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

Variant of the Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) Canada 2021 Version 1.0 for Primary groupings
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05 - Business, management and public administration

44. - Public administration and social service professions

This series comprises instructional programs that prepare individuals to analyse, manage, and deliver public programs and services.

44.07 - Social work

This subseries comprises instructional program classes 44.0701 to 44.0799.

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)
44.0702 - Youth services/administration

This instructional program class comprises any program that prepares individuals to plan, manage, and implement social services for children, youth, and families. These programs include courses in child development and psychology, adolescence, family studies, social work, social services administration, juvenile and family law, program and facilities planning, youth leadership, counselling, probation, casework, applicable procedures, and regulations, and professional standards and ethics.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • child and youth care counsellor
    • child and youth worker
    • youth administration
    • youth care worker
    • youth counsellor
    • youth services
    • youth services worker

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • child and youth care(19.0701)
    • child care worker(19.0709)
    • delinquency intervention(43.0110)
    • developmental services worker (DSW)(19.0710)
    • family and community services(19.0707)
    • social work(44.0701)
    • youth pastor(39.0702)
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)
44.0799 - Social work, other

This instructional program class comprises any program not listed above that relates to Social work.

  • Illustrative example(s)

    • other social work

    All examples

  • Exclusion(s)

    • youth corrections(43.0110)
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