Youth Work and Community Development BA (Hons)

De Montfort University

Bachelor's degree

In Leicester

£ 7,924.94 VAT inc.

*Indicative price

Original amount in EUR:

9,250 €

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Leicester

  • Duration

    3 Years

Youth work has been described as ‘the science of enabling young people to believe in themselves and build positive futures’ (National Youth Agency).

Working with people primarily aged between 11 and 25 is both a challenging and rewarding career choice and the professionals specialising in this field aim to support a young person to develop both personally and socially.

On this course, you’ll cover the history and development of youth and community work, explore the self, groups and learning, society and social policy, and develop your understanding of social science.

You’ll also be looking at oppression, globalisation, how agencies work together, and community development and management, as well as enhancing your research, practical and managerial skills.

Compulsory work placements in youth and community centres, and schools and voluntary organisations, provide ample opportunity to achieve hands-on experience working alongside professional youth and community workers. And you’ll see, first-hand, some of the issues that can affect young people and their communities.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Leicester (Leicestershire)
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The Gateway, LE1 9BH

Start date

On request

About this course

Our graduates go on to work in a variety of areas including detached youth work, community development, working with homeless communities, the education sector, with refugees and asylum seekers, mentoring roles, the arts industry, healthcare and youth justice work.

As part of this course you will have the opportunity to complete work placements which offer invaluable professional experience.

In the first year you will undertake supervised practice to support and empower young people in the wider community, while the second and third years involve an assessed practice placement where you can gain experience working on issues including mentoring, advice and guidance, youth justice, drug and alcohol misuse, homelessness, and arts or sports-based work.

Our careers programme #DMUworks can help you secure a placement through activities such as mock interviews and practice aptitude tests, and you will be assigned a personal tutor to support you throughout your placement.

A typical offer is a minimum of 104 from at least two A-levels with a subject at grade C or above PLUS work experience, or
BTEC National Diploma — Distinction/Merit/Merit, or
BTEC Extended Diploma — Distinction/Merit/Merit PLUS work experience

Currently being considered for re-validation by the National Youth Agency (NYA), it provides a professional qualification recognised by the Joint Negotiating Committee, where we consistently achieve the highest scores in professional quality assurance.

Professionally recognised by the Joint Negotiating Committee and validated by the National Youth Agency.
Throughout the course you will undertake up to 800 hours of practical work placements as well as volunteering opportunities, in a range of relevant organisations and projects, to enhance your learning experience in areas such as mentoring, advice and guidance, youth justice, drug and alcohol misuse work and sports-based work.
You will study a range of topics including learning, education and youth work, youth and community work in context, developing the professional practitioner and globalisation and global youth work.
Gain an international perspective on your studies through our DMU Global programme. Recent trips have seen Youth Work and Community Development students focus on the role of young people as change-makers to create positive social change in India and The Gambia, and consider poverty, health and social problems in Florida.
Graduate employment opportunities include detached youth work, community development, Schools and colleges, work with refugee and asylum seekers and mentoring.
We have one of the UK’s largest youth work teaching and research teams, with an established reputation of more than 55 years’ experience.

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Subjects

  • Quality Training
  • Ms Office
  • Joint
  • Quality
  • Social Policy
  • Office IT
  • IT
  • Teaching
  • International
  • IT Development
  • Skills and Training

Course programme

First Year

The first year explores the history and development of youth and community work and other services that work with young people. It includes work around identity and anti-oppressive practice and observation of different organisations that work with young people.

  • Learning, Education and Youth Work
  • Youth and Community Work in Context
  • The Self in Context

There may be an opportunity for an international study visit looking at disaffection/marginalisation

  • Developing the Professional Practitioner 1
Second Year

The second year develops skills and understanding of youth and community work, society and social policy, along with your ability to identify and tackle oppression. It promotes a greater understanding of inter-agency work, community development and management.

  • Black Perspectives
  • Developing the Professional Practitioner 2
  • Context, Management and Governance

There may be an opportunity for an international study visit – looking at Social Policy

  • Research Methods/Negotiated Module

There may be an opportunity for an international study visit – European Seminar about Immigration /Super-diversity

Third Year

The third year focuses on enhancing your research skills, increasing your understanding of social issues and extending your range of practical and managerial skills.

  • Globalisation and Global Youth Work

There may be the opportunity for an international study visit -The Gambia / Globalisation

  • Practice-Related Research
  • Professional Formation and Action Learning
  • Developing the Professional Practitioner 3

There may be the opportunity for an international Youth Camp

Teaching and assessments

You will be taught with a variety of teaching methods, including:

  • Lectures
  • Seminars
  • Workshops
  • Group Work
  • Problem Solving
  • Guided Reading
  • E-Learning

Assessment methods are covered through:

  • Essays
  • Reports
  • Presentations
  • Projects
  • Reflective logs

Each module is taught for two to three hours a day over 11 weeks in the school term.

You are expected to engage in additional self-directed study throughout the course.

Teaching Contact Hours

Contact hours in a typical week will depend to some extent on the optional modules you choose to study. However, typically you will have up to 14 contact hours of teaching and this will break down as:

Personal tutorial/small group teaching: Approx. 2 hours of tutorials (or later, project supervision) each week.

Medium group teaching: Approx. 4 hours of practical classes, workshops or seminars each week.

Large group teaching: Approx. 8 hours of lectures each week.

Personal study: Approx. 6 hours studying and revising in your own time each week, including some guided study using hand-outs, online activities, etc.

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Youth Work and Community Development BA (Hons)

£ 7,924.94 VAT inc.

*Indicative price

Original amount in EUR:

9,250 €

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