Training Child & Youth Care Workers

NACCW is an accredited training provider registered with the Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA). NACCW delivers training on the Level 5 Occupational Certificate in Child and Youth Care Work.

Non-accredited training courses on offer cover topics where intensive exposure helps people to implement specific skills and knowledge. These include, amongst others, courses on restorative practices, creative activities and the management of child abuse.

Why Choose NACCW

NACCW is committed to the development of child and youth care knowledge and skills amongst its learners. We want to be sure that NACCW training graduates are not only able to talk about working with children and youth but are able to implement new skills after training. NACCW training is experiential (including activities, role plays, group work), and is delivered in keeping with the principles of adult education. Participants’ prior learning and experiences are valued and acknowledged and used as a foundation for developing new intervention repertoires.

Our Accredited Training Courses

NACCW offers accredited training on NQF level 5 - Occupational Certificate in Child and Youth Care Work in modular form across all provinces of South Africa. This course enable learners, once they have graduated, to be qualified as auxiliary child and youth care workers.

Our Training Team

NACCW selects experienced child and youth care practitioners of integrity to be trained as trainers. All NACCW trainers respond ‘in the moment’ to the practical child and youth care challenges brought by learners into training sessions. Trainers are also selected to meet specific participant needs. This includes language and cultural skills’ alignment where needed. The trainers are supported by the NACCW training department who support in the coordination and operational functions of overseeing the completion of the training.

Training Courses Available

DEVELOPMENTAL ASSESSMENT TRAINING

The course is to help better understand the developmental approach to assessments of young people by child and youth care workers and social workers and to be able to apply the concepts of developmental assessment to assessment tools.

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A Career in Child and Youth Care Work

Child and youth work is a profession that is statutorily regulated in South Africa. The Social Service Professions Act (Act No. 110 of 1978) regulates the professional practice of social service professionals through the South African Council for Social Service Professionals (SACSSP), which is a statutory body established in terms of this legislation. Child and youth care workers can be prepared for registration at auxiliary or professional level, and there are training and educational opportunities for people to pursue the child and youth care profession in community, educational and residential group care settings in South Africa.

Interested in Starting a Career in Child and Youth Care Work?

Talk to our experienced child and youth care workers career advisors who can help you to explore your options.

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