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Child and Youth Care (compressed)

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Credential
Ontario College Advanced Diploma
Location
Oshawa
School
School of Health & Community Services (HCS)
Length
Six consecutive semesters
OCAS Code
CYCA
Next Intake
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Program Overview

Child and youth care practitioners provide support and understanding to young people and their families. This six-consecutive-semester program teaches you to engage with children, youth and families in their everyday lives to promote optimal development and facilitate positive changes by using the principles of relational practice. Your eagerness to work with people and emotional maturity will help you meet the demands of working with children and youth with complex needs.

Working with young people
Working with young people
Communication Skills
Communication Skills
Relational Practice
Relational Practice

Admission Requirements

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or Mature Student Status
  • Grade 12 English (C or U) (minimum 60 per cent)

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Intakes and Availability

Date Domestic Availability International Availability
September 2020OpenClosed

Tuition

Year one domestic: $4,083 (CDN)

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Semester 1 Courses

  • Introduction To Child And Youth Care (CHLD 1500)
  • Professional Practice (CHLD 1501)
  • Communication Foundations - Health & Community Services (COMM 1803)
  • Interviewing Skills I (COUN 1500)
  • Cyc Issues & Ethics (COUN 1509)
  • General Education Elective (GNED 0000)
  • Introduction To Group Dynamics (GRUP 1501)

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Career Options

Graduates from this program may find entry-level employment in:

  • Child welfare agencies
  • Children’s mental health centres
  • Community based child and youth programs
  • Early intervention programs
  • Group homes
  • Home-based care and treatment services
  • Hospitals
  • Juvenile justice programs
  • Residential treatment centres
  • School boards

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Program Details

This advanced diploma program is a three-year, fast-track program delivered over two calendar years. You will be required to complete two block placements in the spring/summer semesters of both your first and second years.

Designed to prepare you to provide frontline treatment services to young people with complex special needs you will receive specific education and skill development related to:

  • Child management techniques
  • Designing treatment programs (for individuals and groups)
  • Family support interventions
  • Therapeutic relationships
  • Working with multidisciplinary teams

The curriculum encourages self-reflective practice that will enable you to explore your values, beliefs, attitudes and assumptions related to human behaviour and relationships.

Faculty will work closely with you to support skill development and growth in communication techniques and counselling theory and practice.

As part of the program you will be required to complete certificate training in Understanding and Managing Aggressive Behaviour.

Admission Requirements

  • Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or Mature Student Status
  • Grade 12 English (C or U) (minimum 60 per cent)

Please note: This program may be highly competitive and have a specific selection process and application deadline. For more information, please contact recruitment@durhamcollege.ca or call 905.721.3126. Please refer to Admission Processes for more details regarding highly competitive programs.

 

Courses

Semester 1

  • Introduction To Child And Youth Care (CHLD 1500)
  • Professional Practice (CHLD 1501)
  • Communication Foundations - Health & Community Services (COMM 1803)
  • Interviewing Skills I (COUN 1500)
  • Cyc Issues & Ethics (COUN 1509)
  • General Education Elective (GNED 0000)
  • Introduction To Group Dynamics (GRUP 1501)

Semester 2

  • Therapeutic Activities I (CHLD 2500)
  • Foundations Of Child And Youth Care Methods (CHLD 2506)
  • Academic Writing For Success Strategies (COMM 2715)
  • Interviewing Skills II (COUN 2502)
  • Child Development (CYCA 2501)
  • Diversity In Society (CYCA 5502)
  • Field Placement Preparation (FPP 2501)

Semester 3

  • Field Placement I (FWK 3500)

Semester 4

  • Therapeutic Activities II (CHLD 4500)
  • Child & Youth Care Methods (CHLD 4502)
  • Development Of Self (CYCA 2502)
  • Adolescent And Young Adulthood (CYCA 4501)
  • Family Work In Cyc (CYCA 4503)
  • Field Placement & Seminar II (FWK 5502)
  • General Education Elective (GNED 0000)

Semester 5

  • Mental Health Literacy For Child And Youth Care (CHLD 5500)
  • Child Welfare (CHLD 5501)
  • Group Facilitation (CYCA 4502)
  • Advanced Professional Practice (CYCA 5501)
  • Social Welfare (CYCA 5503)
  • Field Placement III & Seminar (FWK 5505)
  • General Education Elective (GNED 0000)

Semester 6

  • Field Placement IV (FWK 6505)

Courses and course descriptions are subject to change.

Costs

YEAR ONE FEES Domestic
Tuition $4,083
Compulsory Ancillary

$1,844

Program Incidental $0
Total Fees: $5,927

Please note: fees are based on the 2019-2020 academic year and do not include textbooks. For more information please see Other fees to consider.

Career Options

Graduates from this program may find entry-level employment in:

  • Child welfare agencies
  • Children’s mental health centres
  • Community based child and youth programs
  • Early intervention programs
  • Group homes
  • Home-based care and treatment services
  • Hospitals
  • Juvenile justice programs
  • Residential treatment centres
  • School boards

Field Placement

Your learning will be complemented with three competency-based field placements under the supervision of qualified clinicians. These placements will occur in a variety of children’s mental health agencies and school settings in Durham Region and its surrounding area.

PRE-PLACEMENT REQUIREMENTS

Please note: There are costs associated with Electronic Student Permit Checking (ESPC), immunizations, lab tests and certifications.  Be sure to keep all of your receipts for income tax purposes.  These costs include:

  • Service fees for Verified, our documentation collection and ESPC verification partner.
  • Costs to complete mandatory immunizations, lab tests, and certifications.

It is required that students have completed the ESPC with Verified to be eligible for the field placement component of this program. You must (at your expense) provide:

  • A clear and current Criminal Reference Check (CRC) with Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS). If you cannot provide a clear CRC with VSS, you may not be accepted for placement by a field placement agency. CRCs with VSS must be obtained from your local police station. You may be required to obtain additional CRCs with VSS to meet field placement agency requirements
  • Current Level C CPR certification from a recognized provider
  • Current standard first aid certification from a recognized provider
  • Entry immunization form completed by a health-care provider
  • Additional background checks may be required as per agency requirements

Links:

  • Child and Youth Care Placement ESPC Information Package
  • Verified ESPC User Guide

Program Transfer, Degree Completion and Additional Credentials

Qualified graduates may be eligible to apply their academic credits towards further study at Durham College in graduate certificate programs such as Victimology and Youth Justice and Interventions.

Durham College also offers degree completion opportunities with a number of Canadian and international institutions. Sample diploma-to-degree opportunities include:

  • Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Criminology and Justice - Ontario Tech University (Ontario Tech)
  • Bachelor of Honours in Political Science - Ontario Tech
  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Forensic Psychology - Ontario Tech
  • Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Studies (Honours) - Brock University
  • Bachelor of Business Administration (General Business) - Davenport University
  • Bachelor of Child and Family Studies - Griffith University
  • Bachelor of Human Services - Griffith University
  • Bachelor of Social Work - Griffith University
  • Bachelor of Applied Science (Hons) in Family and Community Social Services – Guelph University
  • Bachelor of Social Work - Lakehead University
  • Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care - Ryerson University
  • Bachelor of General Studies - Thompson Rivers University
  • Bachelor of Health Science - Thompson Rivers University
  • Bachelor of Arts (Hons) - Trent University
  • Bachelor of Arts - University of Windsor
  • Bachelor of Social Work  - University of Windsor

Please visit our pathways page to learn more about how you can transfer your credits towards a degree.

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