Young People Services FdA

This course will give you confidence in your own skills and knowledge of young people services, and develop your ability to adapt within a constantly changing professional environment.

Current policy is addressed to ensure you are prepared for changing demands in practice.

Developed in consultation with local employers, the course provides a broad context for the study of Young People Services while developing a distinct professional discipline consistent with Occupational Standards for Youth Work. It will be of interest to students preparing to enter a career working with young people, or existing practitioners who wish to achieve a Higher Education qualification whilst working towards a national youth work qualification.

On successful completion of this course you will be eligible to apply for direct entry to the third year of a relevant Honours degree. It can also provide a route to a validated national youth work qualification through progression via a Top-up programme to a third-year Honours degree in Youth & Community Services.

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UCAS is the central organisation through which applications are processed for entry onto full-time undergraduate courses in Higher Education in the UK.

Young People Services FdA LL45 FdA/YPS

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Study options

Two-year, full-time course with part-time route available

Taught aspects of the course are confined to a single day per week enabling employed students to undertake study on a day-release basis

Work-based learning for 25% of the course

Get in touch

Admissions Office
01905 855111
admissions@worc.ac.uk

We welcome applications from students with standard and non-standard entry qualifications. Consideration will also be given to those with relevant work experience and/or certificated learning, which demonstrates an ability to study at this level

Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed and may be asked to submit an essay to demonstrate their ability to study at Foundation degree level

A Criminal Records Bureau disclosure is required for this course

Modules

Young People Services: An Introduction
Managing Practice: The Reflective Practitioner
Understanding Young People: Learning & Change
Assessment, Intervention & Outcomes: Information
Understanding Young People: Rights & Agency
Diversity & Equality: Challenging Discrimination
Practice Skills: Working with Young People
Young People Services: A Comparative Study
Managing Practice: Team Working & Leadership
Understanding Young People: Transition & Inclusion
Assessment, Intervention & Outcomes: Targeting
Active Involvement of Young People
Specialisms in Practice
Practice Skills: Working with Groups & Projects

Assessment

A wide range of assessment types are employed, including assignments, case studies, presentations, practice recordings, reports and reflective journals.

Mark Farmer

Senior Lecturer, Young People Services FdA

“Working with young people is as rewarding as it is diverse. You need confidence in your skills and the ability to adapt to rapidly changing work environments.”

Academic department

Institute of Health & Society

“The University is a leading innovator in the fields of health and social care. Unique appointments such as the UK’s first professors of perinatal education and tissue viability demonstrate our commitment to research excellence.”
Louise Jones, Head of Institute

Employability

There is a growing demand for practitioners in young people’s services and you may follow a career in youth justice, youth participation, advice and guidance, youth advocacy, housing support, substance misuse, education support and more.

Health & Society News

University's Health Leader Takes on Two Influential Roles - Tuesday, 22 May 2012

The Head of the University of Worcester’s Institute of Health and Society has been appointed to two important external roles.
Nursing Students Receive Vital Training in Working with People Living with Dementia - Wednesday, 25 April 2012

First year nursing students at the University of Worcester are to take part in a one-day conference about working with people living with dementia.
Student Nurses Walk Five Miles Between University and Hospital for Cancer Research UK - Monday, 23 April 2012

Seven student nurses from the University of Worcester under took a five mile charity walk after being inspired by their studies.