Youth Work, Health and Community Development MA

Youth Work, Health and Community Development MA

Professionally validated by the National Youth Agency and the Endorsement and Quality Standards Board for Community Development Learning, this course will help you master skills to support young people and communities and handle the complexities of social justice. The program is ideal for pursuing careers in areas such as education, sexual health, housing and homelessness, and mental health.

By choosing this course, you’ll benefit from inter-professional learning, with the course attracting professionals from a variety of settings including youth work, parenting education, children’s centres, sexual health, drug abuse, housing and homelessness, youth offending, mental health, community development and domestic violence.

On this program you’ll study a range of topics exploring the theory and practice of community development, anti-oppressive practice, health and social research methods and issues in health and wellbeing. You’ll also develop your practical and professional skills by putting theory in to practice with dedicated work placement modules.

This course is only available for UK/EU students.

Core modules include:

• Issues of Health and Well-being
• Theory and Practice of Community Development
• Anti-oppressive Practice
• Health and Social Research Methods
• Field Practice - is practice
• Management of Services and People

Plus choose one module from a range of specialist modules, depending on your specific career interests:

• Mental Health
• Contemporary Social Issues
• Global Issues in Youth and Community Development
• Managing Race and Diversity
• The Negotiated Module
• Dissertation

Graduates go in to a wide range of senior posts in youth work and health and community development work in both the public and voluntary sector. An MA is a recommended qualification for workers to hold senior positions.

• Two years part-time
• One year full-time