Entry requirementsEntry Requirements: -One-year’s experience (paid, voluntary, full-time or part-time) of youth and community work -A relevant ?rst degree -An understanding of youth and community work, as well as a commitment to the value base of the course.
Academic titleMA Youth and Community Work
Course descriptionThis challenging, full-time or part time programme provides an opportunity for students to gain both a degree at Masters Level and a professional quali?cation in Youth and Community Work. The programme combines practical ?eldwork experience with academic study.
Module Information:
The programme offers a stimulating and challenging series of taught modules:
Issues and Interventions 1 – Youth & Community Work Context, Principles and Practice
Issues and Interventions 2 – Social Divisions and Anti Discriminatory Practice in Youth & Community Work
Developing Interpersonal Communication and Groupwork
Management in Youth & Community Work
Professional Practice: Fieldwork Placements and Intervention Skills
Programme structure
Full-Time 1 Year
Semester A: Students study ?ve taught modules 2 days a week in College; plus students spend 120 hours on placement.
Semester B: Students undertake a twelve week Block Placement from February to May.
Part-time 2 Years
Semester A: 3 Modules 1 day a week
Semester B: 120 hours of placement (10 hours per week for 12 weeks)
Semester A: 2 modules 1 day per week
Semester B: 420 hours: block placement (35 hours per week for 12 weeks)
On completion of the block placement and having successfully completed all the assessed work students may choose to accept a Postgraduate Diploma (with JNC) or continue working towards the award of MA, the dissertation for which is written on a part-time basis in the following academic year; (or students can interrupt and undertake their Masters dissertation at a later date within a ?ve year period).
Career Opportunities:
The Government’s ‘Transforming Youth Work’, Every Child Matters and Youth Matters agendas mean that youth and community workers are in demand across a wide range of agencies both locally and nationally. The College has well established and on-going contact with local agencies, so the career prospects for graduates of the programme are very good