安大略大学儿童与青年关怀高级文凭

向学生提供建立治疗关系并促进与面临各种经常复杂的社会，情感，行为和精神健康挑战的儿童，青年和家庭的变革所必需的技能和知识。儿童和青年护理从业者是促进儿童和青年变革的专家，并有望与各种专业人员合作，包括教育者，医疗和社会工作专业人员，教养官员和家庭组织，致力于为儿童实施一系列干预，预防和治疗策略和他们的家人。儿童和青少年护理从业者是宝贵的资源，因为他们致力于在促进积极变化的治疗关系中进行理解和互动。
Graduates of the Child and Youth Care program engage with children, youth, and their families in their everyday lives, use a relational approach to developing therapeutic relationships and build on their strengths and capacities to promote optimal development and facilitate positive changes. Many of the children and youth receiving care, and their families, experience complex needs and challenges associated with multiple factors such as socioeconomic factors, systemic factors, mental health, trauma, cognition, learning, and/or developmental exceptionalities and/or involvement in the justice system.<br>Child and Youth Care graduates demonstrate an understanding of and ability to adhere to values and guiding principles in their practice. Learn to Implement and evaluate a range of prevention, intervention and treatment strategies for children, youth and their families with difficult home situations, substance abuse, behavioural problems, mental health challenges, homelessness, self-harm, suicidal ideation and conflicts with the law, Interventions include crisis intervention, conflict management, problem solving, counselling, activity programming and group work.<br>Career Opportunities<br>Child and Youth Care graduates are valuable members of inter-professional teams and can expect to work with children, youth and their families across a variety of settings, including community-based child and youth development programs, parent education and family support, school-based programs, community mental health, group care, live-in treatment centres, day and live-in treatment programs, early intervention, home-based care and treatment, private practice, clinical facilities, child and youth mental health and psychiatric centres, rehabilitation programs, paediatric health care, child protection and youth justice.