in Human Services
SEMESTER TWO:
• CMM 125 College Communication I
• DAC 110 Co-Dependency
• HSP 104 Human Service and the Law
• HSP 106 Acts, Policies and Procedures for Native People
• HSP 160 Interviewing II
• HSP 170 Evaluating information
• HSP 194 Community Placement Integration
• HSP 195 Community Placement (two-week block)
• PSY 240 Abnormal Psychology
• SOC 220 Sociology II
SEMESTER THREE:
• CMM 190 Report Writing
• MHA 231 Fundamentals in Mental Health Recovery
• MHA 232 Recovery Strategies for Addiction
• MHA 233 Recovery Strategies for Mental Health
• MHA 234 Crisis Intervention
• MHA 235 Pharmacology for Mental Health and Addiction Workers
SEMESTER FOUR:
• MHA 241 Relapse Prevention and Wellness
• MHA 242 Concurrent Disorders
• MHA 243 Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
• MHA 244 The Legacy of Trauma
• MHA 245 The Accountable Professional
• MHA 246 Field Placement (8 week block)