Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2008/09 |
AS10142 Creating quality youth work |
| Credits: 5 |
| Level: Certificate |
| Semester: 2 at City of Bristol College |
| Semester: 2 at Norton Radstock College |
| Semester: 2 at Swindon College |
| Assessment: CW 70%, OT 30% |
| Requisites: |
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Aims: The aims of this unit are to ensure that students are:
* Able to explore how the quality of their youth work can be enhanced * Able to understand and implement proper project management * Able to understand how the theory and practice of informal education enhances and creates quality youth work * Familiar with the latest government reports including 'Transforming Youth Work' and 'Youth Work and Study Support: The Code of Practice' * Familiar with the concepts of empowerment and leadership * Able to implement and manage change and understand the difficulties in change processes. Learning Outcomes: At the end of the unit students will have: * Explored issues surrounding quality and used them in their work situations * Read and understood key texts on the Government's drive to improve the quality of youth work * Understood how the principles and values of informal education enhance youth work and underpin its practice * Understood the current inspection framework for youth work * Developed their knowledge of project management and implemented this on a project of their choosing * Understood the concepts of empowerment and leadership and how they impact on their youth work * Understood the concept of change and developed strategies to implement change * Understood the concept of 'quality' and developed techniques for the measurement of quality * Developed benchmarking techniques they can use. In addition students will be expected to use these concepts in their day-to-day youth work and within their work placement. Skills: During the unit students will gain the following skills: * Intellectual (taught and assessed) - change management, project management, youth work theories, benchmarking, quality issues * Professional (facilitated and assessed) - professional work practices, implementation of change, quality projects, informal education * Practical (facilitated and assessed) - youth work in their situation, planning, project management, benchmarking * Key Skills (facilitated - assessed through other units) - the skills in this unit will assist students in the demonstration of competence in the common core modules and work undertaken in this module will be expected to contribute to their portfolios in those units. Content: The syllabus for this unit concentrates on: * Quality management * Informal education * Links between theory and professional management * Key texts in youth work change * Project management * Change management * Youth work inspection framework * Empowerment * Leadership * Measurement of quality. |