PgCertApplied Public Policy: Children and Young Peoples Services
Study location | United Kingdom, University of Bedfordshire |
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Type | Master courses, full-time |
Nominal duration | 1 Years |
Study language | English |
Awards | PgCert |
Entry qualification | Undergraduate diploma (or higher) The entry qualification documents are accepted in any language |
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Language requirements | English |
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Other requirements | At least 2 reference(s) should be provided. A motivation letter must be added to your application. |
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Overview
COURSE SUMMARY
This course is designed to meet the needs of graduates who wish to
specialise in working with children and young people, and is aimed at
professions such as social work, youth work, education and related
children and family services. Armed with a good postgraduate degree,
students can expect to be promoted to managerial roles or have the
opportunity to be recruited into other senior roles within their
profession. Graduates will be able to secure employment in a range of
positions within service delivery for children and young people across
all sectors.
During this course you will:
- Work within the Department of Applied Social Studies, offering
unique awards in social work, youth work and child and adolescent
development - Benefit from the department’s particular expertise in children’s
services, youth work and youth crime and justice. It has gained a
national and international reputation for its research and scholarship
within the Institute of Applied Social Research (IASR) - Develop key research and analytical skills vital for your
professions, effectively enhancing your expertise in issues relating
to children’s and young people’s services
Areas of study you may cover on this course include:
- Critical issues in the delivery of services to children, young
people and families - Conceptual frameworks – theories shaping public policy for
children’s and young people’s services - Models and methods of social investigation
- Dissertation
You can also choose from the following option units:
- Young people and illicit drug use in the UK
- Socially excluded young people, education, training and employment
- Youth justice: current issues and critical perspectives
- Violent youth crime and group offending
- The trafficking and sexual exploitation of children and young
people - Young people’s participation
PCYSD
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.
We are currently NOT ACCEPTING applications from NON-EU countries, except Georgia and Serbia.