M.H.A.A (Mental Health and Addictions)

PROGRAM TYPE: Diploma Program

PROGRAM DURATION: 52 weeks

PROGRAM OUTLINE : The Mental Health and Addictions Worker diploma program will empower you with the knowledge and skills you need for a rewarding career to address two of Canada’s leading health care issues. Learn to deliver responsive, culturally relevant, client-centered assessment and treatment to diverse individuals and groups. Practice ways to effectively collaborate and transform lives as a valuable part of a professional support team. You will acquire the knowledge, skills and abilities required by front-line workers to deliver effective mental health and addictions services while promoting empowerment, self-determination, and optimum quality of life to individuals with addictions and mental health issues. Recovery principles, empowerment practice, and the impact of early and ongoing trauma in the lives of individuals across the lifespan are examined in the curriculum.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES: Technical Competencies are the specific, measurable knowledge and skills required to apply technical principles and information in a job function. Technical Competencies are usually learned in an educational environment or on the job. They are the “what” of a job and sometimes are called “hard” skills.