Overview
Community Youth Work degree offered at Ulster University aims to provide educational experiences through a purposeful, relational presence between youth workers, young people and their communities which enables young people to have meaningful opportunities, resources and support to exert influence individually and collectively in their society.
Careers
There are a range of career options available to graduates and these include opportunities across the statutory and community and voluntary sectors. The following key duties for professional youth workers are identified in the JNC Report (Extract from Joint Education Services Circular (JESC) No 166 JNC Report Appendix IV, pg 56): Performing all the duties in the First and Second Levels for Youth Support Workers; Managing and developing a range of services; Developing staff and facilities; Working with other agencies to develop services across the community; Leading project development and implementation; Management responsibility for staff.
Programme Structure
Course include:
- Context of Youth Work
- Assessed Practice
- The Pedagogy and Practice of Community Youth Work
- Power,Inequality and Anti-Oppressive Practice
- Ethical Leadership, Management and Supervision
- Critical Thinking and Professional Development
- Dissertation (Community Youth Work)
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Credits
Delivered
Disciplines
Social Work Management, Organisation & Leadership Corporate Social Responsibility View 38 other Masters in Corporate Social Responsibility in United KingdomAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- An Honours or non-Honours degree from a University of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland, from the Council for National Academic Awards, the National Council for Educational Awards, or the Higher Education and Training Awards Council or from an institution of another country which is recognized as being of an equivalent standard; or an equivalent standard in a Postgraduate Certificate, Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma or an approved alternative qualification;
- Applicants must hold a degree or equivalent or demonstrate their ability to undertake the course through the accreditation of prior experiential learning.
- It is a requirement of the course that students are working 16 hours per week in a Community Youth Work setting.
- English Language Requirements
Tuition Fee
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International
5100 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 85 GBP per credit during 36 months. -
National
2100 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 35 GBP per credit during 36 months.
Funding
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