Field Placement & Employment Prospects (DSW)

Field Placement Agencies

• Avenue 11 Community Services
• Brain Injury Services for Northwest Ontario
• Community Living Thunder Bay
• Lakehead Public School Board
• Superior Greenstone Association for Community Living
• OPTIONS northwest Personal Support Services
• Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board
• Lakehead Public Schools
• Wesway
• City of Thunder Bay, Recreation & Culture Division, Inclusion Services
• Red Lake and District Association for Community Living
• Fort Frances and District Association for Community Living

Employment Prospects

Graduates are hired by the following agencies in Thunder Bay:

Ave 11, Options Northwest, Community Living Thunder Bay, Brain Injury Services for Northwest Ontario,  Wesway, Thunder Bay District School Board, Lakehead Public School Board, HAGI.  There are also many job opportunities outside of Thunder Bay. If you are willing to travel, your skills are recognized throughout Canada.

Post-Diploma Options

• Ryerson University - A part-time program giving community college graduates the opportunity to complete a Bachelor of Applied Arts degree
• Lakehead University - Social work program
• Humber College - Post-graduate Diploma. 

Developmental Services Human Resource Strategy has launched the DS HR Strategy website: www.ontariodevelopmentalservices.ca