Effective practice in youth justice
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If you’re working in the area of youth justice, this course enables you to gain the knowledge and skills needed to work effectively in Youth Offending Teams (YOTs). Based on a reflective approach to work-based learning, its focus is squarely on developing insightful, well-informed and ethically grounded practice. You’ll also build on your key and generic learning skills, and develop your capacity as a pro-active, self-directed learner. On successful completion you’ll gain the Professional Certificate in Effective Practice (Youth Justice).
Fees 2012
See fees and funding options for study from September 2012.
Course facts
An undergraduate course in Health and Social Care.
| About this course: | |
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| Course code | K208 |
| Credits | 60 |
| OU Level | 2 |
| SCQF level | 9 |
| FHEQ level | 5 |
| Course work includes: |
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| 5 Tutor-marked assignments (TMAs) |
| End-of-module assessment |
| No residential school |
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This course is available for study in the countries shown. Fees and financial support may vary by country.
What you will study
This course will give you a sound knowledge and critical understanding of the youth justice system in England and Wales and the ability to apply this to your own practice and its operation within a multi-agency context. The course teaches the principles of evidence-based practice, risk assessment and the appropriateness of different approaches to preventing offending and re-offending by children and young people with specific reference to the scaled approach. You’ll consider the implications of putting these methods, values and principles into practice. By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped with the knowledge and skills to accurately and discriminately recognise what works best in preventing offending by children and young people. You will be able to specify, search for and use the information needed for effective practice and how to reflect critically and constructively to develop your practice in the youth justice system. Having satisfactorily completed the course you will be more confident of your workplace competencies and have developed communication and learning skills to a level that enables you to continue to develop as an autonomous learner and reflective practitioner.
K208 will consist of:
- two Learning Guides and an Assessment Guide provided by The Open University
- a source book
- a Course Guide
- a website, which includes copies of these materials plus a range of online tools and resources.
Most of the course is concerned with learning about the principles and techniques of effective practice in this field, applying these to your own practice and that of others working in your team, in order to demonstrate the range and level of practice competence required for certification.
You will learn
- to demonstrate a sound knowledge and critical understanding of the youth justice system in England and Wales
- to apply this knowledge and understanding to your own practice and its operation within a multi-agency context
- to compare critically the appropriateness of different approaches to preventing offending and re-offending by children and young people
- to understand the principles of evidence-based practice and have insight into how this should be applied to prevent offending and re-offending by children and young people
- to be able to accurately and discriminately specify, search for and use the information needed for effective practice in work within the youth justice system
- to show you are confident and competent in the relevant communication and learning skills at a level that enables you to continue to develop as an autonomous learner and reflective practitioner.
Vocational relevance
Successful completion of this course entitles students to claim the Professional Certificate in Effective Practice (Youth Justice). K208 enables students to gain the necessary knowledge and skills to work effectively in a number of situations within the youth justice system.
Entry
To study this course successfully you should be working currently within the youth justice system or directly with young people who are within the youth justice system. Some professional and voluntary settings where work is undertaken with children and young people in a youth justice context may also be appropriate. You will need to have a current enhanced Criminal Records Disclosure prior to the start of the course. As part of the registration process, your line manager will be required to complete a Permission agreement form confirming that you work in an appropriate setting and that they will be required to read your end-of-module assessment and confirm it relates to your own practice.
If you study K208 as a module of the Foundation Degree in Youth Justice or BA (Hons) Youth Justice Studies (England and Wales) you should be aware that this is the second of the two compulsory modules that involve work-based learning and assessment. Please see qualification descriptions for details.
You are not required to have done any prior study, but please bear in mind that this is a Level 2 course.
If you have any doubt about the suitability of the course, please contact our Student Registration & Enquiry Service.
Outside the UK
This course is only available to students resident in England and Wales.
Preparatory work
You will receive guidance of how to get started online in your first course mailing. This will provide you with information on using your computer for OU study and working with the Computing Guide. For example, it explains how to access and use your website and online discussion forums. If you have time before the course starts, you can work through this and explore all the online services available to you.
If you have a disability or additional requirement
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. Some external resources used in the learning activities are not fully accessible. Other alternative formats of the study 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 publication Meeting Your Needs.
You can also find information about accessible study 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.
Study materials
What's included
Course books and other printed material. You will have access to a website through which teaching and library resources are available. Electronic versions of most of the printed study materials are provided on the website.
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 2005 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 study material and mark and comment on your written work, and whom you can ask for advice and guidance. You will have five online tutorials and two day-schools that you are recommended to attend. Where your tutorials and day schools 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 will be expected to submit your tutor-marked assignments (TMAs) online through the eTMA system unless there are some difficulties which prevent you from doing so. In these circumstances, you must negotiate with your tutor to get their agreement to submit your assignment on paper.
Assessment is an essential part of the teaching, so you are expected to complete it all. You will be given more detailed information when you begin the course.
Professional recognition
On satisfactory completion of this course you can claim the Professional Certificate in Effective Practice (Youth Justice).
Students also studied
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Future availability
The details given here are for the course that starts in October 2012 and February 2013. We expect it to be available twice a year.
Fees 2012
See fees and funding options for study from September 2012.
Course facts
An undergraduate course in Health and Social Care.
| About this course: | |
|---|---|
| Course code | K208 |
| Credits | 60 |
| OU Level | 2 |
| SCQF level | 9 |
| FHEQ level | 5 |
| Course work includes: |
|---|
| 5 Tutor-marked assignments (TMAs) |
| End-of-module assessment |
| No residential school |
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