HSER 270 Practicum in a Child and Youth Care Setting

School of Health and Human Services

HSER 270 Practicum in a Child and Youth Care Setting is a practicum course located in a child and youth care setting. This practicum requires students to work directly with children and/or youths in order to promote professional skill acquisition and integration. Emphasis is placed on observation and recording skills, and awareness of personal functioning in relation to the children and/or youths. The ability to demonstrate beginning-level case management planning, intervention, and case-presentation skills with both a one-to-one focus and a group focus are also emphasized.

Prerequisites: All required diploma courses

Accessibility Services Notice

Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.

Transfer Agreements

Course to Course transfer – YesBlock Transfer – Yesbctransferguide.ca
Course Details
Total number of weeks6
Total Credits
Total Hours195
Typical hours per week breakdown
Seminar4.5
Practicum/PreceptorshipPracticum: 28

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:

  1. Work directly with individuals through the life span, and families or groups suitable to the students’ learning needs and career goals
  2. Develop an awareness of a variety of other service agencies and programs
  3. Relate theory to practice
  4. Demonstrate an acceptable level of integration of theory and practice within selected assignments and practice situations
  5. Demonstrate appropriate professional and ethical behaviour
  6. Experience a high level of supportive supervision concerning practical and professional functioning and observe skilled and knowledgeable practitioners at work
  7. Complete an in-depth examination of the role of the human service worker in a specific environment in relation to other human service professionals, and articulate that role clearly
  8. Demonstrate increasing levels of responsibility and self-direction in preparation for the transition from student to new employee

Grading Table

Competency-based Grades

This grading system is based on satisfactory acquisition of defined skills or successful completion of the course learning outcomes. It is used where standard numerical grades are not generally applied, for example in evaluating practicum performance or work placements, in pass/fail courses or for non-credit courses.

Grade Description
AAV ABOVE AVERAGE -The student has mastered all or most course objectives/requirements in a minimum time frame and has exemplified good work and study habits.
COM COMPLETE – denotes that the student has mastered a satisfactory number of course objectives/requirements in a non-credit course
CRG CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was satisfactory in a credit course.
NCG NO CREDIT GRANTED - denotes that the student performance was unsatisfactory.
PCG PARTIAL CREDIT GRANTED – denotes that the student has successfully completed a portion of the course objectives in a credit course.

See the Academic Calendar for General Information including how to withdraw from course(s) and other regulations.

Disclaimer

Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.