College Diploma - Child and Youth Care

Make a positive impact in the lives of children, youth, and families. Prepare for a career supporting children and their families who have experienced adversity such as childhood trauma, oppression, systemic discrimination, mental health or substance use. Prepare to support children, youth, families, and communities. This program provides opportunities to explore unique and specialized areas including diversity, advocacy, mental health, policy, trauma-informed and reflective practice within the Child and Youth Care field. Through hands-on experiences such as research projects and practicums, student's will learn to integrate the Child and Youth Care Competencies into their professional practice.

Graduates of the Child and Youth Care program will work with children, youth, and families in a variety of settings. Some of these include residential settings such as group homes, shelters, or treatment centres, community programs such as drop-in centres, summer camps, or parent centres, within a family’s home as a family support worker, in the community as a youth worker, within schools as a specialized support worker, or within the youth justice system.