Working in the Community
YOUR LOCAL COLLEGE
Why should I consider a Working in the Community course? Are you looking to follow a career in community or youth work? Do you want to develop and hone your organisational, planning and interpersonal skills in a practical group based environment? Do you want to improve your employment prospects through a practical and thorough understanding of the diverse areas encountered in the planning and execution of a group based community project? If yes, then this course may well be the right course for you. You may be a school leaver looking to study for a future career. Or you may be a more mature student wishing to change career direction and return to study. Taught as a short full-time course over 15 weeks, this course will allow you to experience the different areas encountered in a community based project and acquire the skills needed to create an environment that enables effective group working. The course will be highly practical in nature and will provide the opportunity for the students to experience and develop both interpersonal and communications skills.
The course will introduce the following areas: •
Self awareness
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Self in society
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Self and work
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Practical abilities
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Enterprise activity
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Customer care skills
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Preparing for employment
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Communications
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Using a keyboard
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Information technology
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Building employability skills
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Dealing with work situations
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First aid
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Manual handling
Students who successfully complete the course will achieve three group awards in Personal Development, Enterprise and Employability and Employability.
Where will I study?
The short full-time course will be taught at your local centre. The course will be delivered three days per week for 15 weeks.
What qualifications do I need to enrol on this course?
Potential students require no specific qualifications for this course. All students will be interviewed individually by the course tutor.
How can I continue to develop my skills? A natural next step for those students who wish to build upon and develop their skills is the SVQ2 Youth Work course. This course will explore and develop the knowledge, organisational and planning skills required not only to meet the needs of young people in a variety of situations but also to ensure the effective operation of youth based groups.
Argyll College UHI Ltd is a Scottish Charity, SC 026685
Argyll College UHI At Argyll College UHI we apply stateof-the-art information technologies – including high-speed internet access and video conferencing facilities – to allow as many students as possible to study throughout Argyll’s dispersed communities. What’s more, as one of the 13 colleges and research institutions that make up the newly formed University of the Highlands and Islands, we can now offer our students even better access to a wide choice of undergraduate and postgraduate degree courses. This is in addition to our existing, prolific range of vocational, full and parttime further education courses. Argyll College UHI has 13 centres throughout the Argyll region and you can also look at studying many courses at home if you wish. You choose what you study and how you study it.
To find out more about this course simply contact your nearest centre. Arran Tel: 01770 600 152 Cairndow Tel: 01499 600 141 Campbeltown Tel: 01631 559 670 Craignish Tel: 01546 600 070 Dunoon Tel: 01369 707 182 Fionnphort Tel: 01681 700 377 Islay Tel: 01496 810 130 Lochgilphead Tel: 01546 600 070 Oban Tel: 01631 559 500 Rothesay Tel: 01700 501 000 Tiree Tel: 01879 220 372 Tobermory Tel: 01688 302 801 All Argyll College UHI centres are fully accessible for those students with disabilities