Practical Learning
Your degree is not a rehearsal. A third of our youth work degree is practice-based, so you’ll have a minimum of 800 hours of hands-on experience, working face-to-face with young people. You’ll also be assigned a professional supervisor who can offer you one-to-one guidance. 

Through placements, you’ll see how what you learn in the classroom works in the real world and have relevant experiences to talk about at job interviews. 

Benefit from Experience
All of the Youth and Community Work team at USW come from a practice background and most are still youth workers. This means our lectures are up-to-date and linked to current practice and policy. 

Covering everything from youth and community work to informal education methods and facilitation skills, your study here will prepare you for this rewarding profession. Our modules have clear skills and knowledge outcomes that match what employers need from youth and community work graduates.