Applications open for MSC’s in residential child care and child & youth studies
The Centre for Excellence for Looked After Children in Scotland (CELCIS) has announced applications for two MSC’s are now open. Both courses have been developed by CELCIS and the School of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde.
MSc in Advanced Residential Child Care
The course is unique in the British Isles in offering a Masters level award specifically in residential child care. Students can expect to contribute to professional leadership, practice development and research and evaluation in their own agencies and beyond.
The course is made up of different modules and you’ll attend the University for six days per module.
You’re expected to complete the six taught modules over a 17-month period. A further six months is allowed for completion of a practice-based dissertation.
Core modules include Critical Perspectives on Residential Child Care; Understanding & Assessing in Children’s Life-spaces; Ethical Leadership and Management in Residential Child Care; Skilled and Reflective Use of Self in Residential Child Care.
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MSc in Child and Youth Care Studies by Distance Learning
This programme has a fresh, engaging curriculum that covers globalised childhoods, international policy contexts, the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), bringing up children, and research methods. The programme is delivered entirely online with no attendance requirement.
Students will develop a practice-based understanding of the social, political and cultural contexts of children and youth.
You’ll learn about child development, management and leadership, intervention methods, critical reflection, relational practice and research methods.
You’ll examine the role of the state, non-governmental agencies and private organisations in the provision of child welfare services. Students will also look at the international impact of child welfare policy through developments such as the UNCRC.
More about Child and Youth Care Studies from the University of Strathclyde
