ACS Community Worker

ACS - Community Worker

The RAC program Community Worker (for Indigenous Candidates)* is intended for First Nations, Inuits and Métis who have real-life experience in community-based or traditional organizations such as: community centres, literacy associations, prevention programs, physical or mental wellness centres, family assistance programs, support organizations, youth support programs, community circles, etc.

The sixteen competencies of the program refer to knowledge and skills recognized in community intervention activities (group facilitation, assistance to people, program development).

*Program available online and offered in French.

French Language requirements

As of fall 2023, as defined by the regulations of the Ministère de la Langue française, to obtain an ACS, candidates must demonstrate sufficient knowledge of French, by means of a standardized test, if they are taught in English.

For those interested in enrolling in a program offered in English, certain situations may attest that they meet the French language knowledge requirements (e.g., having studied in French, holding a diploma, etc.). If you hold a Certificate of Eligibility to receive instruction in English (CEO), acquired at primary or secondary level in the Quebec school system, you do not need to meet the French language requirements.

Competencies evaluated

  • The sixteen competencies of the program refer to knowledge and skills necessary for community intervention (assistance to people, group facilitation, project and team management).

    • Examine the work functions and professional practices
    • Facilitate group sessions
    • Draft and revise texts in English
    • Communicate in the workplace
    • Use basic functions of everyday management and communications software
    • Manage a work team
    • Welcome a person in a helping relationship context
    • Assess human behavior and development
    • Conduct psychosocial interventions in a community organization
    • Manage a project
    • Develop activities related to the environment’s needs
    • Conduct interventions in a helping relationship context
    • Conduct interventions in a crisis situation
    • Process financial information to manage a budget
    • Intervene with people suffering from mental health and addiction disorders
    • Integrate a workplace
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