**Course Overview**
This professionally validated course will leave you a qualified, experienced and employable youth and community worker.
**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 ...
**Course Overview**<br/><br/>This professionally validated course will leave you a qualified, experienced and employable youth and community worker. <br/><br/>**Why study with us**<br/><br/><br/>- On completion of this degree, you’ll be a fully qualified youth worker with a nationally recognised professional qualification.<br/><br/><br/>- This course has been carefully developed by youth work employers and professionals to ensure students are fully prepared for youth work employment after graduation.<br/><br/><br/>- Our excellent industry links will give you placement opportunities that will support your career aspirations. <br/><br/><br/>**What youll do**<br/><br/><br/>- 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.<br/><br/><br/>- 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. <br/><br/><br/>- 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.<br/><br/><br/>**Accreditations**<br/><br/><br/>- This course is professionally accredited by the JNC. They recognise youth and community workers qualifications which have been professionally approved by the Education Training Standards (ETS) Committee of the National Youth Agency. They endorse youth support worker qualifications and have a process of professional validation for higher education programmes.<br/><br/><br/>**Future Careers**<br/><br/>After completing this course, students will be able to move directly into a wide range of careers including, but not limited to, youth work, teaching assistant, teaching (with the addition of a PGCE), community activism, local charity work, housing association work, working with young offenders, social care, social work (with additional qualifications), sports coaching, sports development, learning support and community policing.
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Course Details
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Study Mode
Full-time
Duration
3 Years
Start Date
23/09/2024
Campus
Burnley Campus
Provider Details
Codes/info
Course Code
L530
Institution Code
C30
Points of Entry
Year 1
UCAS TariffScottish Higher96 to 112 UCAS points Access to HE Diploma96 to 112 UCAS points International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme96 to 122 UCAS points at Higher Level subjects Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)GCSE/National 4/National 55 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent. Equivalent qualifications are Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Level 3 Key Skills in Maths and Communication. Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)ASNot Accepted OCR Cambridge Technical DiplomaOCR Cambridge Technical Extended DiplomaScottish Advanced Higher96 to 112 UCAS points A level96 to 112 UCAS points at A2 T Level |
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