At Cegep de Victoriaville in Victoriaville, 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.
Social Work Techniques (Techniques de travail social) is a technical Diploma of Collegial Studies (DEC), program code 388.A1, offered full-time by Cégep de Victoriaville over six sessions (three years). The program combines classroom instruction with practical experience each session, including a telephone-outreach project supporting seniors run through the college, and culminates in two graded field placements of 315 and 420 hours in sessions five and six. Coursework builds skills in establishing helping relationships, assessing psychosocial needs, advocating for client rights, facilitating group activities, and developing community projects, with course content addressing social problems, mental health, family intervention, community engagement, and crisis response. General college admission conditions apply, with no specific subject prerequisites. Existing DEC-BAC agreements allow graduates to continue into university programs such as criminology, law, psychology, or social work. The program suits empathetic, open-minded students interested in social justice and rights advocacy who want to strengthen their leadership and communication skills. Graduates typically find work in youth centres, the health and social services network, schools, community organizations, employment services, and government agencies.
Requirements
Admission Requirements: Admission to Techniques de travail social carries no program-specific course prerequisite; the program page states 'Aucun préalable spécifique' and applicants must otherwise meet the Cégep's general admission conditions. Those conditions require a Diplôme d'études secondaires (DES) from the youth or adult sector, or a vocational diploma (DEP) supplemented by fifth-secondary language of instruction, fifth-secondary second language and fourth-secondary mathematics; levelling courses may be required for older diplomas, and applicants short by up to six DES units can be admitted conditionally if they complete them in their first semester. As a French-medium program no separate English-language test score is published. The program page states nothing about a criminal record check, interview, or other special condition for this cohort.
Application Details
Application Deadline:Domestic applicants apply through SRACQ (sracq.qc.ca): for the Fall 2027 (August) intake three admission rounds close 1 March, 1 May and 1 June 2027, and for Winter 2027 (January) entry rounds close 1 November, 1 December 2026 and 2 January 2027, each later round admitting only while seats remain. The Cegep does not publish a fixed international application deadline; international applicants follow a separate admission process and must hold a valid CAQ and study permit by the start of August for Fall entry, so early application is recommended. Admission is otherwise processed on a rolling basis as documents are received. These are institution-wide dates; this programme publishes no deadline of its own.
