BA (Hons) Working with Children and Families
The Working with Children and Families course provides the knowledge and skills you need to work with children and families in a range of settings.
You’ll examine issues that influence the lives and well-being of children and families in today’s society. Your studies will cover a range of services, systems, policies and work practices that support children and families. To reflect the reality of the workplace, you’ll explore multi- agency working and understand the roles of different professionals in early years, education and social work.
A key feature of the Working with Children and Families course is attending a work placement. Alongside your academic studies, this allows you to see how theory, policy and practice relate to each other, and will prepare you for a range of career opportunities.
Career paths usually include work in schools, children’s charities, integrated children’s centres, and social care settings, as well as postgraduate study in education or social work.
What you will study
Throughout the Working with Children and Families course you will study key debates on theories of child development and childhood, which will reflect the changing agenda in this sector. You will explore children’s rights and how these are incorporated into policy and practice in England and Wales, as well as international perspectives and the fundamentals of social pedagogy.
Your studies will help you understand the role of professionals in safeguarding children and young people, as well as equality and diversity, and services that support children and families. You will also develop an understanding of leadership and collaborative approaches in theory and practice, as well as having a chance to research in an area of interest.
You will also have the chance to develop your professional skills through teaching and work placements, which will allow you the opportunity to focus on your future career choice and develop your understanding of a range of contexts.
As well as integrated work experience, you will have further opportunities to improve your knowledge and skills. These include additional opportunities to complete First Aid and Safeguarding qualifications.
Year One: Working with Children and Families Degree
- Developing the Professional and Personal Self (40 credits)
- Health, Well-being and Development (40 credits)
- Understanding Childhood, Family and Society (20 credits)
- 21st Century Learning (20 credits)
Year Two: Working with Children and Families Degree
- Applied Practice 1 (40 credits)
- Safeguarding Children and Young People (20 credits)
- Inclusion, Equality and Diversity (20 credits)
- Researching with Children and Young People (20 credits)
- Children, Families and the Law (20 credits)
Year Three: Working with Children and Families Degree
- Dissertation (40 credits)
- Applied Practice 2 (40 credits)
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health (20 credits)
- Leading, Managing and Collaboration (20 credits)
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