Module Details

Module Code: YTWK H7004
Full Title: Youth Work as a Professional Discipline
Valid From:: Semester 1 - 2019/20 ( June 2019 )
Language of Instruction:English
Duration: 1 Semester
Credits:: 10
Module Owner:: Katherina Nugent
Departments: Unknown
Module Description: Foundation module in presenting youth work as a professional discipline. This module examines youth work as a community intervention that analyses and understands the context of a young person in the home, community and wider society. Module introduces reflective practice, core competancies of youth work and examines the numerous ways in which youth workers engage with and in communities.
 
Module Learning Outcome
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
# Module Learning Outcome Description
MLO1 Define youth work, describe the core competancies for youth work and understand how youth work differs from other work with adolescents.
MLO2 Analyse the context of a young person taking in home, community and other agencies.
MLO3 Demonstrate the skills for exploring community youth work issues through different mediums such as sports, games, arts, and improvisation.
MLO4 Develop a comprehension of, and gain the competencies, needed to become a reflective practitioner.
MLO5 Identify different learning styles and begin to look at strategies for engaging with young people using different methods and effective approaches.
MLO6 Display insights into what youth work practice looks like at front line level.
MLO7 Explain the implications of Child Protection for the youth work setting
Pre-requisite learning
Module Recommendations
This is prior learning (or a practical skill) that is strongly recommended before enrolment in this module. You may enrol in this module if you have not acquired the recommended learning but you will have considerable difficulty in passing (i.e. achieving the learning outcomes of) the module. While the prior learning is expressed as named DkIT module(s) it also allows for learning (in another module or modules) which is equivalent to the learning specified in the named module(s).
No recommendations listed
 
Module Indicative Content
Youth Work as a discipline.
Define youth work, who does youth work and why?
Context of a young person.
Youth Work is not in isolation - parents, family, community, peers, other agencies and youth work role.
Reflective Practice
To build skills for being both a reflective writer and practitioner.
Introduction to Relevant Policy
Occupational Standards National Quality Standards Framework NSETS
Module Assessment
Assessment Breakdown%
Course Work100.00%
Module Special Regulation
 

Assessments

Full-time

Course Work
Assessment Type Portfolio % of Total Mark 100
Marks Out Of 0 Pass Mark 0
Timing n/a Learning Outcome 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Duration in minutes 0
Assessment Description
Portfolio of work to include reflective journal, immediate and considered responses, study plan, film review. Attendance and feedback from project visits.
No Project
No Practical
No Final Examination

DKIT reserves the right to alter the nature and timings of assessment

 

Module Workload

Workload: Full-time
Workload Type Contact Type Workload Description Frequency Average Weekly Learner Workload Hours
Lecture Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Practical Contact No Description Every Week 2.00 2
Independent Study Non Contact No Description Every Week 8.00 8
Directed Reading Non Contact No Description Every Week 4.00 4
Total Weekly Learner Workload 16.00
Total Weekly Contact Hours 4.00
This module has no Part-time workload.
 
Module Resources
Recommended Book Resources
  • Barnes P.. (2002), Leadership with Young People, Russell House Publishing, Dorset.
  • Young K.. (1999), The Art of Youth Work, Russell House, Dorset.
  • Lalor, De Roiste, Devlin. (2007), Young People In Contemporary Ireland, Gill and MacMillan, Dublin.
  • Moon J.. (2004), Reflective and Experiential Learning: Theory and Practice, Routledge Falmer.
  • Smith M.. (1983), Creators not Consumers, UK Publications, Leicester.
  • Gardner H.. (2006), Multiple Intelligences: New Horizons in Theory and Practice, Basic Books.
  • Bassot, B.. (2016), The reflective journal, 2nd. Palgrave, London, [ISBN: 978-1-137-603].
Recommended Article/Paper Resources
  • Fatima Groups United. (2009), Dare To Dream.
Other Resources