Diploma in Social Service Worker

at Assiniboine Community College - Victoria Avenue East Campus (Brandon) Canada

Are you ready to start a rewarding career? Enter into the diverse and expansive health care industry and become an indispensable member of any team.

Combine advanced administrative training with a systematic understanding of Canadian health care and the technical knowledge that is fundamental to all medical workplaces. In your two years of study, you will become comfortable with medical office procedures and develop a solid understanding of transcription, pharmacology and diagnostic imagery.

You will gain real workplace experience during your practicum placement and will have the opportunity to connect with potential employers before you graduate. Combine classroom learning with real practice when you get an inside look at health records departments, clinics and health outreach programs. Get a jump on your career goals by making connections while you are still in college.

You will develop a comprehensive medical vocabulary and become familiar with legal issues in the health care field, which will help you succeed in your role as an administrative professional. You will develop a wide range of skills in the areas of accounting, communications and human resources, helping you to become an indispensable member of any team. This program also includes a focus on diversity in the workplace.

Be prepared to work in hospitals, medical clinics, dental practices, veterinary clinics and laboratories. Common careers for graduates of the Medical Administration diploma program include unit clerk, medical transcriptionist, administrative assistant, medical secretary, office manager and customer service representative.

Do you love art and drawing? Can you listen to others and turn their words into a visual reality? Take your passion and turn it into a career. Visual storytelling is a crucial part of today’s world, evoking emotion and helping others understand complex information. Learn to tell compelling stories in an impactful way. Grow your design skillset and bring products to life in this two-year diploma program.

Get ready to learn the language of graphic design. Study composition and layout, typography, and digital painting and drawing software. Gain an understanding of programming fundamentals and video/audio skills to ensure you have the foundation for today’s world of multimedia communication. For even more of an edge, dip into marketing and branding, sharpen your project management skills, and focus in on an area of expertise in your final term. Become a digital Swiss army knife, ready to hit the ground running wherever your career takes you.

Working with others is a large part of what creatives do. This program will have you constantly collaborating and connecting with your peers, instructors and the community at large. Work at an in-house creative shop where you’ll design aesthetically pleasing and purposeful high-end graphical content that solves real-world client problems. Grow your listening and interpretation skills, and learn how to express and communicate the “why” of your designs. 

It’s not all Photoshop and Illustrator in this program. Get a flexible and comprehensive education that will prepare you to enter the workforce as a valuable member of a creative team or as a freelance specialist. Community projects are infused throughout the program, you’ll work in tandem with actual clients during your Capstone project, and finally, you’ll put everything you’ve learned into practice with an eight-week practicum. 

The Business Administration program is designed with the entrepreneurial spirit in mind. Learn how to negotiate, invest, sell, market and manage people in this economy. Then, connect the dots within a strategic approach. This program will prepare you to administer and manage all types and sizes of businesses. In the second year, students specialize in one of the following areas:

• Accounting
• Financial Services
• Human Resource Management
• Marketing

These different specializations allow you to focus your career path during your second year. There are 60 credits of required courses that are common to all specializations (typically scheduled in year one for on campus students). Applicants declare their specialization at the time of applying to the program.

You may choose to complete your first year of any specialization at either the Parkland (Dauphin) or Victoria Avenue East campus (Brandon), however only the second-year of the Accounting and Human Resource Management specializations are available at our Parkland campus. All four specializations are offered in full at Assiniboine's Victoria Avenue East campus.

Marketing Specialization
Employment opportunities exist in sales, advertising, promotion, publicity, sales management, marketing management, retail management, market analysis, market research and new venture development.

Take your interest in technology to the next level. Design, manufacture and install the most up-to-date communications systems that keep us linked together.

It’s a real concept and has real-world application. The internet (IOT) is the physical network of devices, appliances, vehicles and other items that integrate and connect to exchange data and make our lives run smoother, easier and more efficiently. In this program, you’ll be at the centre of creating and supporting it.

Learn to support the design, development and repair of communication systems, such as voice, video, data, wi-fi and Bluetooth, through this accredited two-year program. You will graduate with the skills necessary to create, manufacture, install and analyze different types of communication technologies.

There are industry opportunities for you through our Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers student branch, Cisco Networking Systems partnership and CTAB accreditation. Assiniboine even has a connection to the Canadian Forces, where you can be accredited as a Weapon Engineering Technician.

Find employment opportunities in fields like computeraided design, electronic design and repair, computer programming, network design, communications installation or design. In recent years, almost all of our students were offered jobs within nine months of graduation.

What do you get when you pair Assiniboine’s eight-month Accounting advanced diploma with a paid four-month co-op work placement? This year-long Accounting (with Co-op) advanced diploma! Excel because of hands-on learning opportunities, but gain even more confidence when you work side-by-side with accounting professionals for sixteen weeks during tax season. Set yourself up for success with this unique blend of classroom learning and work experience.

