Home ~ Contact us ~ Français
Child and Youth Worker

Child and Youth Worker

Campus: Sudbury (SU)

This program is part of the project Consortium national de formation en santé at Collège Boréal, a project made possible with the financial support of Health Canada.

Program code:

TESQ

Admission code:

TESQ

Length:

3 years

Description:

This program trains students to work with children and adolescents who are socially and emotionally maladjusted;  to support the educational efforts of parents; and to act as counsellors to facilitate better understanding between the different individuals concerned. This three-year program covers various learning experiences: theory, internships, workshops, role-playing, group sessions, lab courses, classroom presentations and visits to response centres for children, teenagers, and their families.

Tuition fees (approx.):

$2,812 (1st year)

Textbooks and supply fees:

$500

Laboratory fees:

$150

Other fees (certificate, field activities, etc.):

$250 (approximate)

Admission requirements:

  • Ontario high school diploma or its equivalent in another province, or mature student status
  • 2 French credits (at least 1 mandatory group course): grade 11 or 12, pre-college or pre-university

 

Other requirements:

  • Criminal record check
  • Current immunizations (including 2-stage tuberculin test  and vaccination against hepatitis B)

 

Work environment (type of employer):

  • Treatment centres for children, teenagers and their families
  • Foster care centres
  • Group homes
  • Centres for young offenders
  • Rehabilitation centres
  • Private family homes
  • Child, teenage, and family services organizations
  • School boards
  • Community services / Support services
  • Homes for individuals with disabilities
  • Children’s Aid Societies

 

Candidate profile:

Program applicants must be good with children, able to work as part of a team, highly sensitive and have an objective understanding of self. They should be dynamic, enthusiastic, honest, patient, tolerant, love the outdoors, respectful and authentic.

 

Possibility of a bachelor’s degree or other title:

Many universities recognize the postsecondary credits of Collège Boréal. Each university has its own admission criteria. After your college studies, the university of your choice will evaluate your credits in order to establish appropriate equivalence.

Credential:

Ontario college diploma - advanced level
 

Step 1

  • FRA1005 ~ Français I
  • GEN1016 ~ Métacognition
  • INF1064 ~ Culture technologique
  • LOI1004 ~ Mes droits et la loi
  • PSY1002 ~ Introduction à la psychologie
  • SOC1000 ~ Relations humaines
  • TES1000 ~ Initiation à la profession de TES


Step 2

  • GEE1026 ~ Croissance et développement de l’enfant
  • TES1001 ~ Techniques d’intervention spécialisée I
  • TES1002 ~ Programmation d’activités en TES
  • TES1006 ~ Laboratoire I d’activités en TES
  • TES1009 ~ Intervention par le jeu et l’art
  • TS1014 ~ Techniques de rédaction de rapports
  • TES1016 ~ Séminaire de stage I
     

Step 3

  • STG1042 ~ Stage d’apprentissage Éducation spécialisée


Step 4

  • FRA1006 ~ Français II
  • TES1004 ~ Enfance maltraitée
  • TES1008 ~ Techniques d’intervention spécialisée II
  • TES1011 ~ Adolescence
  • TES1012 ~ Psychopathologie et enfance en difficulté
  • TES1015 ~ Administration des médicaments
  • CHOIX ~ Formation générale au choix


Step 5

  • ENG1003 ~ English communications I
  • TES1003 ~ Techniques d’entrevue en TES
  • TES1010 ~ Intervention familiale
  • TES1013 ~ Rééducation du jeune contrevenant
  • TES1017 ~ Techniques d’intervention spécialisée III
  • TES1018 ~ Séminaire de stage II
  • TOX1000 ~ Concepts fondamentaux en toxicomanie


Step 6

  • STG1025 ~ Stage d’apprentissage II – Éduc. spéc.