PrintAddictions Certificate and Diploma Requirements
* Addiction Careworker Diploma (8951)
Academic Credit – 24 Units
To qualify for the Addiction Careworker Diploma, students are required to complete 16.0 Units of required Core Course study, 4.0 Units of Skill Development Electives, and 4.0 Units of General Electives. The required Core Courses and Skill Development Electives ensure that the knowledge and skills necessary for work in the field are covered. The General Elective credit component allows you the flexibility to target your educational experiences to your particular work setting or learning interests.
* Certificate In Addiction Studies – 8922
Academic Credit – 15 Units
This is an elective program. To obtain the Certificate students must complete a minimum of 15 units of academic credit. You may consult with the Program Manager to develop a personal study plan to meet your identified learning needs based on previous education and experience in the helping or addiction fields. Courses are delivered in a variety of formats to accommodate your learning style and scheduling needs. Students may select their courses from among any of the courses offered in the Addiction Careworker program.
*All courses in the Addiction Education Program have been approved by the Canadian Addiction Counsellor Certification Federation for a specific number of education hours. These hours are required to fulfil the basic education requirements necessary for application to the qualifying examination for the International Certified Alcohol and Drug Counsellor (I.C.A.D.C.) certification. For more information please go to the “Associations & Institutions” section of our website, or visit the CACCF website at www.caccf.ca.
Course List
* Depicts courses available in distance format. When registering for a distance course, please quote the number beginning with a 4 (i.e.,: 611-427 rather than 611-827).
I. Required Core Courses (all 6 courses required for Diploma)
- 611-827 Introduction to Addiction (3.0 Units)
(611-427 Distance Format)* - 611-828 Problem Management Skills for Helpers (3.0 Units)
(611-428 Distance Format)* - 620-862 Case Management and Report Writing (2.0 Units)
(620-462 Distance Format)* - 620-874 Pharmacology and Drug Abuse (2.0 Units)
(620-474 Distance Format)* - 611-830 Solution Focused Approaches in Addiction Counselling (3.0 Units)
(611-430 Distance Format)* - 611-829 Concepts and Dimensions of Group Work Practice (3.0 Units)
(611-429 Distance Format)*
II. Skill Development Electives (4.0 Units required for Diploma)
- 611-122 Counselling Techniques in Addiction Practice (2.0 Units)
- 620-888 Assessment of Addictive Behaviour (2.0 Units)
(620-488 Distance format)* - 620-899 Crisis Intervention in Addictions (2.0 Units)
- 620-498 Self-Help/Mutual Aid: Roles & Realities for Professionals (2.0 Units)
- 620-895 Treatment of Addictive Behaviours (2.0 Units)
(620-495 Distance Format)* - 620-876 Concurrent Disorders in Addiction (2.0 Units)
(620-476 Distance Format)* - 611-812 Understanding and Preventing Relapse (2.0 Units)
(611-412 Distance Format)* - 611-803/403 The Whole Person (2.0 Units)
- 611-811 Diversity and Special Issues in Addiction Counselling (2.0 Units)
- 620-471 E.A.P. II-Effectively Assisting the Troubled Employee (2.0 Units) (Distance format only)*
III. General Electives (4.0 Units required for Diploma)
- 611-400 Practical Experience* (2.0 Units)
- 611-813 Adult Children of Alcoholics: Treatment Issues (2.0 Units)
(611-413 Distance Format)* - 611-121 Working with Problem Gambling (2.0 Units)
(611-421 Distance Format)* - 620-892 Working with Women and Addictions (2.0 Units)
(620-492 Distance Format)* - 620-894 Youth and Addictions (2.0 Units)
(620-494 Distance Format)* - 620-865 Working with Older Canadians and Substance Abuse (2.0 Units)
- 620-879 Working with Families and Addiction (2.0 Units)
- 611-406 Program Development (2.0 Units)
- 620-470 EAP I-Introduction to Employee Assistance Programming (2.0 Units)
- 611-001 Independent Study (2.0 Units)
- 611-831 Professional Ethics and Helping (2.0 Units)
- 611-832 Co-Dependency as an Addiction (2.0 Units)