Community and Justice Services - St. Lawrence CollegeCorrectional Worker and Services Education in CanadaCrime and Fire Programs -- Community College Programs
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Community and Justice Services - St. Lawrence College St. Lawrence College's 2-year Diploma in Community and Justice Services program provides students the knowledge and skills that will allow them to pursue employment, career advancement, or further education in various aspects of community and justice services or related fields. The Program aims to develop students' understanding of the legal and theoretical aspects of crime and behaviour as well as developing the former's skills in crime prevention, critical and creative thinking, intervention, problem diagnosis and solving, and teamwork. Moreover, 'the practical application of the learning, within the context of the criminal justice system and other systems that promote community safety, is emphasized.' During the first year of the Program, students will take primarily theory courses that will ready them for the more applied courses and the field placement that will take place in the second year. For example, during the first year students will learn about Communication Skills, Community and Social Services, Contemporary Social Problems, Criminal and Civil Law, Criminology, Ethical Reasoning, First Nations Peoples and Issues in Diversity, Fitness and Lifestyle Management, Interpersonal and Group Dynamics, Psychology, Sociology, and the Canadian Criminal Justice System. The final year of the Program will have students enroll in mostly in applied classes with the focus being on preparation for the field placement including a Field Practice Seminar 'intended to help students explore various field placements in the field of corrections.' Students will train in such areas as Canadian Corrections, Career Planning, Case Management, Correctional Work, Fitness, Intervention Strategies In Addictions, Management of Disruptive Behaviour, and Special Needs and Young Offenders. The Program's 2nd year will include 2 field placements. During the 1st Placement, which occurs in semester 3, 'students are assigned 200 hours (5 - 40 hours weeks) of placement within a correctional agency' preferably in situations where 'students replicate the work of correctional staff, carrying out assigned duties under the supervision of an agency ômentor.' The 2nd field placement takes place in semester 4 and involves 'consecutive weeks of field practice.' Graduates of the Program will be prepared to pursue various employment, career advancements, and/or further studies in Criminology, Criminal Justice, or related areas. Career-wise, graduates may apply for positions across Canada in such areas as border or community services, corrections, crime prevention, criminal investigation, criminal law, insurance, investigations, law and law enforcement, national security, offender case management, policing, public administration, Revenue Canada, social work, the courts, and victim services, to name but a few. Graduates have been hired in the 'Federal/Provincial Correctional systems, young offender homes, treatment centres, school boards and non governmental agencies.' Graduates may also pursue further studies at various colleges and universities across Canada, and are eligible to receive advanced standing into programs at numerous institutions. To be eligible for the Program, applicants must have an Ontario Secondary School Diploma, or equivalent, and complete a Health Questionnaire and should 'possess excellent oral and written communication skills as many of the courses are dealing with the subject area of law.' Furthermore, prospective students 'must be free of an adult/young offender record' because many of the Program's 'placements are unwilling to accept students with records.' Applicants who do have a criminal record 'will be prohibited from attending placement in second year unless they have received a full pardon from the Pardon and Clemency Board of Canada.' Applicants who are 'accepted into the program must demonstrate a sincere interest in working with people from many different backgrounds and with many different problems.' Therefore, students will need to be 'be professional, mature, and assertive' and maintain 'professional conduct in and outside of the classroom, and when representing the College or the program.' Working in criminal justice can be mentally and physically strenuous and thus students should be prepared to cope with stress and partake in 'mandatory fitness courses.'
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