Youth and Community Work (4 years including foundation year)

Bachelor's degree

In Wrexham

£ 240 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Wrexham (Wales)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Why choose this course? This is an exciting course, specially designed for those wanting to work positively with children, young people, marginalised groups and communities.

You will learn youth work methods, values and engagement skills for working with individuals and groups to support their personal, social and political development.

Through this course you can gain a professional qualification endorsed by Education Training Standards Wales with over a third of your time in placement activities.

As well as placement opportunities in Wales and the UK, there are also opportunities to do a part-funded placement through the erasmus programme with a university in Europe.

The youth and community department at Glyndwr University is regarded as the “home of youth work in Wales”, having offered education and training to the youth and community sector for more than 39 years. As such the department has excellent links with employers across North Wales, North West England, and the Midlands, and it works in partnership with organisations across the statutory, voluntary and third sector.

Please be aware it may be necessary to work outside of normal working hours, e.g. during evenings or over weekends, whilst on placement due to the nature of this profession.   The intended content and structure of the programme to be delivered in 2016/17 is described below for illustration. While the University expects the general pattern of the programme to be as described, programmes and content are kept under constant review in order to ensure they are up to date and fit for purpose. This may mean some changes are applied and these will be communicated through the website and to those who have applied for the programme.

You can also choose to study this course as a foundation year BA (Hons) Youth and Community Work (four years including foundation year) UCAS code:   4KWS

Facilities

Location

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Wrexham
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Mold Road, LL11 2AW

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Subjects

  • IT
  • Skills and Training
  • IT Development
  • University
  • Social Policy
  • Project

Course programme

  • A degree programme with professional endorsement*, and course content aligned with National Occupational and Professional Standards in the sector.
  • Opportunities for continuing professional development through additional training opportunities and professional networking on a course with strong links with employers and local training providers.
  • Learn and gain experience with 800 hours of supervised fieldwork practice, with a placement in each year of study. This can be with youth work, community development, and playwork settings either in the UK or internationally.
  • Start the academic year with an off-campus learning experience with a partner project to see youth work skills in action.
  • Develop skills in team work, positive communication, working with groups and individuals, reflective practice and leading others.
  • Develop knowledge and core skills for youth work practice and informal education that are transferable to work with children, young people and adults in a range of different settings.

This is a course for those wanting to work within informal education, examining youth and community theory and developing your practice in working with young people through participation, empowerment and partnership.


There are opportunities to develop youth and community work skills internationally both in Europe and further afield; taking into account the impact of emerging trends in Welsh, UK, European and global youth policy and practice.


Year 1: (Level 4)


In year one you will study critical reflection, values and principles, creative skills and gain an understanding of social context.

Modules

  • Placement 1 - Reflective practice, the first fieldwork placement helps students to establish the basic foundations of good youth and community work practice and embed reflective thinking skills.
  • Principles and Purposes of Informal Education - Examine the core principles of youth work. Understand the values required for informal education, in particular recognising and understanding anti-oppressive practice.
  • Understanding Society - Discuss and analyse the social context of youth and community work practice; including the wider social structures, relations processes and issues in society.
  • Working Creatively with Groups - An exciting module bringing together group work theory and creative practice.
  • Personal, Professional and Academic Study Skills - This module will support students for learning and on-going personal and professional development in higher education and within the field of youth and community work.

Year 2: (Level 5)


In years two and three, you will build upon this learning, exploring politics and social policy, analysing informal education and developing skills in social research, positive practice, leadership and supervising others.

Modules

  • Placement 2 - Effective practice, the second fieldwork placement helps students to build on their first year placement that focused on reflective practice.
  • Politics & Social Policy - Identify and analyse how political agendas and social policies can shape the context of practice, and recognise different political perspectives on welfare and social policy.
  • Working Positively with Young People - An opportunity to explore the behavioural, emotional and psychological development of adolescence to understand the transitional period from childhood to adulthood.
  • Social Research - Identify what is meant by social research, and how it can be applied to investigate an area of practice or a social issue.

Year 3: (Level 6)


In your final year you will also undertake a research project.

Modules

  • Placement 3 – Negotiated practice students will undertake 160 hours of practice in a youth and community setting, 50% of which must be face to face with service users.
  • Research Project - Conduct a piece of unique research into an area related to youth and community work, presented in an academic format.
  • Management & Leadership - Identify and critically evaluate models and theory of organisational development
  • Professional Studies in Supervision - Can be taken as a stand-alone CPD module.
  • International Youth Work and Intercultural Competence (Option) - Analyse key theoretical frameworks underpinning intercultural competence.
  • Critical Analysis of Informal Education (Option) Set within the current youth work policy context this module is an in-depth exploration of the core values and principles of informal education, critically analysing the concepts of dialogue, participation, empowerment, partnership and anti-oppressive practice.

The information listed in this section is an overview of the academic content of the programme that will take the form of either core or option modules. Modules are designated as core or option in accordance with professional body requirements and internal academic framework review, so may be subject to change.

Youth and Community Work (4 years including foundation year)

£ 240 + VAT