Leading work with young people
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Summary
This course takes leadership to be a process of working with and through others to achieve shared objectives. It views leadership as linked not only to hierarchical position, but dispersed throughout the organisation, occurring at all levels – including that of the young people who are the ‘clients’ or ‘users’ of the services. It will enable you to take a strategic view of your own practice, understanding the range of services in which it is embedded, the teams and organisations through which it is developed, and the social and political environment in which it is enacted.
Course content
This course widens and deepens your understanding of the policies, practices and contexts of work with young people. You’ll examine the leadership roles that practitioners take on in the work they do with young people and the roles they play as members of teams, organisations and interagency partnerships.
Through the printed Study Topics and supporting resources such as the DVD and the course reader, you will be exploring and analysing a range of perspectives on leading work with young people. As you do so you’ll be encouraged to review and analyse your own experiences as a learner and a practitioner.
By the end of the course you will have developed your understanding of:
- meanings of leadership and management in the context of work with young people
- ways of planning, setting up and maintaining learning opportunities for young people with diverse needs and abilities in a range of contexts
- ways of supporting and developing individuals and teams within an organisation
- ways of managing change and its impact on organisations and practices
- principles and practices of working in partnership with other agencies
- principles and practices of evaluation and accountability.
Vocational relevance
This course is aimed at practitioners working in a wide range of settings involving work with young people. You might, for example, be involved in:
- running a youth club
- working with young people on a housing estate
- participating in a church group
- advising young people on health or careers
- mentoring young people
- working with a group of Scouts or Guides.
Entry
This course is available in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Prior to starting the course, it’s expected that you will have current or recent experience of working with young people in an informal education setting such as a youth club, Scout group, or careers advisory work with the aim of promoting the learning and development of young people. Provided that you have recent experience of working with young people you will be able to complete this course, but you will not be able to progress to the practice-based courses required for the Certificate, the Foundation Degree or the Diploma of Higher Education in Working with Young People without some current experience. The practice-based courses require that you have suitable employment (paid or unpaid) for a minimum number of hours in an appropriate setting (see below). Level 1 courses provide the core subject knowledge and study skills support needed for completion of courses at this level. They will help you to progress to courses at Level 2. If you have any doubt about the suitability of the course, please contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service.
An APEL (Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning) version of this course, Leading work with young people: supported APEL route (EZL132) is available for students with substantial recent experience of working with young people, knowledge of the theoretical basis for this kind of work and a readiness for higher education study.
Preparatory work
There are no formal qualification requirements for students joining the course. However, if you have no prior experience of higher education, or if you have not studied for some time, we would strongly advise you to make use of the OU’s wide range of introductory courses and packs.
Qualifications
E132 is a compulsory course in our
- BA (Honours) Youth Work (B55) (previously titled BA (Hons) Working with Young People)
- Foundation Degree in Working with Young People (G03)
- Diploma of Higher Education in Working with Young People (E38)
E132 is an optional course in our
It can also count towards most of our other degrees at bachelors level, where it is equally appropriate to a BA or BSc. We advise you to refer to the relevant qualification descriptions for information on the circumstances in which this course can count towards these qualifications because from time to time the structure and requirements may change.
Excluded combinations
Sometimes you will not be able to count a course towards a qualification if you have already taken another course with similar content. To check any excluded combinations relating to this course, visit our excluded combination finder or check with our Student Registration & Enquiry Service before registering.
If you have a disability or additional requirement
The course, and in particular the assessment, makes significant use of audio and visual materials that are made available to students on DVD. These can be played on either a personal computer or a standard DVD player. If you use special hardware or software you must, well before the course begins, find out whether it will work with the course software.
Written transcripts of any audio components and Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) versions of printed material are available. Some Adobe PDF components may not be available or fully accessible using a screen reader and musical notation and mathematical, scientific, and foreign language materials may be particularly difficult to read in this way. Large print versions of the course materials can be provided on request. Other alternative formats of the course materials may be available in the future. Our Services for disabled students website has the latest information about availability.
If you are a new student, or new to courses using a computer or the internet, you will need to inform us of your particular needs as soon as possible, as some of our support services may take several weeks to arrange. Details of how to do this and our range of support services are described in our booklet Meeting Your Needs which you can download or request from our Student Registration & Enquiry Service.
You can also find information about accessible course materials, financial support and the Disabled Students' Allowance, equipment and other services, on our Services for disabled students website. It also includes our contact details for advice and support both before you register and while you are studying.
Course materials
What's included
Course books, a DVD, a course reader and course website.
You will need
The ability to play DVDs.
Computing requirements
This course includes online computer activities – you can access these using a web browser that can play Flash and Shockwave.
You will need internet access and a computer. If you have purchased a new computer since 2002 it should meet your course computing requirements. Check our Technical Requirements section if your computer is older than this or is otherwise unusual.
Teaching and assessment
Support from your tutor
You will have a tutor who will help you with the course material and mark and comment on your written work, and whom you can ask for advice and guidance. If you are new to the OU, you will find that your tutor will be particularly concerned to help you with your study methods. We also offer tutorial support through group tutorials. You are not obliged to attend these, but you are strongly encouraged to do so, and make the fullest use of the support that your tutor (and fellow students) can give. You can also take part in online forums with other students, and again we strongly recommend you to do so. Where your tutorials are held will depend on the distribution of students taking the course. Contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service if you want to know more about study with The Open University before you register.
Assessment
The assessment details for this course can be found in the facts box above.
You can choose whether to submit your tutor-marked assignments (TMAs) on paper or online through the eTMA system. You may want to use the eTMA system for some of your assignments but submit on paper for others. This is entirely your choice.
The end-of-course assessment (ECA) must be submitted on paper. Equal weighting is given to the TMAs and the ECA, and you must pass both of these to pass the course. Assessment is an essential part of the teaching and so you are required to complete it all. You will be given more detailed information when you begin the course.
Professional recognition
The Certificate in Working with Young People has been approved by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), for inclusion as a Level 4 qualification in the National Qualifications Framework, as a Youth Support Worker qualification. Pre-professional recognition at SCQF Level 7 is being sought for the Certificate in Scotland.
The National Youth Agency (NYA), on behalf of the Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC), recognises a foundation degree as a professional qualification for those wishing to be employed in youth work in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. From August 2010 an honours degree will be required for professional youth work in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. To enable students to meet this requirement and to facilitate professional qualification within Scotland, the OU is working towards validation for its BA (Honours) Youth Work (B55) (previously titled BA (Hons) Working with Young People) within England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in readiness for students registering for the 2009 presentation of E131.
The Foundation Degree in Working with Young People (G03) is recognised as a sector-endorsed qualification by the Children’s Workforce Development Council.
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Future availability
The details given here are for the course that starts in October 2010. We expect it to be available once a year.
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