Foundation Degree in Arts - Youth and Social Care

This course has been specifically designed to meet the localised and regional needs within the youth and care sector. Based at our City Centre campus in Cardiff, this is an integrated programme, that combines the theoretical concepts that relate to young people, caring for them and helping them to care for themselves, whilst working within the broader care sector. This includes residential care settings, homeless hostels, supported lodgings for young people and youth offending programs. Students will develop a flexible and reflective approach to professional practice, founded on the principles and ethos of working with young people within a social care setting. They will develop an increased awareness of the different roles and functions of statutory, voluntary and third sector organisations and the different constraints within the current policy context.