Child and Youth Worker Apprenticeship
How To Apply
Program Details
- Program Code1225
- Credential TypeOntario College Certificate
- SchoolSchool of Child and Family Studies
- Program TypeCertificate program
- Program Length3 years/ 6 semesters
- Delivery ModeHybrid
- LocationProgress Campus
- Emailcycapprenticeship@centennialcollege.ca
- Telephone437-568-6309
- Program Overview
- Courses
- Career Options and Education Pathways
- Admission Requirements
- How to Apply
- Vocational Learning Outcomes
Apprenticeship takes time, but it is an investment in your future. Skilled workers, called journey persons are in high demand in a wide variety of occupations. To become a journey person you require a combination of on-the-job experience and in-school training, called apprenticeship. This applies to the profession of Child and Youth Work.
Apprenticeship is an agreement between a person like you, who wants to learn a skill, and an employer who needs a skilled worker. Apprenticeship is a proven way to learn and is a partnership shared by you and four other parties: Your employer, the federal government, the Province of Ontario and Centennial College.
The benefits of apprenticeship and a career in a skilled occupation like Child and Youth Work include earning while you learn, challenging and satisfying work, learning new skills, increased job security, a good salary and benefits package and having advancement opportunities.
Benefit from Centennial’s exceptional faculty, interactive classrooms, and field experience while studying at your own pace.
After completing four additional courses within five years, graduates can earn a Child and Youth Care Advanced Diploma!
According to Skilled Trades Ontario, the time-frame to become competent in the trade of Child and Youth Worker is 7200 hours (approximately four years) consisting of 6240 hours of on-the job work experience and 960 hours of in-school training.
Program Overview
Apprenticeship takes time, but it is an investment in your future. Skilled workers, called journey persons are in high demand in a wide variety of occupations. To become a journey person you require a combination of on-the-job experience and in-school training, called apprenticeship. This applies to the profession of Child and Youth Work.
Apprenticeship is an agreement between a person like you, who wants to learn a skill, and an employer who needs a skilled worker. Apprenticeship is a proven way to learn and is a partnership shared by you and four other parties: Your employer, the federal government, the Province of Ontario and Centennial College.
The benefits of apprenticeship and a career in a skilled occupation like Child and Youth Work include earning while you learn, challenging and satisfying work, learning new skills, increased job security, a good salary and benefits package and having advancement opportunities.
Benefit from Centennial’s exceptional faculty, interactive classrooms, and field experience while studying at your own pace.
After completing four additional courses within five years, graduates can earn a Child and Youth Care Advanced Diploma!
According to Skilled Trades Ontario, the time-frame to become competent in the trade of Child and Youth Worker is 7200 hours (approximately four years) consisting of 6240 hours of on-the job work experience and 960 hours of in-school training.
Courses
Career Options and Education Pathways
Career Outlook
- Child and youth care practitioner
- Youth outreach
- Child life specialist
- Youth advocate
- Community justice
- Family support
- Youth employment
- Educator
- Counsellor
- Specialized community support
Admission Requirements
Academic Requirements
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent, mature student status
- Students must be registered apprentices with the Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development (MLITSD)
Additional Requirements
Obtain a special police check called a Broad Record Check (at an additional student cost) for each placement experience. Students who are unable to obtain a clear Broad Record Check may not qualify to attend field placements necessary to obtain a diploma.
The Broad Record Check represents a specialized screening tool designed to provide a more extensive background assessment for individuals working closely with children and youth, thereby strengthening safeguards within these vulnerable sectors.
How to Apply
If you are presently employed by an organization which hires Child and Youth Workers and supports children, youth and families, the Child and Youth Worker Apprenticeship Program may be the perfect way to gain your professional certification while you continue to work.
Visit Skilled Trades Ontario’s Start an Apprenticeship to find out if you qualify, find a sponsor and follow their five step guide, How to start an apprenticeship.
To complete the application, visit the Skilled Trades Ontario Portal.
For registration, you may also reach Skilled Trades Ontario directly at 647-847-3000 or toll-free in Ontario at 1-855-299-0028.
If you are registered as a Child and Youth Worker Apprentice and have received a Training Agreement Number, please contact the Child and Youth Worker Apprenticeship Program at CYCApprenticeship@centennialcollege.ca.
If you require more information, please contact the Child and Youth Worker Apprenticeship Program at CYCApprenticeship@centennialcollege.ca and a Centennial College staff will reach out to you.
Vocational Learning Outcomes
Vocational Learning Outcomes
- Identify characteristics, treatments and causal factors of various emotional and psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents.
- Manage aggressive behaviours in children and adolescents by using current crisis theory and employing effective intervention strategies.
- Employ evidence based intervention techniques when dealing with individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder.
- Work collaboratively with children and adolescents who are taking psychotropic medications, their parents and other community agencies.
- Collaborate with other service providers and form professional relationships in order to enhance the quality of service for children, youth and their families.
- Identify barriers faced by those working with social, cultural, language gender and sexual orientation differences as well as techniques to overcome these barriers.
- Use the concepts of case management, wraparound and treatment planning in the provision of client treatment.
- Utilize systems theory, attachment theory and knowledge of family dynamics when working with the schools and other community agencies.
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