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Youth Work and Community Development BA (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
Online
Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
3 Years
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Online campus
Yes
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Delivery of study materials
Yes
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Support service
Yes
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Virtual classes
Yes
If you want to make a difference in the lives of children, young people and their families this is the degree for you. It enables individuals to make decisions about their lives, build personal resilience and reach their full potential. This is one of the largest professional youth and community work training courses in the country providing you with a challenging and worthwhile career.
Youth work is a hands-on, face-to-face skill set and process which enables young people aged 11-25 to learn the skills, knowledge, values, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours to support their transition from childhood to adulthood. It is a distinct educational process based on voluntary participation, equality of opportunity and empowerment enabling the holistic development of young people.
At Derby, we see youth work as taking place anywhere where young people are present and purposeful relationships can be built. It is about making a difference alongside young people, supporting young people in context within their families and communities and promoting the collaborative involvement of young people and their influence in their self-determination.
Prepare for professional roles in public, voluntary and private organisations working with young people and communities
With two additional professional endorsements, you’ll achieve a JNC professional qualification in youth work endorsed by the National Youth Agency (NYA) and an endorsement for community development by the Endorsement and Quality Standards Board for Community Development (ESB).
There’s also a further professional qualification in youth justice if you select that pathway (Youth Justice in Effective Practice Certificate - YJEPC).
About this course
Anywhere you find young people, you can work professionally with them as youth workers in diverse multi-professional fields. Our graduates go on to work in education, health promotion, mental health, youth justice, housing, multi-agency teams, voluntary sector, community projects, community arts, outdoor learning, advocacy, advice, counselling and employment sectors, for example:
Multi-agency teams working with children, young people and vulnerable adults
Alternative curriculum projects
Teenage pregnancy projects
Voluntary sector youth work
Homelessness and social housing initiatives
Youth/adult offending and rehabilitation work
Refugee and asylum-seeker support agencies
School and FE student support
Care-leaving and advocacy work
Faith-based community and youth work
Dual-diagnosis youth support teams, addressing issues such as mental ill health and drug use
Health promotion
Community mental health
Community development
Community arts
Outdoor education
Agencies which support young people and adults into employment
If you're already employed in community and youth work, this qualification could be your springboard to more senior and specialist roles where you can add further value to your organisation.
GCSE English Grade C/Grade 4 (or above) or equivalent qualification. Level 2 Maths is not required for entry to the programme.
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Subjects
- Programme
- Programme Planning
- Placement
- Assessments
- Designed
- Reflection
- Resilience
- Professional
- Professionalism
- Research
- Researched
- Culture
- Culture and Ideas
Course programme
This programme is designed around preparing you for practice. One third of the programme is on placement, with assessments designed with employers to ensure you are work-ready.
You’ll study modules such as:
Stage one
- Social Inequalities
- Youth Work
- Community Development
- Group Work
- Reflection and Resilience in Practice (placement, double module)
- Creating Learning
- Managing Inter-Professional Working
- Managing Learning in Practice (placement, double module)
- Research, Change and Impact
- Self, Culture and Identity
- Resources, Enterprise and Project Management
- Responding to Emerging Issues (Independent Study)
- Pathway-specific Module
- Pathway-specific Module
- Pathway in Practice (placement, double module)
Additional information
£9,250 per year (2020/21)
International fee
£14,045 per year (2020/21)
Youth Work and Community Development BA (Hons)