The Youth Worker Certificate provides students with specific foundation skills and knowledge to work with at-risk youth in non-traditional settings. Youth workers provide strengths-based youth development, support, outreach, interventions, and conflict resolution to adolescents and young adults. The Youth worker Certificate is recommended for students who plan careers working with youth in: Probation/Parole Services, Youth Case Management, Juvenile Corrections, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Counseling, Youth Social or Mental Health Services, Family and School Counseling, Law Enforcement, Vocational/Employment Counseling, Faith-based Ministries. The Youth Worker Certificate can be applied to the Criminal Justice, Developmental Disabilities, and Human Services Practitioner Associate Degree programs.
Since the program involves a field placement(s) working with vulnerable populations, students are required to undergo a Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) and/or Sex Offender Registry Information (SORI) check. Depending on the contents of a student's CORI and/or SORI, placement may be denied. Students who are unable to participate in the field placement(s) will not meet program requirements.
North Shore Community College reserves the right to make changes in courses, program requirements, policies, and regulations as circumstances dictate. There is no guarantee that any listed course will be offered in any given semester.
