At Cégep de Rimouski in Rimouski, Canada, Diploma in Social Work Techniques is offered as a diploma in Social Work programme. The programme runs for 3 years. Tuition for international students is CAD 7,575 per semester.
Techniques de travail social (Social Work Techniques) is a three-year Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC) technical program at Cegep de Rimouski that trains social work technicians to support children, youth, adults and seniors facing challenges such as adaptation difficulties, family violence, isolation, mental health issues or poverty. Classroom study and practical activities in the first two years are followed by a third year built largely around fieldwork, including two mandatory social intervention internships placed across the Bas-Saint-Laurent region and Quebec. Students also have the option of an exchange semester in social assistance at the Haute Ecole en Hainaut in Belgium, and the program offers DEC-BAC and bridging pathways into university studies. It suits students with humanistic values and a collaborative approach who are committed to social change and want to work directly with people experiencing social difficulty. Graduates typically work as social work technicians, school-based interventionists, street workers, or workers in CLSCs, youth centres or community organizations. Admission requires a Secondary V diploma.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: The programme's own admission page states only the Cégep's general entry requirement: a Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES) or its equivalent, submitted through Quebec's collegial admissions portal (SRACQ). Applicants who are missing this credential can complete it through the Tremplin DEC pathway before starting the program. No subject prerequisite, minimum grade or average, language-proficiency test, portfolio, or interview is published beyond the DES. Field placement sites may run a criminal background check on students, which can bar access to a site; the Cégep cannot guarantee a placement, and without one the diploma cannot be issued.
Application Details
Start Date:Fall and Winter
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through the Service regional d'admission au collegial de Quebec (SRACQ): for Fall 2027 entry the first-round deadline is 1 March 2027, with further rounds in May, June and August, and for Winter 2027 entry the first-round deadline is 1 November 2026, with further rounds in December and January. International applicants apply through SRACQ's separate international-student portal, but Cegep de Rimouski publishes no fixed international closing date, and requires a 7,000 CAD pre-admission deposit before issuing an admission letter. Domestic admission proceeds through successive SRACQ rounds rather than one hard cutoff, so later applicants are still considered while seats remain; no international deadline is published. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
