Resources for Youth Counsellors

If you provide guidance to youth who are on their own, who've received children's services status, or who've been in care, explore these government and community resources.

The following links provide resources for youth counsellors, educators, and others who may be providing guidance to youth transitioning to career, learning, and work.

Government of Alberta

• Youth: Transition to a Career and Independence—information to support youth transitioning out of government care
• Alberta Supports—employment, training programs, and financial assistance
• Child Sexual Exploitation—information and resources
• Young Workers—employment standards and health and safety information
• Office of the Child and Youth Advocate of Alberta—representing the rights, interests, and viewpoints of Alberta children and youth receiving intervention services or involved with the youth criminal justice system
• Find a Shelter—18 and older; provincewide directory

Community, municipal, and national

• Action Coalition on Human Trafficking in Alberta—ACT—services for victims, including child and youth prostitution, public awareness, and training for service providers
• Alberta Food Banks Network—food bank locations provincewide
• Boys and Girls Clubs in Alberta—provincewide directory of programs
• Calgary Youth Programs—information for programs and services
• Canadian Mental Health Association Alberta Division—for resources and a local branch directory
• Centre to End All Sexual Exploitation (CEASE)—support, counselling, and recovery for victims of sexual exploitation, including child and youth prostitution
• Edmonton 211 Resource Lists: Resources for Youth and Young Adults at Risk—contact information for programs and services
• John Howard Society of Alberta Directory—programs for Alberta youth with a crime prevention focus
• McMan Youth, Family and Community Services Association—social service programs provincewide
• NPower Canada—a charitable organization that helps underserved young adults find digital careers
• Youth Employment Centre (Calgary)—free career and employment services to youth ages 15 - 24

For additional resources in your community

• call 2-1-1
• visit InformAlberta

Publications

• Child Welfare—introduction to the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act

Professional Development

• Important Context for Counselling Youth
• Effective Practices for Counselling Youth
• Employment Counselling for Youth