Diploma in Human Services Counselor

at Oulton College Canada

You are:

• Caring and kind
• Loving of animals
• Customer service oriented
• A people person
• A team player

What does a vet assistant do?

Veterinary Assistants often manage the day-to-day operations of a veterinary clinic, providing both customer assistance and patient care as part of their everyday duties.

Will I get to practice with hands-on training?

As with all courses at Oulton College, we make sure you have lots of time to practice the skills taught in the classroom. You’ll have a chance to put your knowledge to the test on sit at our Veterinary Clinic, learn to be comfortable working in a laboratory, and also take part in a four week practicum placement in a veterinary clinic. Our program will provide you with the hands-on training you require to work with Veterinary Technicians and Veterinarians.

What will I learn?

In addition to skills development, you will also learn how to manage the day-to-day operations of a veterinary clinic.

Medical Laboratory Assistants’ primary role is clinical support. Medical Laboratory Assistants may work in hospital or clinic settings, in departments such as phlebotomy and specimen receiving, or work directly in specialized laboratories.

The Medical Laboratory Assistant program provides hands-on practical experience and training in:

• Blood and Specimen Collection
• Specimen Processing Techniques
• Basic Laboratory Techniques
• Communication Skills
• Medical Terminology
• Laboratory Mathematics

The Oulton College Primary Care Paramedic Program will prepare you for a career dealing with high-intensity, fast-paced emergency situations.

Our Primary Care Paramedic program provides hands on practical experience and training in:

• Paramedical science, both practical and theoretical, giving the ability to deliver reflexive medical care.
• Human anatomy and physiology, gaining the knowledge necessary to assess the human body and its state of wellness.
• The ability to think on your feet, understanding psychology and non-violent crisis inter-vention.
• Safe and effective patient lifting and transfer techniques.
• Critical thinking and rescue procedures necessary to quickly and effectively deal with medical and traumatic emergencies.
• Defensive driving techniques in our training ambulance.
• Physical fitness and wellbeing.

Have you wanted to be a part of a medical team, seeing how doctors, hospitals, and dentists work from the other side of the counter? Look no further: Oulton College Medical Office Administration Diploma Program is the program that will start your career in the ever-changing Medical and Dental Administrative fields. The administration staff at every level of medical and dental care are a vital part of a health care team, providing patients with care and comfort, bringing organization and management to your team.

Depending on your career choice, you may be the first contact for patients while running an office smoothly and seamlessly (and earning the undying gratitude of the other members of your team!) If you chose to work in a hospital setting you may work in a unit handling sensitive and urgent tasks required to keep the medical system running at peak efficiency

That sounds like a lot of responsibility. How will you help me prepare?

Our Medical Office Administration program provides hands-on practical experience and training in:

• Communications and Interpersonal skills: interacting with clients, confidence and demeanor.
• Dental and Medical Office procedures: record management, phone etiquette, scheduling.
• Keyboarding: training to achieve graduation target of 50 words per minute.
• Medical Transcription: medical documents, chart notes and physical reports.
• Medical Terminology: specifically in Physiology and Anatomy.
• Medical Office Software: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Word.
• Personal and Professional Development: resume writing, practical interview skills and practice, time management and professional expectations.
• Simply Accounting: computer based accounting procedures.

Once you have the skills and knowledge, we give you a chance to learn from professionals and practice in a safe and controlled environment. You will be given the opportunity to complete a 6 week practicum placement

Counseling today is more necessary, rewarding, and challenging than ever before.

In today’s stressed out, overworked, hyper-connected world, mental health and wellness have never been more of a concern. Thankfully there are people like you - those looking to make a real difference in the lives of others. Counselors help those going through major life changes, those who are struggling with mental health issues like depression and anxiety, and countless other situations where a caring shoulder and listening ear are lifesavers

What skills and content are taught in this program?

Our Human Services Counselor Program provide hands-on practical experience and training in:

• Communications: basic counseling skills and techniques necessary to communicate appropriately with staff, clients, families and other human services care providers.
• Interpersonal Relationships: principles and practices to develop collaborative and positive relationships.
• Psychology: knowledge on such topics as motivation, personality, abnormal behaviour, emotion, development, social processes and psychotherapy.
• Behaviour Management: applied behavioural techniques used to modify behaviour.
• Advocacy, Conflict Resolution and Group Facilitation.
• Community Development and Social Policy.
• Certification in ASIST: Suicide Intervention.
• Certification in CPI: Non-Violent Crisis Intervention.

Beyond the work of a legal administrative assistant, as a paralegal, you can work with lawyers, crown prosecutors, judges, for federal and provincial courts, with justice departments, insurance companies, and real estate agencies in conducting legal research and helping to ensure the rule of law is upheld. With 18 years of experience in offering this program which is taught by a retired lawyer and a working paralegal, you will graduate with confidence that you possess the necessary skills to succeed in the legal profession.

The Business Management & Entrepreneurship Diploma Program takes people just like you with the dream, the drive, and the desire to excel and gives them the skills they need to be successful in today’s marketplace. The modern business world has moved beyond spreadsheets and boring business plans - to launch a startup, build an empire or grow someone else’s company, you need a solid foundation of base skills but even that’s not enough. You need to learn from experience - both your own and from those who have blazed this trail before you. At Oulton, school’s out: training is in.

We source and recruit our instructors from the corporate world, so you learn from those who have had success in real life. We go beyond classroom lectures, giving you and every one of our students the opportunity to develop and use your skills, connect with the business community, and build your network - all before graduation day.

Ready for a career using your love of tech? Our Web & Mobile Development Program will give you advanced programming skills along with website and database design and app development, making you a hot commodity in today’s labour force. We’ll teach you the most in-demand technical skills in creating and building websites, while giving you a strong background in developing apps for mobile devices

You will receive individual attention from the best instructors in the industry. You will get lots of hands-on experience to build your confidence and expertise, with practical exercises and real projects.

The world of tech is huge…what exactly will I learn?

Our Web & Mobile Development Diploma Program provides hands-on practical experience and training in:

• Web Design: using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript and jQuery.
• Building Web Applications: using PHP and MySQL.
• Database Design: techniques to build a good server database and how to query, implement and maintain a database using SQL (Structured Query Language).
• Developing Enterprise Web Solutions: using the Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET environment and the Microsoft .NET platform to create an ASP.NET Web application that delivers dynamic content to a website.
• Programming using Java: building fundamental object-oriented programming skills.
• Android App Development: leveraging Java skills to build Android Apps

The Policing and Corrections program is designed to assist students in acquiring the knowledge and skills required for employment opportunities in the fields of Policing, Security and Corrections. This is a unique one year in-depth program, which focuses on the fundamentals of Policing and Corrections. It is designed for students with a strong interest in the Criminal Justice System and the desire to serve the community as a law enforcement or correctional officer. The college recognizes the differences and similarities between the two distinct areas of study. However with the changing needs in the law enforcement community, students need to have more options.

The Early Childhood Education program is accredited by the province of New Brunswick. It is recognized for its high standards in preparing teachers and caregivers to work with young children from the ages of K-Grade 5. Graduates of this program may become lead teachers, infant/toddler caregivers, family support specialists, after school program leaders and teacher’s assistants. This program is designed to assist students to develop the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies to attain employment within the Early Childhood Education field. For your convenience, courses in ECE are offered in the evenings as well as during the day. This program focuses on infants, children, including those with special needs, within the context of the family, the school and the community. This program will also include training in the development of child care services from a small business perspective.