Orientation

The Child and Youth Volunteer Orientation provides the basic essentials volunteers need to know before working with children and youth. 

This learning event will provide a foundation for understanding the basics of: 
• Volunteer support to the CYP Program 
• The roles and responsibilities of a CYP volunteer 
• The Systems of Care 
• Ages and stages of children and youth 
• CYP inclusive practices 
• CYP Guidance and Touch Policies and how volunteers can support positive behavior within CYP Programs 
• Identifying and reporting child abuse 
• CYP health and safety policies and procedure 

Before you begin, we recommend you review the systems requirements for this e-learning course. This course does include video and audio narration. 

This course is estimated to take approximately 60-90 minutes to complete. 

**PLEASE NOTE: A certificate will display at the end of the course. You must save a copy of this certificate and provide it to your local CYP program as documentation of course completion. Some options for saving a copy of this certificate include: 
• Taking a screen shot of the certificate and saving as a photo or copying and pasting the screenshot into a word document. 
• Right clicking on the certificate and clicking print to print the certificate 
• Right clicking on the certificate, clicking "print", and saving the certificate as a PDF. 

To launch the course, click the "Launch Course" button below. 

Launch the CYP Volunteer Orientation Training Course