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Masters Degree Description

Our PGCert in Safeguarding Children is designed for professionals and employers looking to develop their teams. Whether you’re a recent graduate or an experienced practitioner, this course is for you.

A valuable opportunity to deepen your knowledge and enhance your practice in safeguarding and child welfare, you’ll develop specialist insight into children’s rights, participation, and protection, while exploring a broad range of practical, legal, and theoretical approaches. This will strengthen your ability to work critically, creatively, and confidently in a range of professional contexts.

Over the past 30 years, services for children, young people, and families have undergone significant transformation. These changes demand a workforce equipped with the right knowledge, values, and skills, particularly around multi-agency working, inclusive practice, and listening to the voices of children and young people.

Entry Requirements

Applicants should hold at least 2:1 degree in related subject
Applications from all candidates will be considered on their merits in the light of the nature and scope of the programme and if they have experience
Non-standard entrants are encouraged and in appropriate cases accredited prior learning and or professional experience may be substituted for a first degree in line with current academic regulations
Typically applicants will hold a professional qualification that can be accredited as relevant prior learning

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Fees

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Student Destinations

The PG Certificate (PG Cert) in Safeguarding Children course was developed to support practitioners and others whose work or research interests lie in a wide range of services for children, young people, their parents or carers.

Module Details

Core Modules:

Safeguarding Children in an International Context
Theorising Childhood and Adolescence

Optional Modules:

Childhood in Law and Welfare
ASYE: Demonstrating Capability in Social Work Practice

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