About Child And Youth Care - Accelerated in St. Clair College

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
This post graduate program 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 . 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. Graduates 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.

PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

• Smaller class size with more one-on-one contact with instructors.
• Exceptional field placements with an effort made to match students to their own community when possible in Windsor, Chatham, Sarnia, and London.

EMPLOYMENT 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.

FIELD PLACEMENTS
Employers who provide our field practicum require a clear POLICE RECORD CHECK for criminal offences with vulnerable sector screening before accepting a student into the field placement setting. The record check MUST be obtained by the student at the student's expense. Detailed information on dates to apply for police clearance will be given throughout the semester. Some agencies may require a driver's license, additional liability insurance and a clean driving abstract. Students will require a police clearance for their job shadow experience in the fall and a second police record check for their final field placement in June, July and August.v

Academic qualification equivalents

• High school diploma and Grade 12 transcript. or equivalent in original language and English translation.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS    :   Overall band of 5.5 No single test score below 5.0
• TOEFL  :   Overall 61 with Writing, Reading, Listening and Speaking minimums of 15
• PTE      :    Minimum score 51

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