Aboriginal Human Services Diploma [Nicola Valley Institute of Technology, NVIT]

The Aboriginal Human Services Diploma program provides students with training, knowledge, and skills to assess needs, and to formulate and implement strategies to enhance the quality of life for Aboriginal children, families and communities. It is a two-year diploma program that prepares students to provide direct and indirect services to individuals, families, and communities in a variety of multi-disciplinary settings. Aboriginal values, beliefs and approaches to helping are the basis for the program, and instill graduates with a commitment to promote well-being, and to work for empowerment and social justice with Aboriginal people. Contemporary theoretical perspectives and practice methods in human service delivery complement these Aboriginal values, beliefs and practices.