Youth Work & Community Practice

You will gain an understanding of the legislation and policies around safeguarding and child protection and how this understanding translates to practical behaviours and actions.

You will complete a minimum of 200 hours placement, working as a youth worker. You will be supervised to work with young people both one-to-one and in groups and support them to engage in activities.

You will be introduced to the dialogue used by, about and with young people. It considers theory and research about young people, their relationships with each other, others, and between young people and society.

This module considers how current youth work has evolved and changed and how youth work interacts with other agencies and organisations. You will also access training and accreditations relating to current roles in youth work from external agencies and other departments within the University.

This module introduces you to issues surrounding communication in youth work, education and care contexts and the importance of effective communication in ensuring good practice and outcomes for young people.

This module is designed to help prepare you for professional practice, with a focus on health and safety, child protection and equality and diversity.

This module aims to introduce you to contemporary issues affecting young people today. Political, educational, and social issues are examined with a view to develop a better understanding of the world for young people.

In this second placement module, you will complete a minimum of 300 hours working as a professional youth worker. Exhibiting clear anti-oppressive practice, you will work with young people to plan activities and examine rights and responsibilities through informal education.      

This module aims to give you a psychological perspective on youth and community. It examines different psychological models and theories of behaviour for events that occur in the community. It also develops your knowledge of the psychological development of individuals and groups and its practical implications when engaging in work with young people and communities.

This module explores primary theories and policies in youth work and community practice and gives you the theoretical basis through which to explore practical issues about your own work.

In this final compulsory placement module, you will complete a minimum of 300 hours placement working as a professional youth worker, supervising other youth workers, allocating resources, evaluating work and demonstrating anti-oppressive practice.     

This module aims to assess you understanding, knowledge, skills and behaviours in line with the Youth Worker Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship Standards. 

The aim of this module is to equip you with core research skills to help you plan and conduct research.

The module aims to prepare you for some of the situations you may experience when working in management in youth work and community practice. You will consider theories of management, how to put them into practice, the challenges to management in a youth work setting and the importance of supervision and staff development.

This module joins all previous academic learning and explores theory around anti-oppressive practice. It aims to continue to build your understanding of common themes of prejudice, equality, diversity and oppression, particularly around gender, ethnicity, age, sexuality, class and disability.