“If you are an experienced health care professional and would like to pursue a management position, or if you are already in management and would like to expand your skills and knowledge, the health care management certificates can help you to further your career.”
“If you are interested in making a difference in the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities, consider NETC’s Disability Support Worker Program. This 3-Semester program of study you will be provided with the knowledge and skills required to support people with developmental disabilities to live in dignity, participate and share in all aspects of life. Students will learn strategies for providing support in ways that are respectful of the dignity and individuality of each person with whom they work.”
“Making diabetes education available to community members is essential to the wellbeing of your community. As a Diabetes Worker, part of your job is to increase the knowledge of other health professionals and providers in the community who are involved with the care of people with diabetes, ensuring continuity and quality of diabetes care for the client.”
“This program is designed to provide participants with the skills and knowledge they need to effectively manage health care service, and act as a community health representative and advocate.”
"The purpose of this study was to understand how urban-residing Aboriginal adolescent-parent dyads (n = 11) jointly constructed and acted on goals and strategies with their social supports (n = 17) to facilitate the adolescents' career development. A modified protocol following the qualitative action-project method was used. A discrete joint project was identified for each family.
"A career-life planning model for use with First Nations people is described. This model uses a communal counseling process and focuses on key components such as connectedness, balance, needs, roles, gifts, and values."
"The purpose of the study was to field-test the First Nations Career-Life Planning Model, developed by McCormick and Amundson (1997), to determine, from participant feedback, if the model was viable, practical, and culturally appropriate. First Nations youth as well as family and community members participated in career counselling sessions and provided feedback on the model. The comments and feedback were categorised into five themes that support and suggest ways of improving the model further. Implications for practice and future research are included."
If you have been wondering where your career is headed, you're not alone. Every day people are constantly making changes in their work lives - changes like finding new work, going back to school, or switching careers.
At NSCC you will have the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills you are learning in a variety of ways. You can expect to practice your skills at the Campus through projects, simulations and teamwork. During your program, you will explore career options through real workplace experiences external to NSCC
