Working with Children, Young People and Families (Top-up)

The Working with Children, Young People and Families (Level 6) course is designed for you if you are an FdA graduate and want to top up your qualification to BA honours degree level.

If you're planning a future improving the lives of families, young people and children, you'll gain the tools you need to make a difference to those in need of support.

Taught at NTU in Mansfield, this course links academic learning with hands-on research and practice. With a focus on real-world learning, you’ll cover a range of contemporary issues from an organisational and leadership perspective.

This additional year of study will further develop your knowledge and skills of work practices related to children, young people and families, opening up rewarding career opportunities in the sector, as well as options for further study.

Why study BA (Hons) Working with Children, Young People and Families (Top-up) at NTU Mansfield?

• ** Top up your sector-related FdA**, to BA honours degree level on this one-year course.

• ** Strong links to vocational practice** and improving the lives of the children, young people and families.

• ** On completing this degree you’ll be well-placed to take up a variety of careers** within the sector or go on to further study.

• ** NTU in Mansfield is your alternative route into higher education.** We've built this qualification with the local job market in mind. Each of our higher education courses is relevant, hands-on and work-focused.

The course is designed to build on the principles of the foundation degree (and equivalent) programmes. There are strong links to vocational practice and improving the lives of the children, young people and families our graduates will work with is at the heart of the course. There are five Level 6 modules on this course. Modules include: Project Management and Research in Practice (40 Credit Points), Voice, Choice and Power (20 Credit Points), Change Makers and Leaders (20 Credit Points), People and Place: Ethical and Sustainable Practice (20 Credit Points) and Contemporary Global Perspectives (20 Credit Points).

Teaching, learning and assessment will be varied, appealing to a diverse range of learners, and make use of technology in the form of electronic portfolios, blogs, and simulation suites.