OCAS Code: 01041
Lakeshore Campus
Six Semesters
September & January start dates
We have recently seen an increased emphasis on the importance of Child and Youth Workers in the province of Ontario. Ontario government budget highlights included “increased investment in...youth workers. Colleges will become the instrument...related to training.” As well, the renowned James Lonnee inquest, where a young man was shunted from home to home and to eventual death, resulted in 119 recommendations for changes to the social climate relating to youth care. One of these very clearly states that “staff classifications should be changed...to Youth Workers to better reflect the unique nature of their work.” Moreover, “all aspects of corrections, administrative structure, system delivery and staffing should have a youth-centred orientation”.
In this context, the Child and Youth Worker program at Humber prepares men and women to work with children and adolescents (from 4 to 18 years of age) and their families. Whether in group homes or treatment centres, schools or hospitals, students will learn to work with young people who display withdrawal, depression, violence, have learning disabilities, and family conflicts. Students will learn how to put young people first. Child and Youth Work provides a career path that is very challenging and rewarding.
Internship is offered throughout this program starting in first year with two days a week. In your final two years you will work in the community for four and a half days each week.
A continuous 16-month program is available for students who have achieved two years of successful post-secondary education. This program takes 16 months of continuous study, starting in September. Students will be required to complete three days a week of internship in their second and fourth semester and four and one-half days a week in the summer semester.
Brenda Webb
M.Ed., BA, CCW
Lakeshore Campus
416-675-6622 ext.3347
brenda.webb@humber.ca
