科克大学学院

This undergraduate degree in Social Science (Youth & Community Work) for mature students combines an academic social science programme with a professionally accredited qualification in youth and community work.

This professional qualification is recognised by employers in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and throughout the UK. This programme is suitable for you if you have developed a concern for social justice and are interested in working with people, particularly those who experience marginalisation and social exclusion.

Your life experience will be an important contribution to the learning on this programme, which will prepare you to work as a professional with a sense of vocation in the challenging but rewarding field of youth and community work.

It is hoped that on completion of this course, you will continue to offer your critical skills and knowledge, either on a paid or voluntary basis, to people, communities and critical social movements.

Skills and Careers Information

Graduates from this course usually choose to seek employment in the following areas:

• Youth and Community Work
• Voluntary Sector
• Women’s groups
• Community Development projects
• Family Centres
• Travellers rights groups
• Groups dealing with Disability, Homelessness, Ageing, Migrants Rights, Mental Health

Graduates of the programme are employable in a wide range of areas as the skills developed on the course, particularly in the areas of both ‘people skills’ and reflective practice, and also the ability to provide critical analysis, readily transfer to many other areas.

Many former students of the programme play significant roles in their own communities and a number of former students are involved in politics at both local and national levels. Many of the positions on offer following graduation attract professional salaries and provide career opportunities.

A significant number of graduates also pursue postgraduate studies in areas such as:

• Social Policy
• Social Work
• Counselling
• Criminology
• Sociology
• Migration Studies
• Women’s Studies
• Voluntary and Community Sector Management