Social Service Worker

This course provides students with an historical review of Indigenous culture, pre and post-colonial contacts. Students will examine the impact of government policies, treaties and acts. Students will also explore the significance of traditional customs, ceremonies, demographics, urbanization, the reserve system, education, employment and other topics relevant in today's society.

Prerequisites: COMM-0338 Professional Communications, PSSY-0090 Organizational Behaviour, PSSY-0091 Social Service Foundations, PSSY-0070 Counselling & Interviewing, PSSY-0071 Sociology and minimum 2.0 CPGA
This four-week practicum will allow students to observe and place meaning to classroom lessons as they apply in the community context. Students will be required to reflect on their observations and make journal entries as to how theoretical knowledge is applied in a real-world setting.

This course examines the current institutions and the politics of federal, provincial, municipal and Aboriginal band governments in Canada. Students learn about the primary components of government structure, the political process and the interrelationship between the different levels of government. Manitoba politics receive special reference.

This course will improve students' ability to navigate the college experience and environment, including student's rights, roles, and responsibilities. In this course, students will reflect on their skills, attitudes, and expectations and develop learning strategies to help them to become successful, resilient, and self-directed learners. The course covers topics such as success in online learning, time management strategies, learning strategies, assessment taking strategies, academic integrity, information and digital literacy, and wellness, among others. It integrates elements of student orientation.

The ability to gather and interpret information, then create clear, concise and coherent written material is essential for professional communications. This course focuses on the fundamental building blocks of writing: grammar, punctuation, spelling and word usage.

Students examine the concepts, values, and strategies of community development to achieve social change. By conducting a community assessment, students learn how to balance mind, body and spirit from an Indigenous perspective in order to identify health and human services, and community recreation needs.

In this course, students learn file management, email and Internet concepts. They use a popular word processing package to prepare professional documents.

This course examines the current issues affecting our environment and community health. Relevant research in areas such as poverty, abuse, addictions and parenting are reviewed.

This course provides an introduction to basic counselling skills of attending, listening and empathy. Students learn to apply a functional model to counselling situations and integrate the basic skills. The course involves classroom and videotaped role-plays, observation and interactive learning.

In this course, students explore the significance of anti-bias curriculum. They gain an awareness of a variety of cultures and learn ways to deal effectively in a multi-cultural society.

This course presents an overview of the nature of groups, group problem-solving and communication climates in a group setting.

This course examines fundamental principles to successful negotiations. Topics include positional and principled negotiation and four prime principles of negotiation. Students have the opportunity of developing and role-playing a negotiation case study in this course.

Students study behaviour science theory and concepts useful in organizations. Topics include perception and learning, stress management, applied performance practices, team dynamics, decision-making, power and influence, as well as organizational structure, design, culture and change.

This course provides students with the skills needed to produce and present professional presentations.

Prerequisite: COMM-0337 College Writing
In this course, students will further develop their ability to communicate effectively with varied audiences. Whether it be fellow professionals or individuals in need of care and assistance, social service workers must acquire and utilize effective communication skills.

In this course, students learn the history and current development of self-government initiatives and implications of the dismantling of Indian Affairs Canada.

In order for a social service worker to function within a community, they must have an understanding of the factors that influence the quality of life for those living in that community. This course will provide students with the basic understanding of both external and internal factors that influence day to day life.

The purpose of this course is to introduce the theoretical approaches of sociology. It investigates the structures of groups, organizations, and societies, and how people interact within these environments.

Prerequisites: PSSY-0089 Human Behaviour, PSSY-0088 Social Welfare Policy, PSSY-0014 Counselling, HLTH-0182 Mental Health, PEDV-0279 Professional Practice, PSSY-0026 Psychology and a minimum 2.0 CPGA.
This eight-week practicum is designed to give students an opportunity to apply classroom learning. Students are required to design and/or implement and monitor project activities in professional settings.

In this course, students learn techniques on how to resolve conflicts before they escalate to a crisis situation. They learn how to analyze a variety of confrontational situations and learn personal triggers and reactions to conflicts. Through situational role-playing and other techniques, students learn defusing skills.

Prerequisite: PSSY-0070 Counselling and Interviewing.
Students build on the skills learned in Counselling and Interviewing. Practical experience is gained through role-playing, videotapes and observation.

This course examines the dynamics of various family situations, the evolution of the family unit and how these factors affect the development of the child into adulthood.

Prerequisite: PRAC-0240 Applied/Field Practice 1
In this course, students will examine the issues of health, recreation, and housing and the impact of these factors on both the individual and the community.

Learners study the normal growth and development across the human lifespan and take into account the physical, cognitive, social, spiritual and emotional factors.

Prerequisite: PRAC-0240 Applied/Field Practice 1.
In this course, students learn the history and implications of the Aboriginal Justice Inquiry and current alternative sentencing.

This course focuses on mental health and mental illness in all ages in today's society. It includes topics such as personality and behaviour, anxiety, eating disorders, personality disorders, schizophrenia, mood disorders, abusive behaviours, and psychogeriatrics. Treatment
strategies and therapies will also be discussed.

Prerequisite: PRAC-0240 Applied/Field Practice 1
In this course, students learn the skills necessary for practicing competent, ethical leadership. Through assigned class work and activities, students are provided opportunities for the practice of leadership skills.

Prerequisite: PRAC-0240 Applied/Field Practice 1
In this course, students learn how to plan short-term and long-term projects. Students will develop a community-based project with built-in measurement tools in order to assess social impact. The course provides the link between project planning and evaluative measurement.

In this course, students learn to develop proposals to meet community needs or implement new projects. The course provides an overview of basic research issues of data collection, sampling and questionnaire design and evaluation. Students are required to address these research issues in their proposal. They learn format, components, structure and organization of a formal proposal.

In this course learners begin to examine basic concepts and principles of individual behaviour. Social service workers require effective interpersonal skills and an ability to relate to people in a broad range of circumstances. Topics covered include the biological basis of behaviour, sensation and perception, theories of learning, cognition, mental abilities, and personality.

Prerequisite: PRAC-0240 Applied/Field Practice 1 Students examine the underlying causes of social welfare in the Canadian context and programs, initiatives and community services that are in place to address these causes.

Prerequisite: PRAC-0240 Applied/Field Practice 1
Students examine provincial legislation, regulations, and social services policy which directs how services are to be provided at the community level.

Prerequisite: PRAC-0240 Applied/Field Practice 1
In this course, students learn what an addiction is, the needs of people with addictive behaviours and types of addictions. Rehabilitative processes are also studied.

Prerequisite: PRAC-0240 Applied/Field Practice 1
In this course, students will examine the various forms of violence and abuse that are prevalent in society today and the strategies that can be implemented to reconcile these issues. Topics include the cycle of violence, power and control, the role of media, forms of violence and abuse (partner, sexual, child and elder abuse), criminal and gang violence and prevention and treatment strategies to address all of these violence issues.