Developmental Service Worker Diploma Program
Are you seeking a rewarding career compassionately encouraging and supporting those who have developmental disabilities and their families? If yes, this is the training and career for you.
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As a developmental service worker, you work with individuals with developmental and physical disabilities and those who deal with mental illness to promote their health and wellbeing. You interview, assess, assist, and counsel clients and their families, facilitate life skills, encourage inclusive environments, and provide personal care. Anderson’s Developmental Service Worker program meets all Provincial Standardization guidelines and outcomes.
Upon graduation you will be able to pursue work in a number of areas including (but not limited to): family support, within community or residential agencies, community organizations, private sector opportunities, transitional services or as an educational assistant or program supervisor.
Program Information
Program Duration
Full Time: 49 weeks
In-class schedule: Monday to Friday
Practicum Duration
17 weeks
What To Expect
This program is 49 weeks, including a 17-week practicum with on-the-job training, offsite with potential employers. Our Developmental Service Worker program provides the technical and practical training for individuals looking for a rewarding career working with children, youth and adults who have developmental disabilities. Students will learn to give clients support and offer encouragement while promoting their mental, emotional, and physical health. Curriculum will cover areas such as: developmental psychology, health and wellness, personal care, crisis prevention intervention, community building, counseling techniques and teaching strategies, family dynamics, record and report writing, and much more.
From Classroom To Life
- Gain real-time knowledge and best practices onsite from our industry-expert instructors and offsite through a practicum with developmental service worker employers
- Apply the technical skills learned to provide support to those with developmental disabilities, through practical training
- Learn, alongside your fellow classmates, how to provide comprehensive support to clients and their families and work within a professional environment
what sets us apart
Beyond Anderson College’s industry-expert instructors, easy-to-use learning materials and real-world training – what sets us apart, is a community of support, sharing your interests and goals for creating a life-changing career path, one that will become like a family as you navigate your way to success.
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Beyond Anderson College’s industry-expert instructors, easy-to-use learning materials and real-world training – what sets us apart, is a community of support, sharing your interests and goals for creating a life-changing career path, one that will become like a family as you navigate your way to success.
Serving the community since 1885, we are much more than our programs and facilities; we are a team of caring individuals who are deeply committed to helping our students.
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Anderson College offers a variety of funding options. Financial assistance may be available to those who qualify. Check for more info on our financial-aid page
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Personality Assessment
Find out what your personality is like and discover your traits, worries & concerns about taking the next step to study at school towards a new and rewarding career. This quick and easy assessment will provide you with some insight into what to focus on and what you might need to watch out for to best prepare you for your new career and school goals!
Financial Aid
Anderson College knows first-hand how stressful and frightening it can be to establish a career in a new country or to build a career in a country you’ve spent years in. Whether you’ve selected the program or are just beginning your research of what Anderson College offers for some students, the financial aspect of paying for school can seem daunting.
After being partner to thousands of students as they transitioned from student to success story, we can say with confidence that your career and your future are absolutely worth the investment and you can afford it. We want to make the financial part of this process as easy to navigate as possible, so you can get to start-date and then graduation day. We’ve laid out some of the details that can help you below, or feel free to contact us directly and a member of our team will be happy to help you understand your options.
College Interest-free Financing
Anderson College provides interest-free financing for self-funded students. For more information, please contact us and speak to one of our advisors.
Bank Solutions
Most Canadian banks and credit unions offer student loans or lines of credit to finance your education. Please visit your bank or select one of the links below for more information.
- The Bank Of Montreal
- TD Canada Trust Student Line Of Credit
- Royal Credit Line For Students
- CIBC Line of Credit For Students
- Scotiabank Line of Credit For Students
- For more information on these funding options, please contact us and speak to one of our advisors.
Government Student Loans Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP)
Financial assistance may be available to those who qualify.
Registered Education Savings Plans (RESP)
Students who have been named a beneficiary under a family members’ Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP), may use funds from the RESP to finance their education.
RESP
Students who have been named a beneficiary under a family members Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP), may use funds from the RESP to finance their education.
Lifelong Learning Plan
The Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP) allows you to withdraw from your RRSPs to finance full-time training or education for you or your spouse or common-law partner. For more information, please visit this link.
Canada-Ontario Job Grant
The Canada-Ontario Job Grant (C.O.J.G.) provides an opportunity for employers to invest in their workforce with help from the government.
The Job Grant provides direct financial support to individual employers who wish to purchase training for their employees. It’s available to small, medium, and large businesses with a plan to deliver short-term training to existing and new employees, and will:
- Provide up to $10,000 in government support per person for training costs.
- Require employers to contribute one-third of the total costs. There is additional flexibility for small businesses to provide an in-kind contribution towards their share of the costs.
- Require training delivered by an eligible, third-party trainer.
If you’re an employer who needs to provide training for your employees, or an employee who wishes to inform your employer of the job grant and get training while employed, contact us to learn more. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis and we will be happy to guide you through the process.
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