FdA Working with Children, Young People and Families PT

Year 1 Modules 

Personal, Professional and Academic Development 
This module develops your knowledge and understanding of the personal, professional and academic development required to work with children, young people and families.  

 You’ll study topics such as:  

•  Study skills  
•  Academic and reflective writing 
•  Delivering presentations  
•  Referencing  
•  Self-assessment and action planning  
•  Evidence-based practice  
•  Literature searching  
•  Exploring evidence critically 
•  Research processes.

Child Development 
This module helps you understand key areas of key child development. You'll apply current knowledge and research of this subject to practice with children, young people and families.  

 You’ll study topics such as:

•  Key theories and concepts in child development 
•  Aspects of development  
•  Adolescence 
•  Child well-being and mental health  
•  Low mood, anxiety, self-harm and drug misuse 
•  Observation and assessment  
•  Diversity and inclusion in childhood  
•  Atypical development 
•  Current issues and debates.

Safeguarding Children, Young People and Families 
This module develops your awareness, knowledge and skills in relation to safeguarding and protecting children, young people and their families.  

You’ll study topics such as:  

•  The background and context of safeguarding and child protection in the UK 
•  The four categories of abuse and how to recognise them  
•  Contextual safeguarding: assessment of risk outside the home  
•  Observation and assessment 
•  Thresholds for intervention  
•  Safeguarding and child protection policy and legislation  
•  Collaborative practice and effective information sharing  
•  Case studies, practice examples and scenarios.

Year 2 Modules 

Preparing for Practice with CYPF 
This skills-focused module equips you with a range of skills and knowledge to help you work effectively in a range of settings, supporting work with children, young people and families. Each weekly session on campus will be supported with a PowerPoint presentation and a range of pre- and post-session activities, including videos, reading materials and individual and group tasks.  

You’ll study topics such as: 

•  Communication and engagement 
•  Professional boundaries and expectations 
•  Becoming a reflective practitioner 
•  Self-awareness and self-assessment 
•  Professional resilience and wellbeing  
•  Planning, preparing and delivering activities  
•  Teamwork and collaborative practice. 

CYPF Practice 1 
This module develops and demonstrates key competencies for safe and effective practice with children, young people and families. You'll undertake a minimum of 200 hours of assessed practice in a professional CYPF workplace.  

You’ll apply your learning and skills to:  

•  Induction and training 
•  Supervision and reflection  
•  Professional behaviour, ethics and values 
•  Evidence-based practice, theory and research application 
•  Legal and policy frameworks in practice 
•  Communication and engagement 
•  Person-centred approaches.

Theory and Practice of Parenting 
This module develops your skills and knowledge for working with families in a prevention or early intervention setting to develop parenting capacity. 

You’ll study topics such as:  

• Theories and strategies for improving behaviour  
•  High-risk parenting situations  
•  Parenting teenagers  
•  Parenting in challenging circumstances  
•  Mental health, learning difficulties, substance misuse and parenting 
•  Assessing parenting capacity  
•  Planning and evaluating parenting interventions. 

Year 3  Modules: 

Advancing Practice with CYPF 
This module further develops your competence, skills and knowledge in working with children, young people and families in a range of multi-agency settings. 

You’ll study topics such as:  

•  Knowledge of relevant legislation, policy and practice guidance 
•  Collaborative practice with service users and carers 
•  Effective multi-agency working skills 
•  Professional resilience and wellbeing 
•  Reflection, ethics and values in practice 
•  Conflict behaviour and management 
•  Skills in communicating in challenging situations 
•  Chairing meetings 
•  Professional development and responsibilities.

Refugees and Migrant Families 
This module develops your skills and knowledge in working with children, young people and families from refugee and migrant backgrounds.  

 You’ll study topics such as:

•  Global and national perspectives 
•  Impact and outcomes  
•  Interventions and approaches 
•  Child and family experiences of trauma 
•  Trafficking 
•  The refugee journey 
•  Safeguarding refugee and migrant children.

CYPF Practice 2 
This module builds on your Children, Young People & Families Practice 1 experiences to further develop and demonstrate a range of skills and competencies for effective practice in the children, young people and families workplace. You’ll undertake a minimum of 200 hours of assessed practice in a professional CYPF workplace.  

You’ll apply learning and skills such as:  

•  Induction and training relevant to setting 
•  Supervision and reflection  
•  Professional behaviour, ethics and values 
•  Evidence-based practice, theory and research application 
•  Legal and policy frameworks in practice 
•  Communication and engagement 
•  Person-centred approaches.
  

Research for Practice 
This module develops your understanding of research skills and the applicability of research to children, young people and families practice.  

You’ll study topics such as: 

•  Research approaches, methods and tools 
•  Understanding research literature 
•  Conducting literature searches 
•  Research ethics 
•  Evidence-based practice 
•  Evaluating literature
•  Current research.

Work placements take place alongside teaching sessions. You will learn from two 200-hour placements in a setting with children, young people and families.

These will take place in a range of settings, reflecting the different contexts and communities in which services are currently delivered. You will develop your skills and confidence in practice, as well as enhance your resilience, integrity, creativity and curiosity as a developing professional. 

Graduates of this course can work in educational settings (schools, colleges, PRUs), social care and health settings (local authority and voluntary sector), family support and early intervention (local authority and voluntary sector, and community development and outreach.

 On graduating from the FdA students can progress onto the BA (Hons) Top Up Working with Children, Young People and Families.

64 UCAS points, with at least 24 points from an A Level or equivalent BTEC National qualification. For example:

• CC at A Level
•  MPP in BTEC Extended Diploma
•  Pass with D or E from a T level qualification with extra from core  
•  A combination of qualifications, which may include AS Levels, EPQ and general studies.

Or 

• Access to HE Diploma from a QAA recognised Access to HE courses in social science, health studies, health science, nursing or another relevant course. Normally we require 15 credits at level 2 and 45 at Level 3.
•  Other equivalent qualifications are considered individually.

And 

• GCSEs in Maths and English (Language or Literature) at grade C/4 or equivalents. 

And 

• Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.  

Applicants must attend interview as required.