Description
Program Overview
Graduate from Cambrian's three-year Child and Youth Care advanced diploma program in just two years. Our nationally-accredited program offers a condensed delivery format that allows you to graduate faster while providing you with all the knowledge and placement experiences you need to launch your career.
Through theory and lab courses and two block fieldwork semesters, you'll gain the knowledge and skills to work with children, adolescents, and their families who are experiencing emotional, behavioural, and mental health issues in a variety of settings. These setting include mental health, correctional, educational, and child welfare agencies and services.
Courses emphasize the acquisition of evidence-based theories and interventions, ensuring you can effectively facilitate positive change for children, youth, and their families.
Shift work, which includes nights, days, afternoons, and weekends, is a reality in many child and youth care settings (e.g. residential care), and students are required to follow the work schedules and routines of their fieldwork placements.
Career outcomes*
Child and Youth Care practitioner in:
Schools
Community agencies
Youth detention facilities
The Children’s Aid Society
Mental health agencies
Residential care and treatment settings
Accreditations
Cambrian's Child and Youth Care program is nationally-accredited by the Child and Youth Care Educational Accreditation Board (CYCEAB).
Requirement
Applicants must possess a bachelor's degree with CGPA > 2.50/4.00 OR 3.0-3.5/5.00
A copy of your international Passport Bio-Data Page.
WAEC Certificate
Undergraduate Certificate (ND & HND)
Undergraduate Transcript (ND & HND)
Passport Photograph
English Proficiency TOEFL (60 IBT), IELTS (5.5)
Curriculum Vitae
Two reference letters.
Statement of Purpose in English (A letter that states the Applicant’s Purpose for choosing the Program ).
Structure
Complete our 2-year accelerated program (6 consecutive semesters) and earn your 3-year Advanced Diploma in CYC
Two (2) block placements (12 weeks each)
The first program to be nationally accredited by the Child and Youth Care Educational Accreditation Board (CYCEAB)
Condensed program with a combination of modular delivery and traditional classroom learning
Theory, labs, and fieldwork prepare you to deal with complex social, emotional, behavioural, and mental health issues faced by children/adolescents and their families
Opportunities to earn additional certificates as part of existing course content