Job requirements Mental Health Worker near Charlottetown (PE)

Find out what you typically need to work as a mental health worker near Charlottetown (PE). These requirements are applicable to all Social and community service workers (NOC 42201).

Employment requirements

This is what you typically need for the job.

  • Completion of a college or university program in social work, child and youth care, psychology or other social science or health-related discipline is usually required.
  • Previous work experience in a social service environment as a volunteer or in a support capacity may replace formal education requirements for some occupations in this unit group.
  • Social service workers may be required to be a member of a provincial regulatory body in some provinces.

Source National Occupational Classification

Professional certification and licensing

Prince Edward Island

If this occupation is regulated, you may need to get a professional license from a regulatory authority before you can start working. Licensing can be compulsory or voluntary, depending on the occupation.

  • If the licence is compulsory, you must be certified before you can practise the occupation and use the professional designation.
  • If the licence is voluntary, you don’t need to be certified to practise this occupation.

Find out if this occupation is regulated and contact the regulatory authority to learn about the certification process.

Source Foreign Credential Recognition Program - ESDC

Find out where this occupation is regulated in Canada

List of Associations

Associations are organizations that may provide news to its members about networking events, professional development and other common issues for people working in the same industry.

List of Associations
Associations Contact information
Provincial level
Early Childhood Development Association of PEI

3 Brighton Road, Suite 115, Charlottetown PE, C1A 7K4

Phone number 902 - 3681866
Provincial level
PEI Association of Social Workers

81 Prince Street, Charlottetown PE, C1A 4R3

Phone number 902 - 3687337

Do you want to work in another province or territory?

If you are already certified to work in a regulated occupation in your province or territory, it will be easier for you to have your certification recognized in another province or territory. See the Workers Mobility's website to learn more.

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