outreach and detached youth work LEVEL 3
This Outreach and Detached Youth Work unit is open to experienced youth support workers and professional youth workers who wish to build their capacity in the area of Outreach or Detached youth work.
Candidates will be expected to have a minimum of one year’s experience working with young people in a youth work setting and to have undergone basic youth work training such as the Youth Work Training Board’s Introduction to Youth Work and Programme Development Units.
The Outreach and Detached Youth Work programme is a part-time, OCN NI Credit-based Qualification, which consists of 30 hours of actual tutor/participant contact time.
In addition, candidates will be expected to spend a minimum of 40 hours working with young people in a youth work or community setting over the duration of the course.
Further time beyond this will need to be spent completing associated non-contact tasks (e.g., completing worksheets, personal reflection evidence sheets, etc). This will amount to approximately 20 hours.
All candidates will be expected to complete a Personal Reflection Evidence Sheet for each Learning Outcome.
This programme consists of one Unit and contains eight Learning Outcomes.
These are further sub-divided into a series of tasks that they should be able to do, which are listed as Criteria for Assessment.
Candidates who successfully show they have achieved the Learning Outcomes will be awarded an OCN NI Certificate in the Training for Youth Work Programme, Level 3 Outreach and Detached Youth Work Unit.
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