Monday, October 25, 2010

College and University Preparations

The minimum educational condition to become a child and youth worker is usually a diploma in child and youth care. Programs are available all over the country that typically are 2-3 years in length. Lots of these programs require some field placement to get to know what the jobs are about. . In addition, if you desire to be able to move into a supervisory or organization position, you will likely need at least a bachelor’s degree. A bachelor’s or master’s degree is also necessary to get into other specialized social service careers such as social work or marriage and family counseling. Some related jobs that you can go to college for as well that deal with the same features are: social worker, social service worker, early childhood education, developmental and Child Psychology and early childhood and youth administration.

College Eligibility
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent. Applicants with an OSSD showing senior English and/or mathematics courses at the Basic Level, or with Workplace or Open courses, will be tested to determine their eligibility for admission; OR Academic and Career Entrance (ACE) certificate; OR General Educational Development (GED) certificate; OR Mature Student status (19 years of age or older and without a high school diploma at the start of the program). Eligibility may be determined by academic achievement testing for which a fee of $40 (subject to change) will be charged.

Program Eligibility
English, Grade 12 (ENG4C or equivalent) with a minimum grade of 65%. Should the number of qualified applicants exceed the number of available places, applicants will be selected on the basis of their proficiency in English

Year one- classes run Monday-Friday
Year two- classes are held on Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday- Friday field placements will occur.
Year three- classes are held on Thursday and Friday while field placements occur primarily on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Some placement will allow student to work on weekends therefore they will need to be available.

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