Mental Health and Addiction Worker

The Mental Health and Addiction Worker diploma at Fleming College in Peterborough, Ontario prepares you to support people living with mental-health challenges and substance-use concerns. Over two years you will study mental-health and addiction theory, counselling and helping skills, concurrent disorders, crisis intervention, harm reduction, group facilitation, and trauma-informed and culturally responsive practice. Supervised field placements in community and clinical settings give you supervised, real-world experience that builds confidence and competence.

You will learn to build trusting relationships, conduct supportive interviews, help clients set and reach recovery goals, respond to crisis situations, and connect people with the resources and services they need. The program emphasises compassion, ethics and evidence-informed approaches that meet people where they are. Graduates work as mental-health and addiction workers, recovery and outreach support workers, community mental-health workers and peer support staff in agencies, treatment programs, shelters and health services. With mental-health and addiction support in high and rising demand, career prospects are strong and meaningful. International students gain valuable Canadian human-services experience and a focused, respected credential. If you want to help people through some of life’s hardest moments and support lasting recovery, this diploma offers a deeply rewarding career path.

Beyond technical know-how, you will develop the communication, teamwork and professionalism employers prize, graduating well prepared for roles such as Mental Health Worker and for long-term career growth in Canada and beyond.