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Youth Work and Community Practice (Foundation Entry) BA (Hons)

University of Central Lancashire

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UCAS CODE: L501

Course options

  • Qualification

    Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

  • Location

    Burnley Campus

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    23-SEP-24

  • Duration

    4 Years

Course summary


Course Overview

This Youth Work & Community Practice degree is a professionally validated foundation entry course to help you become 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 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.- 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. - 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, which will ensure you leave university as a highly employable graduate ready for a career in youth work.


Accreditations

- 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.


Future Careers

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.

Application deadline

31 January

Tuition fees

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(International fees)

16,500per year

Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.

University information

University of Central Lancashire

  • University League Table

    99th

  • Campus address

    University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2HE, England

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    29th out of 75 9

    48th out of 101 11

    13th out of 33 7

  • Entry standards

    / Max 174
    125 69%

    46th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    98.0 98%

    16th

    13
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.83 77%

    45th

    12
  • Entry standards

    / Max 198
    126 61%

    40th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    56.0 56%

    46th

    31
  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.74 75%

    69th

    10
  • Entry standards

    / Max 155
    111 68%

    20th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    62.0 62%

    11th

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 5
    3.95 79%

    20th

    11

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