Develop a deeper knowledge and understanding of accounting principles and make yourself an attractive prospect for any business or accounting firm. Work towards your completion of the prerequisites for the Chartered Professional Accountants Professional Education Program (CPA PEP) accounting designation administered by the Chartered Professional Accountants.

Help organizations and individuals manage their finances and plan for their future. This career path takes your interest in the business world and combines it with your excellent communication skills, ability to convey complex ideas in a simple manner and desire to uphold ethics. Learn how to advance in this demanding—and rewarding—career.

Through a combination of required and optional courses, learn various skills needed to succeed in the accounting field. Higher-level courses enhance critical thinking skills within a business context. A four-month, paid co-operative work placement in rural Manitoba during tax season gives you real-world experience you can take with you after graduation. Your four-month co-op work placement may be in a smaller community outside of Brandon. Students may be required to relocate for their co-op work experience placements and travel is necessary.

Find opportunities in public accounting firms, banks, trust companies, accounting and internal auditing departments, industrial firms, federal, provincial or municipal offices, school divisions, parochial schools, tribal councils, non-profit organizations and health care institutions, as well as in owner-managed businesses as business/office managers.

Indulge your creativity and rise to the challenge in this demanding trade program. Take on the full menu of food preparation, including nutrition, presentation and international cuisine.

This two-year program brings you into the kitchen with everything you need to start your culinary career. In and out of the classroom, you will work closely with instructors through industry-based competitions, community projects and events. After graduation, you may be granted Level 1 and 2 towards becoming a Red Seal Chef once you register as an apprentice.

Follow your taste buds to the Manitoba Institute of Culinary Arts at our North Hill campus in Brandon. Campus grounds overlook the river valley below. The beautiful heritage building features a spacious modern teaching kitchen, culinary theatre and a 60-seat dining room.

You will research and plan menus for buffets, banquets, festivals and other events that you and your team will put on throughout the year. Distinctive ingredients that you help choose will need special culinary touches, and you will learn the techniques you need to bring them to mouth-watering reality.

Use the most modern GIS technologies to solve problems across a range of disciplines. Apply your prior education to work in agriculture, forestry, environmental management or natural resources.

From Google to governments and marketing to mineral exploration, geographic information systems are used across a variety of industries. No matter what industry you are currently in, this advanced diploma gives you the opportunity to launch a new career or add a new marketable skill to your résumé. Build on your existing post-secondary education and learn cutting-edge environmental technologies.

Learn current GIS technologies and how to use them to solve real-world problems. You will use geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and global positioning systems (GPS), and drone technology to detail minute variations in land, water, vegetation and nutrient conditions.

Experience with modern equipment and software will make you a hot commodity in resource-based industries. Learn to analyze data, find and incorporate related information, and then translate it into practical management decisions that can be applied in any number of industries.

Your career can take you almost anywhere: government, private industry and community organizations. There is tremendous opportunity for you in agriculture, forestry, watershed and environmental management, land use planning, natural resources and transportation.

Looking for a hands-on Finance program that also blends a co-operative work placement? Look no further than this 12-month Finance with Co-op advanced diploma program with a paid, four-month work placement!

Industry exams are written as part of your program curriculum, and you will be licensed to sell mutual funds. Obtain credit from the Investment Funds Institute of Canada for financial planning by registering directly with the organization. Peak employers’ interest with an advanced diploma that will give you the skills needed to get to work right after completing this program.

Become a go-to solution provider for clients looking for financial advice. Hone your research and analytical skills and put them to good use by matching up the right opportunities for the right clientele. Everyone wants financial freedom, and you can help your customers achieve their goals.

Learn everything from financial accounting to statistics to taxation. Develop skills in advanced financial reporting, auditing and business law. Higher-level courses enhance critical thinking skills and Indigenous-focused content provides perspective on Indigenous issues within a business context.      

The finance world is global and can take you anywhere. Find opportunities in the financial services’ industry as personal banking officers, lending officers (retail and agricultural), investment analysts, stockbrokers, and customer service representatives.

If you’re driven to make a lasting difference in people’s lives, our 9-month Comprehensive Health Care Aide - International program prepares you for a challenging and fulfilling career in health care. If you have compassion and respect for people of all ages and cultures, then being a health care aide will be a rewarding choice. 

Do you have what it takes to help those who need it most? Learn practical skills to care for patients and to communicate in a clinical setting. Help patients with their well-being and assist in managing their health care environment.

Make a real difference in the lives of others. Support people who require help with their own care and who may have trouble with mobility, feeding and communication, as well as other needs. Be job-ready through diverse practicum placements and hands-on experience.

Upon graduation, you will be an important part of a health care team. You will provide much-needed personal support and services to the sick, disabled, elderly and chronically ill.