Graduate Certificate of Addictions and Mental Health
London, Canada
Graduate Certificate
DURATION
30 weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Jan 2027
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
About: Fanshawe College’s Graduate Certificate of Addictions and Mental Health is a one-year programme that blends classroom instruction with a field placement. You’ll study addictions and mental health fundamentals, promotion and prevention, pharmacology, social treatment approaches, intervention techniques and collaborative practice. A capstone and supervised placement let you apply skills with clients across child, adult, family and gerontology settings.
Career Outcomes: Graduates can work in community, residential service settings. Roles include Addictions Counsellor, Substance Abuse Counsellor, Mental Health Support Worker, Case Manager, Outreach Services Advisor, Residential Care Worker, Youth Worker for prevention, intervention and treatment of addictions and mental illness.
Addictions and Mental Health is a one-year program for graduate students committed to advancing their skills and knowledge. This program combines classroom instruction with a field placement for students to work with clients.
Your Learning Experience
The Addictions and Mental Health one-year program will be beneficial for seasoned practitioners who are committed to maintaining currency, and/or who are seeking career advancement. Students who are newly graduated from post-secondary may also wish to enroll in this program to deepen their knowledge and skill base before entering the workforce. Opportunities to work in varying sectors such as child, adult, family and gerontology-based programs may broaden for students who complete this Graduate Certificate.
This program is designed for graduate students interested in enhancing their knowledge and skills to advance their careers or enter the workforce. You will learn the fundamental components of addictions and mental health issues, promotion and prevention, pharmacology, and social treatment approaches.
As a student within the mental health and addictions program, you will feel confident using intervention techniques, educate individuals through knowledge exchange, work collaboratively in teams and build wholistic relationships. Prepare for a career as a mental health worker by gaining hands-on experience through a capstone and field placement within addictions and mental health. Students will have the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills while working collaboratively with various professionals.
The intent of this program is to prepare students to work in a variety of Human Services settings, such as community programs, residential care, social service programs, early childhood and family centres, recreation and leisure services, gerontology programs, and group homes, as well as any other settings that support the prevention, intervention, and treatment of addictions and/or mental illness.
CIP Code: 51.1599
Level 1
- Fundamentals of Addictions
- Fundamentals of Mental Health
- Professionalism in Person-Centred Care
- Promotion & Prevention
- Social Justice: Equity & Diversity
- Field Preparation
- Lifespan Development
- Capstone Project Development
Level 2
- Pharmacology
- Treatment Approaches in Addiction
- Change Stages & Motivational Interview
- Capstone Project
- Field Placement-Addiction & Mental Health
- Field Seminar
Program Residency
Students Must Complete a Minimum of 11 credits in this program at Fanshawe College to meet the Program Residency requirement and graduate from this program
- 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.
Graduates of the program can advance their employment as: an Addictions Crisis Worker, Withdrawal Management Counsellor, Addictions Counsellor, Substance Abuse Counsellor, Case Manager, Community Support Worker, Coordinator/ Psychogeriatric Case Manager, Counsellor/Group Facilitator, Mental Health Support Worker, Outreach Services Advisor, Rehabilitation Services Case Manager, Residential Care Worker, Youth Worker.
