Working with Children, Young People and Families FdA

Course summary

• Gain important skills needed for working with young people and their families.
• Benefit from 400 hours of hands-on placement work.
• Learn in a supportive, collaborative atmosphere, with no exams.
• Take the opportunity to spend a semester abroad at one of our partner universities (subject to the UK’s continued participation in the Erasmus programme following the Brexit transition period).
• Take the opportunity to volunteer alongside voluntary sector partners in either France or Greece who support refugee communities (subject to the UK’s continued participation in the Erasmus programme following the Brexit transition period).

Develop an excellent grounding for further studies or work with children, young people and families. You focus on important subjects such as safeguarding, child development and parenting alongside interdisciplinary modules and work placements. You graduate with diverse, useful skills that make a real difference.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

This course provides high-quality work placements alongside enriching, enjoyable teaching sessions. Modules are designed to introduce the core principals and techniques needed for work with children, young people and families. You spend 400 hours of your course on work-based learning placements, and the rest of your time benefiting from supportive, collaborative lessons and engrossing individual study.

You learn through

• workshop-style sessions from industry practitioners
• case studies, presentations and assignments
• placements in a wide range of statutory, voluntary and independent settings
• one-to-one support from an academic advisor
• on-placement learning support
• technology designed to enhance your learning experience

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in

• Education
• Health
• Social care
• Early years
• The voluntary sector