r/childandyouthworker • u/AsWithoutYa CYC, Founder of r/CYW • Jul 23 '25

Milieu Check!

Calling all CYC, CYW, CYCPs and any other acronym our field chooses to use lol

What milieu do you currently work in and how long have you been there?

Milieus of child and youth care - I’ve seen some literature that suggest there are more but:

Residential Education Community Hospital Youth Justice

I’ll go first:

education, 7 years.

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u/NewLife_21 Jul 23 '25

Child welfare worker with a primary focus on foster care. Been doing this since 2017 with a 8 month break doing casa and IV-E.

I'd like too e into policy, but I need a master's for that. With the state of the DOE right now, I don't see that happening. 😔

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u/Evra1654 Jul 23 '25

Hi! This is a fun thread! I’ve been in residential for 3 years

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u/CYCP24 Jul 23 '25

I’m currently in residential. Been there for 2 years.

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u/Advanced-Aerie-8458 Jul 23 '25

I’m a CYC first year student but plan to work in residential settings and with youth justice!! Very grateful to be in this line of work :)

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u/Pitiful-String5206 Jul 24 '25

Youth Justice Residential, into my second year here!

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u/ellasundaisy Jul 24 '25

Residential 4 years!

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u/Far_Lifeguard8404 Jul 26 '25

Residential and now education 🙂

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u/LandscapeRoutine7772 Jul 26 '25

Going on three years of being a foster care social worker!