Program Experience

Apply your skills in the real world

Students in Algonquin College’s Social Service Worker program participate in two field placements at two different agencies, for a total of 784 hours of industry experience. Each student has a supervisor at the agency and a professor from the College who performs on-site visits to ensure everything is going well for the student. Students on field placement also have a weekly two-hour course called Practicum Seminar that helps them make the link from theory to practice.

After Graduation

SSW graduates are prepared to work in urban and rural settings. Here are agencies that have hired SSW Perth Graduates and the target population served:

  • Lanark County Alzheimer Society (People with dementia and their families)
  • Community Living Lanark County (People with Intellectual Disabilities)
  • Children’s Aid Society (Children, Youth and Families)
  • Newgate 180 (People with Addiction Challenges)
  • Rideauwood (People with Addiction Challenges)
  • Shepherds of Good Hope (People with Addiction and Housing Challenges)
  • Salvation Army (People affected by Poverty)
  • Algonquin College (Students)
  • The Rose Garden (Families involved in separation and divorce)
  • Ontario Works Brockville (People affected by Poverty)
  • Community Service Order Program (People in conflict with the law)
  • Duncan J Schoular Public School (Elementary Students)
  • The Mills (People with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities)
  • Options Youth (Therapeutic Foster Care)
  • Perth and District Food Bank (People living in poverty, Social Advocacy)
  • Lanark County Support Services (People with Intellectual Disabilities)
  • The LINK (Peer Support for People with Mental Health Issues)
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Lanark County (Children)
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters Belleville (Children)
  • Skills Link Perth (Youth)
  • Skills Link Sharbot Lake (Youth)
  • Skills Link Carleton Place (Youth)
  • Lanark Highlands Youth Center (Youth)
  • Carleton Place Youth Center (Youth)
  • Interval House (Women and Children)
  • Cornerstone Women’s Shelter (Women who are homeless with Mental Health Issues)
  • Wabano Aboriginal Health Center (Aboriginal people)
  • Ontario Works Perth (People affected by Poverty)
  • Adult Protective Services (People with Intellectual Disabilities)
  • Operation Come Home (Youth)
  • Brockville and District Association for Community Involvement (People with Intellectual Disabilities)
  • Government of Nunavut: Restorative Justice Program (Youth)
  • Terrace Homes (Girls)
  • Arden Court (Youth with Mental Health Challenges)
  • STAY (Transitional Housing) (Youth)
  • Alberta Crisis Center (People in Crisis in rural areas)
  • The Well (Women affected by Poverty)
  • Christian Horizons (People with Intellectual Disabilities
  • Crystal Bay Center for Special Education (Children and Youth with Intellectual and Physical Disabilities)
  • Community Living Sharbot Lake
  • Community Living North Grenville (People with Intellectual Disabilities)
  • The Qauma Mobile Treatment Project (Inuit People affected by Trauma from residential schools)
  • Nova Scotia Eco Hostel (Travellers)
  • David Smith Treatment Center for Youth (Youth with Addiction Challenges)