Sprott Shaw College 6-140 Terminal Ave, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5C5

www.sprottshaw.com facebook.com/sprottshawnanaimo Phone (250) 754-9600

Community Support Worker - Social Services

Starts February 11, 2013 If you have a passion for helping others, are compassionate,

understanding and a good listener, this may be the career for

you! Graduates have enjoyed considerable success with job

placement and the opportunities are growing. Within our 50-

week Community

Support Worker

Diploma are two

employer super-

vised practicums,

each is four weeks

in duration. We

benefit from strong

ties to social ser-

vice agencies in

the Mid Island re-

gion and have re-

cently placed stu-

dents in settings

that support preg-

nant teenagers,

homeless persons, children with special needs, and those

with substance abuse problems. We have also placed grad-

uates in the area of First Nations outreach and community

development, especially for youth and those in rehabilitation.

Sprott Shaw CSW graduates can be found working at Lady-

smith Re-

source Cen-

ter, J. Gar-

nons Williams

(adult resi-

dential hous-

ing), Samari-

tan House,

Nanaimo

Men's Re-

source Cen-

ter, The Ce-

dars in Cob-

ble Hill,

Clements Society (Adult residential & adult day programs for

mentally and physically challenged individuals as well as

after school programs for challenged children), Child Devel-

opment Centre, Pregnancy Crisis Center, Forward House in

Parksville (adult day programs for adults with mental illness

and addiction), Tansor Elementary School Daycare Center,

VITALS in Cowichan (residential facilities for physically and

mentally challenged adults, Bill's Place in Nanaimo (adult

brain injury clients), Warmland Shelter in Duncan

(transitional housing), Island Crisis Care Society, Nanaimo

Association for Community Living, and One Stop (youth drop

-in center). As part of the enrolment process, students meet

with our Community Support Worker instructor, Jan Hull.

Jan brings into the classroom a wealth of experience in this

helping profession. Her

background includes teach-

ing at the elementary

school level and is a certi-

fied Mediator through the

Justice Institute. Jan spe-

cialized in family mediation,

and operates her own prac-

tice around the hours she

teaches in the classroom at

Sprott Shaw. During the 50-

week program, students

learn a variety of counsel-

ling techniques and theo-

ries, discuss child and ado-

lescent growth and devel-

opment, understand addic-

tions and mental health

issues and review social

service supports available in the local community. Upon

graduation, CSW students have the skills and knowledge to

make a positive impact in the lives of the clients they serve.

Community Support Worker student Kaitlyn Niddrie volunteers as a

greeter at our Fall 2012 Graduation ceremony

Community Support Worker Instructor, Jan Hull

Upcoming Course Start Dates

Administrative Assistant Diploma Jan 14, Feb 11 Medical Office Assistant Diploma Jan 14, Feb 11 Medical Office Assistant Certificate Jan 21 Business Administration Certificate Jan 21 Community Support Worker/Social Svcs Feb 11 Healthcare Assistant Diploma Feb 25

Community Support Worker graduates celebrate the completion of their program

and pose for a picture with CSW Instructor, Jan Hull (2nd from right)

Sprott Shaw College 6-140 Terminal Ave, Nanaimo, BC V9R 5C5

www.sprottshaw.com facebook.com/sprottshawnanaimo Phone (250) 754-9600

Student Luncheon

We celebrated with turkey and all the trimmings on Decem-

ber 20 as part of

our annual “Staff

Serve the Students”

Christmas Lunch-

eon. Students en-

joyed a two week

break from classes,

and will be back

refreshed and re-

charged on Mon-

day, January 7.

Happy New Year!

With every New Year, we tend to embrace the new possibili-

ties based on what we

would like to change within

ourselves. This results in

setting goals and resolu-

tions. Many of us will be

thinking about developing

our skills that would trans-

late into permanent em-

ployment, or a looking to

add new skills which will in

turn result in a wage in-

crease. Sprott Shaw

would like to be a part of your year and all of your achieve-

ments! We are here to help, and just a call or a mouse click

away. Connect with

Karen Moon, our

friendly and knowl-

edgeable Career

Advisor at 250 754

9600 or drop into

the campus be-

tween Monday and

Friday.

Practical Nurse Pinning Ceremony

Our freshly graduated Practical Nurse students, along with

their friends

and fami-

lies, cele-

brated a

year of hard

work during

a special

ceremony at

the Nanai-

mo Museum

on Decem-

ber 21. Students organized a slideshow and certificates and

awards were presented to each student, acknowledging their

unique and specific accomplishments over the year. Our

Practical Nurse students

are back in the classroom

during the first week of Jan-

uary for final preparations

to write the “Canadian Practical Nurse Registration Exam”.

On January 9, 2013, this class will join other newly graduated

Practical Nurse students in writing the licensing exam in vari-

ous writing centers across the province.