BA HONOURS DEGREE IN SCHOOL, YOUTH & COMMUNITY WORK AND PRACTICAL THEOLOGY (JNC endorsed)

The course is being brought together in response to the needs of the Christian youth work constituency for those whose youth work includes school settings.  We will seek to equip students to work in Christian Youth Work and Ministry, and to be able to work within Secondary and Post-16 educational settings.  Modules will include Working with Individuals, Working with Groups, Working Informally in ‘Formal’ Settings, Management and Education.

This unique qualification provides NYA endorsement as a professional youth worker with a specific focus on work in schools. Graduates of this course would be expected to be employed by churches, Christian charities or voluntary sector organisations specialising in work in schools or with Local Authorities, Schools and the Connexions Service.

The course will be offered at CYM Regional Delivery Centres in Bristol, Cambridge, the Midlands (Nottingham) and Oxford.

In order for a student to comply with our validation for the schools, youth and community work course students need to be doing a minimum of a session a week working in a school context.

Structure of the course:

YEAR ONE

• Professional Practice (Basic)
• Biblical Studies
• Group Work and Teams
• Human Development
• Working with Schools
• Spirituality & Pastoral Care
• Approaches to Pedagogy

YEAR TWO

• Professional Practice (Intermediate)
• Schools ~ Culture & Communities
• Practical Theology
• Management
• Schools ~ Education and Mission
• Working with diversity    
• Ethics and Values

YEAR THREE

• Dissertation or Professional Practice Evaluation
• Leadership and Ministry
• Research Methods
• Social Policy & Professional Practice
• Faith and Justice

Plus two optional modules drawn from the following list:

• Interpretation and Exegesis
• Counselling Skills
• Training Skills
• Peace & Reconciliation
• Ministry and Rites of Passage
• Art, Identity and Theology
• Worship & Spirituality
• Supporting Parents
• Working with Extended Schools
• Cross-Cultural Mission
• Non-Managerial Supervision
• Schools Chaplaincy
• Play & Creativity
• Religious Education
• Baptist History & Principles
• Events Management in Youth Work