Youth Work & Community Practice

The module aims to help you develop a range of study skills including digital tools needed to succeed both on this course and on the degree level study. You'll develop confidence in study skills, including digital applications available on the University network as you continue to acquire and develop a range of course skills.

The aim of this module is to provide you with opportunities to learn about and experience approaches that have proven to be effective in understanding individuals, families and communities.

The aim of this module is to provide you with opportunities to learn about and experience approaches that have proven to be effective in working with individuals, families and communities

The aim of this module is to offer you opportunities to reflect upon, assimilate and apply key asset and arts-based community development concepts and skills, in partnership with residents and practitioners to community-led projects and in volunteer placements with local organisations.

You will complete a minimum of 200 hours placement, working as a youth worker. You will be supervised to work with young people both one-to-one and in groups and support them to engage in activities.

This module is designed to help prepare you for professional practice, with a focus on health and safety, child protection and equality and diversity.

You will gain an understanding of the legislation and policies around safeguarding and child protection and how this understanding translates to practical behaviours and actions.

This module introduces you to issues surrounding communication in youth work, education and care contexts and the importance of effective communication in ensuring good practice and outcomes for young people.

You will be introduced to the dialogue used by, about and with young people. It considers theory and research about young people, their relationships with each other, others, and between young people and society.

This module considers how current youth work has evolved and changed and how youth work interacts with other agencies and organisations. You will also access training and accreditations relating to current roles in youth work from external agencies and other departments within the University.

In this second placement module, you will complete a minimum of 300 hours working as a professional youth worker. Exhibiting clear anti-oppressive practice, you will work with young people to plan activities and examine rights and responsibilities through informal education.      

This module aims to introduce you to contemporary issues affecting young people today. Political, educational, and social issues are examined with a view to develop a better understanding of the world for young people.

This module explores primary theories and policies in youth work and community practice and gives you the theoretical basis through which to explore practical issues about your own work.

This module aims to give you a psychological perspective on youth and community. It examines different psychological models and theories of behaviour for events that occur in the community. It also develops your knowledge of the psychological development of individuals and groups and its practical implications when engaging in work with young people and communities.

This module uses the award winning, international Global Youth Solutions project to give you a practical experience in planning, delivery and evaluation of a peer leadership skills through a peer education project.

This sports development module gives you the opportunity to examine the logistics and impact of sports projects in schools and communities and the theory behind why sport is used as a tool to work with young people and communities.

This module is taught by tutors from out mental health team and teaches you about different perspectives on mental health including how society treats young people who have concerns about their mental health.

In this final compulsory placement module, you will complete a minimum of 300 hours placement working as a professional youth worker, supervising other youth workers, allocating resources, evaluating work and demonstrating anti-oppressive practice.     

This module provides an opportunity for you to undertake independent study in an area of your choice. It will involve a particular issue of relevance to children and young people’s lives and services. You will be guided and supported by your dissertation supervisor to plan, carry out the project and write it up as an academic research.

The module aims to prepare you for some of the situations you may experience when working in management in youth work and community practice. You will consider theories of management, how to put them into practice, the challenges to management in a youth work setting and the importance of supervision and staff development.

This module joins all previous academic learning and explores theory around anti-oppressive practice. It aims to continue to build your understanding of common themes of prejudice, equality, diversity and oppression, particularly around gender, ethnicity, age, sexuality, class and disability.