Ontario College Diploma in Mental Health and Addiction Worker - Social Service Worker (Dual Diploma)

Start in the Mental Health and Addiction Worker diploma program and earn a Social Service Worker diploma in six consecutive semesters, creating greater career opportunities and adding complimentary skills and knowledge. This dual-diploma pathway is only available to students who start their program in the fall or the winter. After a common first semester, students in the Mental Health and Addiction Worker program and Social Service Worker program can declare their intention to complete both programs.By choosing this Dual Diploma pathway as a Mental Health and Addiction Worker student, you will gain complementary competencies in the field of Social Service to work in a broader context with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities to respond to social issues, injustices and inequalities through counselling, community services and social support programs.

Students applying to the Dual Diploma pathway of Social Service Worker/Mental Health And Addiction Worker must successfully complete the first semester of either the Social Service Worker program or the Mental Health and Addiction Worker program.