Child and Youth Care at Fanshawe College

With Fanshawe's Child and Youth Care diploma program, you'll learn a broad range of skills that will enable you to positively affect the lives of those in society who are the most vulnerable.

You'll learn from veteran instructors about family issues and children's emotional and behavioural challenges. In this child and youth care program, you'll learn about Special Education and Assistive Technology. You'll develop cutting-edge counselling skills, examine child abuse and neglect, mental health issues, familial structures, psychotherapy techniques, and many other child-centred issues and concerns. When you graduate, with a child and youth care diploma, you'll have a dynamic and evolving range of skills that will allow you to work in a number of different fields such as group homes, correctional services, residential treatment centres, children's aid societies, boards of education, community resource centres and hospitals.

What to expect from the Child and Youth Care diploma

This three-year advanced diploma of youth work also has a field placement, where you'll spend every other semester working with clients. In total, you'll get over 1,500 hours of real-world experience. In a career where you directly affect the lives of people, your Fanshawe education will give you the skills and experience necessary to accept the challenge with confidence.

Career Opportunities

Graduates are employed by agencies or institutions designed to meet a range of needs for children and youth experiencing emotional, behavioural, social and/or mental health challenges. Such places include group homes, correctional services, residential treatment centres, children's aid societies, boards of education, community resource centres and hospitals.