Addictions and Mental Health

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This diploma program prepares the graduate for professional and paraprofessional positions in areas of counselling and intake within correctional facilities, group homes, young offender facilities, emergency shelters, schools, youth and adult counselling facilities, mental health centers, and other institutions.
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Province

Ontario

Colleges

CTS Canadian Career College

Program Categories

Healthcare

Program Duration

52 Weeks

Program Intakes
Class Type

Hybrid

Funding

OSAP, Line Of Credit, Scholarship

It is with excitement that CTS Canadian Career College is pleased to offer the Addictions and Mental Health program: the newest addition to our Health Sciences program offerings.

This diploma program prepares the graduate for professional and paraprofessional positions in areas of counselling and intake within correctional facilities, group homes, young offender facilities, emergency shelters, schools, youth and adult counselling facilities, mental health centers, and other institutions.

Upon entering this intense 52-week program, students will be coached by highly qualified instructors who bring over twenty years of focused training, specialized certifications, and affiliations with the Canadian Addiction Counselling Certification Federation (CACCF). They also offer a genuine passion for teaching individuals who choose to pursue a career working with this vulnerable sector of our community.

A 260-hour inclusive work placement experience is included.

ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH COURSES:
Intro to Computers and Google Apps Academic and Professional Success Strategies/AODA & OH&S
Working with Families and Youth 300-hour inclusive placement
Criminal Justice ? Mental Health & Addictions Case Management and Assessment
Group Facilitation Concepts Human Services Resources & Networking
Interprofessional Collaboration for Health Providers Pharmacology
Preventive Health Promotion Relapse Prevention & Intervention / After Care & Life Skills
Secondary Traumatic Stress Diversity of First Nations and Selected Pop. in Health and Illness
Basic Psychology Effective Business Writing
Counselling Relationship Best Practices Interviewing Techniques
Communication Strategies Fundamentals of Addiction
CPR and Mental Health First Aid Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI)
Interpersonal Workplace Skills/Job Search Admission and Discharge Assessment Techniques
Abnormal Psychology and Mental Health Concurrent Disorders
Sociological Perspectives on Mental Health

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