MA PG Dip PG Cert Youth and Community Work

MA in Youth and Community Work

Applicants should have a minimum of 200 hours of direct and recent experience in the field of youth and community work; community development work or associated occupational groups. In addition, applicants should normally possess a degree or a or a relevant professional qualification. Practitioners who do not have a first degree, but who have considerable professional experience can apply for exceptional entry. Please contact the Programme Director to discuss this further. We only offer conditional places for this course, subject to obtaining an enhanced DBS check prior to starting the course.

MA in Advanced Youth and Community Practice

Applicants will normally have substantive experience in services working with young people and communities and should normally possess a degree or a or a relevant professional qualification. Practitioners who do not have a first degree, but who have considerable professional experience can apply for exceptional entry. Please contact the Programme Director to discuss this further.

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MA in Youth and Community Work

The programme leads to both an academic MA and a professional qualification in youth and community work through its endorsement for youth work by ETS Cymru Wales. The embedded post graduate diploma professional qualification significantly enhances employment opportunities in the field of youth and community work whilst the MA study significantly enhances skills of research and analysis in the field.

PgD in Youth and Community Work

The Postgraduate Diploma in Youth and Community Work is an exit point from the master’s programme that leads to a professional qualification in youth and community work through its endorsement for youth work by ETS Cymru Wales. The qualification significantly enhances employment opportunities in the field of youth and community work.

MA Advanced Youth and Community Practice

The programme is aimed at practitioners and managers in the generic and expanding field of youth and community development work. It aims to develop professional understanding and skills through a supportive and challenging learning environment. The programme will be of particular interest to experienced practitioners who manage aspects of youth or community development provision as advanced practitioners or senior practitioners working in services for young people who wish to develop their analytical and professional capabilities.

Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management of Youth Work.

Modules include:

Taught modules (mandatory)

• Adolescent Development and Learning
• Multi Agency Practice
• Leading and Managing Professional Practice
• Young People and the Internet: Information, Communication, and Identity
• Developing Leadership and Management capability through Enquiry

Fieldwork Modules (mandatory)

• Philosophy Principles and Policy of Youth Work
• Advanced Critical Reflective Practice in Youth Work

Optional

• Activism, Protest and Community Organizing: Global and Local Perspectives
• Mentoring and Coaching: Principles and Policy in Action
• Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children and Young People
• Youth Culture and Subculture: A Site for Radical Youth Work
• Developing Leadership and Management Capability through Enquiry (ILM accredited)
• Multi Agency Practice

Dissertation – Mandatory