Advanced Diploma in Child and Youth Care – Accelerated
This post graduate Child and Youth Care – Accelerated program from St. Clair College, provides individuals with an opportunity to complete the three year Child and Youth Care diploma program in an intensive eleven month time frame building upon their prior learning.
Duration
less than 1 year
Starting Date
September
Tuition Fee
$CAD 15,729
Location
Chatham-Kent, Canada
About the program
This combination of skills results in a dynamic, diversified graduate, prepared to work in a variety of workplace settings with diverse populations and provides practical field placement experience.
A Child and Youth Care specialist facilitates growth and change in children, adolescents and families experiencing a wide range of social, emotional, behavioural, or learning challenges.
Child and Youth Care – Accelerated Graduates from St. Clair College are involved in all facets of care from assessment to intake, goal formulation, program planning and intervention. Child and Youth Care specialists facilitate change, provide support and apply a variety of evidenced based intervention strategies.
Career Opportunities
With two credentials, employment opportunities for graduates are excellent in mental health treatment centres, residential facilities, young offender facilities, schools, group homes, community-based settings and in-home work with families.
Career Options
- Treatment
- The Child and Youth Worker as a Professional
- Observation Skills and Reporting
- Youth Justice
- Child Care Techniques
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Intervention
- Activities With Children
- Ethics and Practice in Crisis Intervention