BSc Community Youth Work
About this course
BSc (Hons) in Social Work, focusing on community youth work practice. Core topics include critical and analytical thinking, ethics and professional practice, and global and comparative perspectives. The programme is validated by NSETS (North South Education and Training Standards committee) and confers professional status upon completion. Three assessed practice placements are completed over the four-year period, each lasting an average of 20 weeks.
Modules
- Understanding Youth Work in Context
- The Foundations for Youth Work Practice
- Applied Socio-Political Perspectives
- Assessed Practice Placement 1
- Power; Inequality and anti-oppressive practice
- Pedagogy of Youth Work
- The Northern Ireland Context - Transforming Communities
- Assessed Practice Placement 2
- Critical Thinking and Professional Development
- Study Of Applied Practice (SOAP)
- Assessed Practice Placement 3
- Ethical Leadership, Management and Supervision