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Developmental Service Worker
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.
Kitchener
Program Duration
Full Time: 49 weeksIn-class schedule: Monday to Friday
Practicum Duration
600 hoursFinancial Aid
Various payment options. Financial assistance may be available to those who qualify.DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICE WORKER DIPLOMA
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.
Is a Career as a Developmental Service Worker Right for You?
Take the “Anderson College Developmental Service Worker Career Discovery Quiz”
This fun, online quiz takes 4 minutes to complete, and you’ll get a personalized report. Determine your strengths, align your passion and interests with a training program and discover the positions best suited to you. Get your Developmental Service Worker Career Discovery Quiz score now!
WHAT TO EXPECT
This program is 49 weeks, including 600 hours of 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.
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.
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
WE’RE IN IT WITH YOU
Contact us to talk with one of our Admissions Experts. We’ll walk you through the details of what you’ll need and how to apply, the details of the program curriculum and the next steps to get you on your way to your first, or next, successful career.
I would recommend to anyone to start their journey with Anderson College. … They have the best team, readily available to give you precise information and guide you through the best choices for your future. It will be a phenomenal experience!
Abigail H.
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