Youth Work and Community Learning and Development, BA - 2017/18

This innovative course, which is offered by YMCA George Williams College and based at Canterbury Christ Church's Medway Campus and at the College in East London, allows you to study while you work with young people. It explores the processes and thinking involved in animating, facilitating and deepening learning and development with young people and adults. You will examine the development of youth work, community and community learning and development, exploring the competing tensions of social, political and economic policy in relation to contemporary forms of practice. The course is professionally recognised by the National Youth Agency and is a professional qualification in Youth and Community Work. The course is also accredited by the Community Learning and Development (CLD) Standards Council for Scotland, and is a professional qualification in CLD community learning and development. This will qualify you as a youth and community worker to work in a range of associated practice settings, including social pedagogy, education and learning support, and more traditional forms of youth and community work. YMCA George Williams College is a specialist centre for the study of youth work and community learning and offers a wide range of courses and short courses which are unique in the UK. As well as teaching facilities, the College has a well-stocked specialist library and holds one of the most comprehensive collections of material about youth work in the country. "Choosing to study Youth Work and Community Learning and Development was a great decision for me because it has encouraged me to reflect on myself holistically - as a professional and an individual. There is regularly allocated time for discussion with fellow students with a view to enhancing our youth work practice and learning from each other."