与儿童，年轻人和家庭一起工作的荣誉文学士

我们的（与儿童，年轻人和家庭一起工作的荣誉学士学位）课程的核心是对社会正义和平等的坚定承诺。我们将根据您现有的技能和动机为您提供一系列的教学经验，以便您可以为不断变化的社会做出贡献，尤其是与弱势儿童，年轻人及其家庭一起工作或为他们服务的服务。着重于个人和专业发展，我们的学位将使您从理论上和实践上理解与儿童及其年轻人和家庭打交道的复杂性。我们希望为您提供支持，以便您能够发展成为有效的变革推动者，为弱势儿童和年轻人带来帮助，并提供家庭支持。
OverviewOur BA (Hons) Working with Children, Young People, and Families is a course with social justice and equality at its heart. It is an exciting, contemporary degree which will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and competencies to work effectively with children, young people and families in a range of professional settings.The ethos of social justice is woven throughout the theoretical and practical aspects of the course. We will provide you with a range of teaching and learning experiences to build on your motivations and existing skills so that you can contribute positively to a changing society, particularly with services who work with, or for, vulnerable children, young people, and their families.We recognise the importance of giving you the autonomy to shape your academic path. Alongside essential core components which will ensure you explore the breadth of this subject, you will have choices in your placement settings and optional modules, which will enable you to tailor your degree to your career aspirations as they evolve.Practical placements are an important part of the course, in each year of the programme you will gain valuable hands-on experience working in a professional setting. This will allow you to apply the theoretical knowledge you have gained in classes to real-life situations, developing the practical skills and competencies essential for you to work in the field.You will have the opportunity to observe and learn from experienced professionals, gaining insight into best practices, techniques, and approaches used in the field. Your time in practice will also give you the chance to build professional networks and make connections that may prove beneficial when you are looking to move into employment after graduation.Overall, this course will provide you with a rich and rewarding learning experience that will be invaluable to a range of potential future careers in areas of work with young people, community development and education, youth engagement and inclusion, community cohesion, as well as postgraduate study. Whatever path you choose to pursue on completion of the course, you will take with you a professional practice grounded in the theory and practice of community-based, informal education.EmployabilityEnhancing Employability SkillsA BCU Graduate is professional and work-ready, a creative problem solver, enterprising and has a global outlook.A wide variety of employability skills are essential for Working with Children, Young People and Families graduates, as the potential employment opportunities are vast. One of the four key themes of the BA (Hons) Working with Children, Young People and Families degree is employability, and there is a clear emphasis on employability skills within each module studied across the course. The skills covered are aligned to careers in health, social care and education and have been identified as being key skills for such professionals. The skills foci will be different depending on the module in question, but modules are likely to promote the development of the following skills consistently:Team and group workPresentationDebatingCommunicationConfidenceTime managementProblem-solvingReflectionSelf-motivationResilienceTo be successful in this exciting area not only requires a depth understanding of the core principles, but also relies on having the acumen and practical abilities to apply and adapt this knowledge in a wide variety of scenarios. This in-demand course has been designed to give you the practical and professional skills that employers seek through our practice-based learning approach.