Our MA Professional Practice with Children and Young People course offers an ideal development opportunity for graduates and current practitioners.
This course will develop your ability to become a more critical and innovative practitioner. You’ll gain specialist knowledge in children’s rights and participation, safeguarding, and a broad range of practical, legal and theoretical approaches.
Over the last three decades, there have been major developments in services for children, young people, their families and carers. This has led to new approaches to working and different expectations about the knowledge, skills and values needed by people to work effectively across the full range of children’s services. Integrated and multi-agency working, listening to children and young people’s voices, respecting diversity, and facilitating inclusive practice are just some of the skills and values which underpin the development of a professional and skilled children and young people’s workforce.
This course is timely in responding to government demands to raise the status and accreditation of those with responsibilities for the education and care of young children. It is also helping to ensure that best practice is informed by research, local expertise and international contexts.
Why study with us
- You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of current research, policies and contemporary debates surrounding practice in children and young people’s services.
- You’ll get the opportunity to critically reflect on your own practice and bring about positive change in the delivery of services to children and young people.
- The staff who deliver this course are recognised practitioners and academics in their fields. The team includes staff who regularly publish for leading journals in social work, health, education, children’s rights and sociology.
What you'll do
- You’ll develop and enhance your leadership and decision-making skills so that you have the confidence to resolve complex safeguarding situations involving children and young people.
- We’ll equip you with the skills and knowledge you need to undertake independent research in this field.
- The course covers the full breadth of children’s services, including early years, education, social work, social care, health and community work, and gives you the opportunity to focus your learning on your own areas of interest and expertise.
Module overview
Compulsory modules
• SW4033: Safeguarding Children
• SW4085: Theorising Childhood and Adolescence
• SW4821: Ethical research with children and young people
• SW4822: Transforming Practice with Children and Young People
• SW4823: Dissertation/Project
Optional modules
• SW4032: Childhood in Law and Welfare
• SW4701: ASYE: Demonstrating Capability in Social Work Practice
Course delivery
Following the pandemic, we have found that some courses benefit from a blended learning and teaching approach. Therefore, the majority of your teaching will be face-to-face on campus, with some online teaching where we have learnt it works best.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of our published course information. However, our programmes are subject to ongoing review and development. Changing circumstances may cause alteration to, or the cancellation of, courses. Changes may be necessary to comply with the requirements of accrediting bodies or revisions to subject benchmarks statements. As well as to keep courses updated and contemporary, or as a result of student feedback. We reserve the right to make variations if we consider such action to be necessary or in the best interests of students.
Industry links
We have strong links with voluntary and statutory sector providers for children and young people in social work, education and health.
This course is also part of the European Network Of Masters in Children’s Rights. Through this, there are opportunities to engage with international networks.
Future careers
This course will equip you to become an innovative, forward thinking professional who has the skills to bring about positive change in the lives of children and young people by improving standards and service delivery.
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