It will draw on the expertise and experience of tutors from the Faculties of Education and Children's Services and Health and Social Care and from other specialists.
The provision for learning from and through practice is an important feature of this programme.
Why study this course?
This single honours programme will offer an opportunity to explore the ideas that underpin professional understanding in a multi-professional environment.
All students undertake a core module - Integrated Working with Children, Young People and Families - and a practice-based Dissertation which accounts for 60 credits.
The remaining 60 credits are made up from a wide choice of modules relevant to the wider Children's Workforce through discussion with an Academic Adviser.
Features
Through working alongside a range of professionals that make up the Children's Workforce, you will appreciate the contributions of other professionals and better understand your own place in serving the needs of children.
The programme aims to develop and enhance key skills that employers expect graduates to possess, e.g. a high level of oral and written communication, the ability to work effectively as a member of a team, to apply expert knowledge to critical analysis, and to engage in lifelong learning.
Programme Structure
Modules
- Core 1: Integrated Working with Children, Young People and Families
- Core 2: Practice-based Enquiry
- Option 1
- Option 2
- Option 3
- Option 4
- Core 3: Practice-based Dissertation
- Depending on your career aspirations you will be guided through your choice of optional modules.
- For example, if you wish to progress to Early Years professional status then you would be expected to take:
- Option 1: Supporting Every Child's Learning
- Option 2: Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood
- Option 3 & Option 4: Meeting the Standards for Early Years Professionals (double module)
Other modules include:
- Young People's Sexual and Reproductive Health
- The Impact of Illness in Childhood: A Holistic Approach
- Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups in Society
- Developing Clinical Decision-Making Skills
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health
- Healthy Youth: Investment for the Future
- Children and Young People's Health and Wellbeing
- Complexity of Nutrition for the Neonate
- High Dependency Care for Children and Young People
- Concepts of Caring for Children and Young People with a Life Limiting Illness
- Holistic Needs Assessment of Children and Young People
How will I be taught?
All teaching will draw on participants' professional practice. Module groups will comprise students from different sectors of the Children's Workforce encouraging and enabling inter-professional working and reflection on issues from differing professional perspectives.
Assessment tasks are chosen to best suit the intended learning and are varied throughout the programme.
For example, modules may be assessed by written assignment, directed tasks, individual or group presentation, case study, or a reflective portfolio.
The Dissertation provides an opportunity for an in-depth critical analysis on an aspect of personal practice and career relevance.
This programme is a response to the Children's workforce strategy: building a world-class workforce for children, young people and families, which aims to improve the outcomes for children and young people and families through developing all those who work in the sector:
"It means a workforce that is well led and made up of people willing and able to work effectively in an integrated way across agencies." (p.3)
The integrated nature of the programme will make successful graduates ready to take on important roles right across the wider workforce.
For some posts a further specialised postgraduate qualification may be necessary. Those who wish to progress to a programme leading to Qualified Teacher Status (QTS), Early Years Professional Status (EYPS) or Social Work should familiarise themselves at an early stage with the entry requirements for the route that suits their particular ambitions and circumstances.
Specific information and guidance is available on the
Training and Development Agency (TDA) website for reaching QTS, on the
Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) website for seeking Early Years Professional Status and the
General Social Care Council (GSCC) for Social Work. Bursaries may be available for some postgraduate routes.
Single Honours
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This current Level 6 ‘top up' is designed for students who have successfully completed one of the following Higher Education Level 5 qualifi cations and who now wish to progress to a fulltime BA (Honours) in Integrated Working with Children, Young People and Families:
- University of Chester's Foundation Degree Integrated Working with Children, Young People and Families
- Other Foundation Degree within the health, social care, education, and youth arena
- Diploma in Higher Education (240 HE credits) within thehealth, social care, education, and youth arena.
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