Youth Work and Social Education The University of Wales Trinity Saint David

Overview

The Youth Work and Social Education degree at the The University of Wales Trinity Saint David triangulates theory, policy and practice in an applied manner to enable graduates to be both excellent academics and excellent practitioners.

Known often as the ‘best kept secret’, youth work is a powerful approach to supporting young people build resilience and resourcefulness and to achieve their full potential.  Youth work is based on developing good, positive relationships with young people, and acts as the foundation for supporting young people through a range of issues. This is why the youth work degree is often viewed by other professions as a highly desirable qualification.

Why choose this course?

• Gain a professionally endorsed qualification and an academic degree
• Explore practice with young people and their communities through engaging in youth work placement opportunities each year in wide-ranging young people and community settings
• Preparation for employment opportunities such as youth justice, health and well-being, community development, social enterprise and the police
• UWTSD is the only place where you can study this degree through the medium of Welsh
• Youth Work and Social Education (BA) (ETS Endorsed) is also considered an excellent  first degree for entry to post-graduate study in a range of wider associated fields including children and young people’s health and well-being, children’s rights, social work, social enterprise, criminology and youth justice, and child and women abuse.