community support worker social services starts february...
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Sprott Shaw College 6-140 Terminal Ave, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5C5
www.sprottshaw.com facebook.com/sprottshawnanaimo Phone (250) 754-9600
Community Support Worker - Social Services
Starts February 11, 2013 If you have a passion for helping others, are compassionate,
understanding and a good listener, this may be the career for
you! Graduates have enjoyed considerable success with job
placement and the opportunities are growing. Within our 50-
week Community
Support Worker
Diploma are two
employer super-
vised practicums,
each is four weeks
in duration. We
benefit from strong
ties to social ser-
vice agencies in
the Mid Island re-
gion and have re-
cently placed stu-
dents in settings
that support preg-
nant teenagers,
homeless persons, children with special needs, and those
with substance abuse problems. We have also placed grad-
uates in the area of First Nations outreach and community
development, especially for youth and those in rehabilitation.
Sprott Shaw CSW graduates can be found working at Lady-
smith Re-
source Cen-
ter, J. Gar-
nons Williams
(adult resi-
dential hous-
ing), Samari-
tan House,
Nanaimo
Men's Re-
source Cen-
ter, The Ce-
dars in Cob-
ble Hill,
Clements Society (Adult residential & adult day programs for
mentally and physically challenged individuals as well as
after school programs for challenged children), Child Devel-
opment Centre, Pregnancy Crisis Center, Forward House in
Parksville (adult day programs for adults with mental illness
and addiction), Tansor Elementary School Daycare Center,
VITALS in Cowichan (residential facilities for physically and
mentally challenged adults, Bill's Place in Nanaimo (adult
brain injury clients), Warmland Shelter in Duncan
(transitional housing), Island Crisis Care Society, Nanaimo
Association for Community Living, and One Stop (youth drop
-in center). As part of the enrolment process, students meet
with our Community Support Worker instructor, Jan Hull.
Jan brings into the classroom a wealth of experience in this
helping profession. Her
background includes teach-
ing at the elementary
school level and is a certi-
fied Mediator through the
Justice Institute. Jan spe-
cialized in family mediation,
and operates her own prac-
tice around the hours she
teaches in the classroom at
Sprott Shaw. During the 50-
week program, students
learn a variety of counsel-
ling techniques and theo-
ries, discuss child and ado-
lescent growth and devel-
opment, understand addic-
tions and mental health
issues and review social
service supports available in the local community. Upon
graduation, CSW students have the skills and knowledge to
make a positive impact in the lives of the clients they serve.
Community Support Worker student Kaitlyn Niddrie volunteers as a
greeter at our Fall 2012 Graduation ceremony
Community Support Worker Instructor, Jan Hull
Upcoming Course Start Dates
Administrative Assistant Diploma Jan 14, Feb 11 Medical Office Assistant Diploma Jan 14, Feb 11 Medical Office Assistant Certificate Jan 21 Business Administration Certificate Jan 21 Community Support Worker/Social Svcs Feb 11 Healthcare Assistant Diploma Feb 25
Community Support Worker graduates celebrate the completion of their program
and pose for a picture with CSW Instructor, Jan Hull (2nd from right)
Sprott Shaw College 6-140 Terminal Ave, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5C5
www.sprottshaw.com facebook.com/sprottshawnanaimo Phone (250) 754-9600
Student Luncheon
We celebrated with turkey and all the trimmings on Decem-
ber 20 as part of
our annual “Staff
Serve the Students”
Christmas Lunch-
eon. Students en-
joyed a two week
break from classes,
and will be back
refreshed and re-
charged on Mon-
day, January 7.
Happy New Year!
With every New Year, we tend to embrace the new possibili-
ties based on what we
would like to change within
ourselves. This results in
setting goals and resolu-
tions. Many of us will be
thinking about developing
our skills that would trans-
late into permanent em-
ployment, or a looking to
add new skills which will in
turn result in a wage in-
crease. Sprott Shaw
would like to be a part of your year and all of your achieve-
ments! We are here to help, and just a call or a mouse click
away. Connect with
Karen Moon, our
friendly and knowl-
edgeable Career
Advisor at 250 754
9600 or drop into
the campus be-
tween Monday and
Friday.
Practical Nurse Pinning Ceremony
Our freshly graduated Practical Nurse students, along with
their friends
and fami-
lies, cele-
brated a
year of hard
work during
a special
ceremony at
the Nanai-
mo Museum
on Decem-
ber 21. Students organized a slideshow and certificates and
awards were presented to each student, acknowledging their
unique and specific accomplishments over the year. Our
Practical Nurse students
are back in the classroom
during the first week of Jan-
uary for final preparations
to write the “Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Exam”.
On January 9, 2013, this class will join other newly graduated
Practical Nurse students in writing the licensing exam in vari-
ous writing centers across the province.