Course summary
Make a real difference to the lives of children and young people, families and communities, on a course that equips you to have an impact locally, nationally and globally. This course combines practical experience and research-informed theory to provide you with a thorough, current understanding of the needs of children and young people. You explore child development and child welfare as well as social policies and legislative frameworks. This includes the right to equal access to services and life opportunities regardless of social difference. In your second and third years, you can choose from a range of optional units in areas such as mental health, disability and youth violence. In your final year, you also undertake an independent research project, supported by our Social Sciences team, all of whom are actively involved in research themselves. Why choose this course?
- Gain the practical skills and knowledge you need for a career working with children, young people and families
- Learn from staff with professional practice experience in youth work, counselling, teaching and working with looked-after children
- Study with academics who have research expertise in areas such as child protection, alternative education and school exclusion, mentoring and coaching, safeguarding, and sexual exploitation
- Benefit from opportunities offered by the University of Bedfordshire’s new Health & Social Care Academy, run in partnership with local councils and NHS Trusts, to recruit, train and develop health and social care workers
- Be able to recognise and challenge discrimination, oppression and inequality across a range of services
- There’s the option to take the course over four years and include a year’s placement in industry, allowing you to gain practical skills, build your CV and make contacts
- If you need to step up into higher education, start with a Foundation Year which guarantees entry to the undergraduate degree
- The course can lead into careers in education, social work and welfare, youth and community work or postgraduate study
Modules
Areas of study may include:
- Narratives of childhood and youth
- Working together Multi-agency approaches to risk and assessment in child welfare
- Gangs and serious youth violence
- Disability in childhood: critical perspectives on policy and practice
- Child protection and safeguarding: the contexts of vulnerability
- Special educational needs and challenging behaviour in schooling
- Youth Justice : models and approaches
How to apply
31Jan
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
Please select a course option – you will then see the application code you need to use to apply for the course.
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
- Year 3
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
Applicants with other qualifications will be considered. If you would like to check that your qualifications will be accepted please contact the university.
Unistats information
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Student satisfaction
Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Channel Islands | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Republic of Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
Additional fee information
For information on the 2024 fees please refer to our website, https://www.beds.ac.uk/howtoapply/money/fees/
Provider information
University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
LU1 3JU