YOUTH workers of tomorrow have been given the opportunity to gain work placements and make contacts at a special networking event.
The Wrexham Glyndwr Youth and Community team, in partnership with the Work Related Learning team, hosted the annual placement Marketplace event for students at the University’s Sports Hall this month.
Placement providers based within the local community, and further afield, were invited to attend the campus, to meet with the Youth and Community work students and showcase their placement opportunities.
The Wrexham Glyndwr Youth and Community team, in partnership with the Work Related Learning team, hosted the annual placement Marketplace event for students at the University’s Sports Hall
This enabled the students to attend mini and informal interviews with placement providers in the sectors in which they had an interest.
Speaking about the event, Youth and Community Work lecturer Yasmin Washbrook, said: “Across the Youth and Community work programmes, placements experience accounts for 800 to 900 hours and must be completed across all programme levels from foundation right up to Level 6 or Level 7, in line with PSRB requirements.
“The marketplace ensures that the Youth and Community work students are offered opportunities to obtain practical work experience, in a field of their choosing; enabling them to link theory to practice and go on to graduate with a good quality of practice experience prior to joining the youth and community work field, as qualified professional youth workers.
“In many cases, our students have obtained paid employment as a result of a positive placement experience, developing the confidence of the Youth and Community student and enhancing their knowledge of the sector.”
The University has also contributed to the final report for the Interim Youth Board for Wales, through Dr Simon Stewart, Dean of the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences, and a former youth worker.
The report highlights opportunities for career progression within youth work, and can be read in full here - https://gov.wales/interim-youth-work-board-report-time-deliver-young-people-wales-final-report
The Wrexham Glyndwr Youth and Community team, in partnership with the Work Related Learning team, hosted the annual placement Marketplace event for students at the University’s Sports Hall
Dr Stewart said: “The board were keen to ensure the voices of the sector were heard, and the Strategy and Participation groups have been key to that.
“A focus on youth work as a profession that enables career progression is a very key feature of the report and we’ve definitely enhanced opportunities for graduates locally, regionally and nationally.”
If you are interested in becoming a qualified youth and community work practitioner, visit the Wrexham Glyndwr Youth and Community work page to view programmes on offer https://glyndwr.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate-courses/youth-and-community-work-jnc-with-foundation-year/
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