Social policy researchers and program officers

Confirm with the certifying body that your intended program qualifies you for this certification.

To work as a social worker in B.C., you may choose to become certified through the B.C. College of Social Workers (BCCSW). Eligibility is achieved through completion of an approved post-secondary program, criminal record checks, and successful writing of a licensure exam.

Social and community service workers

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the provision and management of child care services and that prepares individuals to plan, design, and manage child care facilities and programs that meet children's developmental needs and interests and that provide safe and healthy environments. These programs include courses in child development and psychology; home- and institution-based child care; identification of diseases, injuries, and psychological trauma and applicable referrals; parent relations; personnel and business management principles; and related laws and policies.

Child care and support services management

Child Youth Care Bachelor's Degrees

Social Policy Researchers and Program Officers

Social and community service workers administer and implement a variety of social assistance programs and community services, and assist clients to deal with personal and social problems. They are employed by social service and government agencies, mental health agencies, group homes, shelters, substance abuse centres, school boards, correctional facilities and other establishments.

Child Youth Care Diplomas

Human and Social Service Diplomas

The Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care gives you the skills to support children, youth and families as a professional child and youth care worker. You'll take three practicums during your degree, with the third practicum being eight months long in a supervised child and youth care setting. You'll graduate ready to take on team leader or supervisory positions in your community. Grads find work in settings including schools, community centres, parent-child education settings, residential settings and programs for street-involved youth, addictions services. 

Child and Youth Care: Bachelor's Degree

The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Child and Youth Care (BA CYC) is a four-year program that prepares you to become a skilled child and youth care professional. Starting with a focus on development and social competence for therapeutic intervention through relationships, you examine and address the issues that affect children and youth who are facing social and developmental difficulties. In the third and fourth year, the program culminates in two practica for a total of 775 hours that provide you with opportunities to gain direct experience working with one of UFV’s learning partners.  Upon graduation, you'll have acquired the skills to take on consultations, case assessments and interventions, counselling, advocacy, policy development, and to become a practitioner in an agency or program. You may also pursue further studies.

Child and Youth Care Bachelor of Arts Degree

The Bachelor in Child and Youth Care (BCYC) Degree is offered through a combination of on campus and distance learning options. Through completion of this program, you will be ready to enter the workforce as a child and youth care worker. Child and youth care practitioners attend to the social, physical, cultural, spiritual and emotional needs of children, youth and families. You will work directly in a wide variety of practice settings. The guiding vision is to promote child, youth, family and community well-being through a focus on de-colonization.

The Child and Youth Care Degree prepares you to enter a variety of child and youth care employment settings. These range from early intervention programs to youth corrections programs, child protection and guardianship work, community-based programs such as day-care, schools, family support and group homes. The program is designed in response to increasing demand from employers for skilled child and youth care practitioners who are able to work in an integrated, multidisciplinary way. Some of the topics that students will be required to study are child welfare, abuse and neglect concerns, human and family development, theories of practice; and activity-based interventions. Aboriginal ways of knowing and cultural competency skills are integrated throughout the curriculum.

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Child Youth Care Bachelor's Degrees

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