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

44.0703 - Forensic social work

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to serve as social workers in correctional facilities, mental health hospitals, the justice system, substance abuse treatment programs, and victim assistance. These programs include courses in forensic social work, criminal justice administration, domestic violence, ethics, juvenile justice systems, mental illness and crime, program evaluation, and research methods.

• Illustrative example(s)

  • forensic social work

  All examples

• Exclusion(s)

  • clinical social work(51.1503)
  • forensic nursing(51.3824)
  • forensic psychology(42.2812)
  • medical social work(51.1503)
  • social work(44.0701)