Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings

• 05 - Business, management and public administration
• 44. - Public administration and social service professions
• 44.07 - Social work

44.0701 - Social work, general

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals for the professional practice of social welfare administration and counselling, and that focuses on the study of organized means of providing basic support services for vulnerable individuals and groups. These programs include courses in social welfare policy; case work planning; social counselling and intervention strategies; administrative procedures and regulations; and specific applications in areas such as child welfare and family services, probation, employment services, and disability counselling.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • social work

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • addiction counselling(51.1501)
  • clinical social work(51.1503)
  • community service worker(19.0707)
  • delinquency intervention(43.0110)
  • developmental services worker (DSW)(19.0710)
  • forensic social work(44.0703)
  • social services worker(44.0000)
  • youth services worker(44.0702)