Social Work Diploma

Red Deer Polytechnic

Social workers are trained to 'help people help themselves'. In this program you will learn how to help people meet the demands of daily life by helping to increase their access to resources, services and opportunities as individuals or within their communities. The mission of the Social Work Diploma Program at RDP is to graduate ethical and compassionate social workers committed to anti-oppressive practice and social justice. The focus of social work is on the interactions between people and their social environment. The program examines how to help people meet the demands of daily life by helping to increase their access to resources, services and opportunities as individuals or within their communities. In this program, you will learn to identify gaps and challenges in those systems and ways in which they can be addressed.