Overview

Exit Award only

Upon satisfactory completion of 30 credits, to include modules SS6020 , SS6022 , SS6036 , and SS6037 , students on the Postgraduate Diploma in Youth Work may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Certificate in Youth Work. A student who subsequently applies to continue to Postgraduate Diploma must do so within 5 years of successful completion of the Certificate Examination.

Note: The Postgraduate Certificate in Youth Work is not professionally accredited.

Programme Requirements

For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements. 

Programme Requirements

Examinations

Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.

Programme Learning Outcomes

Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Certificate in Youth Work (NFQ Level 9, Minor Award)

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

• Facilitate young people’s personal, social and educational development through individual and group work and through engagement with local and regional communities.
• Demonstrate a critical awareness of the historical development of youth work in community settings and current theory and scholarship in the field of youth policy and practice.
• Engage effectively in practice in the youth work sector, in an ethical and inclusive manner which safeguards the health and welfare of young people, promotes equity and values diversity.
• Exercise practical leadership and planning skills in devising creative responses to meeting the needs of young people and communities.
• Communicate information about youth work practice and youth research with specialist and non-specialist audiences.
• Apply appropriate principles and ethical standards in working with children and young people, which is informed by a child- or youth-centred approach.