Youth Work and Community Practice (Foundation Entry)
University of Central Lancashire
Youth Work and Community Practice (Foundation Entry)
Course Summary
This professionally validated course will leave you a qualified, experienced and employable youth and community worker.
The Youth Work & Community Practice course is a new, exciting, innovative development taught via block learning, with placement opportunities available throughout the course.
The course can be studied online, making it flexible and achievable for someone working in the field.
You will have the opportunity to study modules relating to young people in sport, or young people’s mental health, in addition to core modules in youth work and community practice making it a relevant and modern course.
The course has been developed closely with the team from CVCL, offering placements and opportunities in over 300 voluntary sector organisations and benefiting from the expertise of a team that has working with the voluntary sector for over twenty years.
In addition to the JNC Professional Qualification, you can gain a range of other awards through the course. These may include the following:
First aid at work
Writing risk assessments
Safeguarding
Sports coaching qualifications
MentoringCounselling skills
The course is also directly linked to the Journal of Community Research, you will have the opportunity to submit a research paper to this peer reviewed journal.
**Why study with us**
- On completion of this degree, you’ll be a fully qualified youth worker with a nationally recognised professional qualification.
- This course has been carefully developed by youth work employers and professionals to ensure students are fully prepared for youth work employment after graduation.
- Our excellent industry links will give you placement opportunities that will support your career aspirations.
**What you'll do**
- You’ll be taught by an experienced course team that have come from Youth Work or Community Practice backgrounds and have experience in youth work, youth justice, child sexual exploitation, international community work, leadership, action research, mentoring, homelessness, environmentalism, mental health and sports development.
- In addition to your degree, you will also receive a CPD award in safeguarding, a CPD award in writing risk assessments, a first aid at work qualification and will have the opportunity to complete an ILM in Mentoring.
- You’ll be taught in a learning environment that will be very practical, with assessments created to be as practical and useful as possible. You will undertake placements in Youth Work or Community Practice throughout the course and will be expected to complete assessments which will affect policy and practice in those organisations.
Course Details - Modules
Foundation Year - Essential Study Skills for - Developing Academic Knowledge - Target Award Extended Study - Learning by Experience - Volunteering & Safety Management - Volunteering in the Community - Year One - Placement 1 Youth Work - Policy, Practice and Legislation - Safeguarding & Child Protection - Communication in Practice - Youth Dialogue - Exploring Modern Youth Work - Year Two - Placement 2 Youth Work - Contemporary Issues for Young People - Theory & Practice of Youth and Community Work - Psychology of Youth & Community - Youth Development (Optional) - School & Community Sports Development (Optional) - Perspectives on Mental Health (Optional) – Year Three - Placement 3 Youth Work – Dissertation - Managing Difficult Situations in Youth and Community Work - Equality, Diversity & Anti-Oppressive Practice
Course Details – Assessment Method
Assessment Methods are not listed for this Course.
Course Details – Professional Bodies
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How to Apply
26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application Codes
Course code:
L501
Institution code:
C30
Campus Name:
Burnley Campus
Campus code:
Points of Entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
Foundation
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry (Year 2 and Beyond)
Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.
International applicants
Standard Qualification Requirements
64 UCAS points at A2
P (D or E)
64 UCAS points
64 UCAS points
64 UCAS points
64 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects
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Minimum Qualification Requirements
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English language requirements
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AdditionalDetails
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Unistats information
Student satisfaction :
0%
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs):
0%
Go onto work and study:
0%
Fees and funding
England
6000.0
Year 1
Northern Ireland
6000.0
Year 1
Scotland
6000.0
Year 1
Wales
6000.0
Year 1
Channel Islands
6000.0
Year 1
Additional Fee Information
Please note fees for the foundation year will be £6,000, and then £9,250 per year for the remainder of the course.
*subject only to annual increase in line with UK Retail Price Index inflation rate
Provider information
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Preston
PR1 2HE
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