Field Placement & Employment Prospects

Field Placement Agencies

• Avenue 11(opens in new window) Community Services
• Brain Injury Services for Northwest Ontario(opens in new window)
• Community Living Thunder Bay(opens in new window)
• Lakehead Public School Board(opens in new window)
• Superior Greenstone Association for Community Living
• OPTIONS northwest(opens in new window) Personal Support Services
• Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board(opens in new window)
• Lakehead Public Schools
• Wesway(opens in new window)
• 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(opens in new window), Options Northwest(opens in new window), Community Living Thunder Bay(opens in new window), Brain Injury Services for Northwest Ontario(opens in new window), Wesway(opens in new window), Thunder Bay District School Board(opens in new window), Lakehead Public School Board(opens in new window), HAGI(opens in new window). 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(opens in new window)