作为一名儿童和青少年护理从业者，您可以帮助设计受发育创伤影响的儿童和青少年的娱乐，治疗和社交计划。通常，作为团队的一部分，您开发并提供治疗计划和干预措施，从而导致情绪和身体上有所作为的年轻人（6至25岁）发生积极变化。您必须在学习中充分尊重儿童和青少年，并致力于帮助他们看到自己的长处并充分发挥自己的潜力。除了富有同情心外，您还必须足够坚定以促进年轻人的治疗计划和干预措施，这些年轻人表现出基于疼痛的行为，这些行为可能导致他们在身体和情感上对他人产生影响。儿童和青少年护理实践是24/7进行的-您必须在工作时间
As a Child and Youth Care Practitioner, you help design recreational, therapeutic and social programs for children and youth impacted by developmental trauma. Often, as part of a team, you develop and deliver programs and interventions that lead to positive change in young people (age 6 to 25 years old) who emotionally and physically act out. You provide in-the-moment life experience to discover and develop strengths.<br>Child and Youth Care Practitioners engage with children, youth and their families, often in 24/7 environments, assisting them in developing capacities to build their resilience and relationship skills.<br>Career options<br>Graduates work in therapeutic treatment centres, hospitals, schools and programs for children, youth and families who have been impacted by trauma and have yet to discover healthy ways to cope.<br>Graduates may work with child welfare agencies.<br>Graduates may also find employment within school-based child and youth care positions, or employment in a variety of community organizations across Canada.