- Location: Bray Institute of Further Education Novara Avenue, Bray, Co. Wicklow
- Duration: 1 Year
Course details
This designed for those who would like to pursue a career working with young people and teenagers in community based settings. It provides a foundation for those who wish to further their studies in the area of youth work. Participants will be required to undertake work experience in a youth setting. Learners will explore particular issues for young people in modern Irish society such as family breakdown, addiction studies, and youth culture.
Programme of Study
- Working with Young People
- Understanding Youth Work
- Young People & Society
- Adventure Activities
- Addiction Studies
- Communications
- Work Experience
- Community Arts Practice
Components subject to change
Entry Requirements
- Leaving Certificate or equivalent
- Leaving Certificate Applied with a merit profile
- Full QQI Level 4 Award with a merit profile
- Mature Applicants – experience will be considered in lieu of formal qualifications
All placesareofferedfollowing successfulinterview. Learners must be 18 years old by the 30th November 2015 to facilitate work experience and Gardavetting.
Career opportunities
- Working with Children & Young People
- Afterschool
- Youth work
- Working in Community settings with client range from children to elderly
Higher Education Progression*
IT Blanchardstown:
- Social & Community Development (BN115)
Carlow College:
- Citizenship & Community Studies (PC405)
BIFE:
- Health Services Supervisory Management - FETAC level 6 (6M4978)
Certification
QQI Level 5Award inYouth Work(5M4732)
Updated on 08 November, 2015Course Location
About Bray Institute of Further Education
Bray Institute of Further Education (BIFE) caters for learners with a wide variety of needs - from those who want to do University Degrees at hontheirs level to those who are training for employment.
They are located on Novara Avenue, Bray; 150 metres from the town centre and within walking distance of the Dart station. The Institute is just a short jtheirney from Dublin City Centre.
Bray Institute of Further Education has been a centre of excellence in the field of Further Education for the past twenty-five years serving all areas of the country including Dublin.
BIFE is a constituent Institute of Kildare / Wicklow Education Training Board (KWETB).
They offer a wide range of Further Education (PLC) ctheirses both full and part-time at the Institute.
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