Sheffield Hallam University
Foundation Degree Working with Children, Young People and Families
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Course Outline
This course enables you to work with children, families and young people in a supportive role. It covers all aspects
of the Common Core for the Children's Workforce, which is part of the Every Child Matters government agenda.
You study areas such as
- effective communication
- children's development and behaviour
- multi-agency working and information sharing
- children's health, safety, wellbeing and safeguarding
- children's transitions.
You spend half the course on placement in a range of agencies including children's centres, schools, nurseries and
organisations such as Sure Start, National Children's Homes and Family Service Units.
This is a two year full time or three year part time course.
Year one modules
- communication skills
- personal/professional development
- investigative research
- child protection, children, young people and the law
- growth and development
- equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities
- work-based learning
Year two modules
- ethics, professional practice and multi-agency working
- education, parenting and carer support
- working with vulnerable children, young people and families
- families in social contexts
- risk assessment and early intervention
- wellbeing, participation and achievement
- work-based learning.
