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A Child and Youth Care Worker is a specialist in facilitating change, relationship building and learning in children or adolescents experiencing a range of social, emotional, behavioural, or learning challenges.
Keyin’s 88-week Child and Youth Care Worker with Addictions Support program develops therapeutic skills and abilities in students, enabling them to work therapeutically with “at risk” populations and other professionals concerned with the care, treatment, safety and future outcomes of children and adolescents.
Students will receive additional training in Crisis Intervention, Suicide Intervention, and courses focusing on the growing concern of youth addictions and behviours.
Graduates will be qualified to work in the rewarding and diverse field of child and youth care. Our well educated students go out into the field working in child protection and group homes, non-profit, after school programs, non-government organizations, disability supports, and many other interesting and diverse careers.
Keyin College now offers a three-year Business Management/Human Resource Management program that incorporates all facets of business and financial management, marketing, communicative, managerial, and technological skills, enterprise development, and entrepreneurship. It is highly case-driven curriculum, allowing students the opportunity to apply the various management skills they will acquire throughout the duration of the program.
In the third year, students will have the opportunity to specialize in human resources, which will address such topics as recruiting, training, creating compensation / benefit packages, and employee relations.
Upon graduation, students will have developed a strong business background and will have acquired the skills and confidence required for management. They will be qualified to seek employment in various areas such as all levels of government, financial institutions, small business, and large corporations. They will also be eligible for employment in the manufacturing, retail, and service sectors.
Graduates of Keyin College’s BM/HRM program will be awarded 60 of the required 120 credits towards a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree with Cape Breton University. For more information on CBU, please visit their website at