Graduate Certificate in Addictions and Mental Health

Fanshawe Toronto at ILAC

Postgraduate Certificate / Diploma

Canada,Ontario

12 Months

Duration

CAD 16,435/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 100 FREE

Application Fee

Apply Date

Canada, Ontario

Type: College

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1967

Total Students: 43,000 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

655 Bay Street, 6th Floor Toronto ON M5G 2K4 Canada

Graduate Certificate in Addictions and Mental Health

Program Overview

Addictions and Mental Health is a one-year program for graduate students who are committed to advancing their skills and knowledge. This program combines classroom instruction with a field placement for students to work with clients.

Learning Outcomes

  • Use a bio-psycho-spiritual framework when providing addictions and mental health services;
  • Provide holistic, client-centred, gender-based, culturally relevant assessments and interventions to individuals, groups and families within social and cultural contexts across the lifespan;
  • Integrate skills and knowledge from a range of frameworks and contexts in addictions, mental health and concurrent disorders to provide non-biased services to women and those from diverse and varied populations;
  • Educate individuals, families, groups and the community regarding issues and approaches through knowledge translation, knowledge exchange and the dissemination of relevant and current research and practice via formal and informal education;
  • Access, utilize and advocate for culturally informed community supports and services for individuals, families and the community;
  • Actively participate in and contribute to, relevant networks, groups and organizations promoting development, improvement and advancement in the fields of addictions and mental health;
  • Work collaboratively within inter-professional teams providing ethical, effective, timely, and coordinated holistic services;
  • Practice ethical and responsible behaviour in all aspects of work;
  • Use research results to design and implement client care and services with the participation and contribution of the client, their family, and the community;
  • Proactively build collaborative relationships with Indigenous stakeholders to ensure culturally appropriate services.

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