The Social Service Worker Program aims to provide graduates with:
- excellent interpersonal communication skills
- a professional manner
- a respect for diversity
- empathy and a caring attitude
- an understanding of problems and issues of individuals and families in the social environment
- knowledge of community resources
- social work principles and ethics
- problem solving abilities
- an ability to work effectively in groups
- a knowledge of social policy
- a combination of academic, experiential and community-based learning that focuses on the theory and practice of delivering basic social services
- skills for self-care