career powerpoint #2

Child and youth worker

College

• In order to become a child and youth worker you need at least a diploma in child and youth care. They take about 2 - 3 years to complete.
• you dont have to do that though because if you have a high school diploma then you take a different route for this job.
• Volunteering with youth will definetly help you with this job so you can do co - op or randomly volunteer at a daycare, summer camp , etc.
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High school courses.

• Depends on what grade you are going to but for example if you are going to grade 11 the courses you will need are..
• - english
• math
• -science
• social studies
• business and management
• -human services
• - child care and development
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Duties / Responsibilities

• The duties and responsibilities they have are basically to help the child make positive decisions , provide support and information to the clients family and basically to help keep the child and the family on one page because a lot of the times when you need a social worker your kid is a bit out of control and stuff so the social worker needs to be there to talk to that child and help that child with what they are doing like schoolwork, extra programs they may be in, etc.
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Work schedule

• A full time child and youth worker can work 35 - 40 hours a week. Part time workers may only work evenings, weekends, or even be on call.
• They are not only in an office though they sometimes have to go to the clients classroom , go home with the client, go to their extra programs if they are in one , etc.
• Some workers may be able to take off 2 months in the summer but some prefer to just get ready for the school year to help their client .
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Characteristics,personality traits, and more.

• In order to be a good child and youth worker some good attributes to have are..
• - communication skills
• - you should be emotionally mature and stable
• -resourceful and decisive
• -you should be able to work well under pressure
• -you should be creative
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Work setting

• Child and youth workers can work for..
• -Provincial and local governments
• -treatment centres
• -group homes
• -schools
• -community agencies
• -hospitals
• Some youth workers live with or visit the youth in these places.
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Safety concerns

• There are only some safety concerns with this career because they have to work with kids that alot of the time have behavioural problems and if you are not emotionally and physically stable then you may break from their pain or you may get overwhelmed.

Intresting facts

• - Only 21% of child and youth workers are male and 79% of them are females
• -They can be affected by their clients problems
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