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Leeds Beckett University - City Campus,
Woodhouse Lane,
LS1 3HE
Undergraduate BSc (Hons)
Develop your capacity to respond to complex social needs. This course will empower you to help people across a range of community practice settings.
As part of this course, you’ll:
Developed in consultation with several welfare agencies, this degree has been created in response to the increasing diversification of community and social work services.
Hands-on experience
You’ll practise your counselling techniques on actors in simulated sessions and will take part in group sessions to enhance your communication and negotiating skills. You’ll also get the opportunity to apply your legal knowledge and hone your legal skills in the university's mock courtroom.
Placement opportunities
You’ll further enhance your expertise and bolster your career networks and prospects on placements developed in partnership with service providers and charities. These could include Leeds City Council, St Anne's Community Services, Community Links and Touchstone.
A rewarding future
With your broad academic grounding, practical experience and professional connections, you’ll be prepared for a richly rewarding but challenging career supporting and protecting the vulnerable.
Study options
On completion of your first year, you’ll have the opportunity to transfer to the BA (Hons) Youth Work & Community Development (JNC) or BA (Hons) Working with Children, Young People & Families. If you chose to transfer, you won’t need to repeat any modules.
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