Bachelor of Arts - Child and Youth Care

Earn your Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care at Douglas College! Prepare for a rewarding career supporting youth and families. Apply now!

Program Description The 4-year Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care Degree Program prepares graduates for challenging work supporting children, youth and families as professional child and youth care workers, or for advanced positions in the child and youth care field. Surveys show that almost 100 percent of our Child and Youth Care graduates are working in the field within 3 months of graduation (those not working were continuing their education). Child and youth care practitioners work in schools, community centres, parent-child education settings, residential settings, programs for street-involved youth, addictions services, and a variety of other settings. Diploma graduates are employed in front-line positions working directly with children and youth in these settings. Degree graduates find additional employment options in government settings and team leader or supervisory positions in community settings.