Child and Youth Worker (1055)
3 Years - 6 Semesters
Ontario College Advanced Diploma
Grads at Work
A Child & Youth Worker diploma enables graduates to work in diverse settings. Graduates work in residential facilities for youth, including mental health settings, group homes and young offender facilities. Social services, including services for the developmentally delayed, health and educational facilities, recreation and wilderness training programs are all areas of potential employment. Family homes and community-based agencies also hire CYW graduates. There are an increasing number of graduates who are also self-employed.
The broad area of skills include assessment, treatment, prevention, intervention, advocacy work and community development. Becoming a member of the provincial Ontario Association of Child and Youth Counsellors (OACYC) can enhance employment opportunities.
Professional liability insurance for self-employed Child and Youth Workers is also available through the association. www.oacyc.org
Sault College CYW graduates are recognized across the province and the country and have been employed in the United States and the Dominican Republic.