Child Care Law And Practice - Ma, Pgdip at Keele University
Keele, United Kingdom
- Tuition Fee £ 16,800
- Country Rank#58
- Duration12 Months
- Score IELTS: 7
Program Overview
With increases in the number of children suffering abuse, neglect and poverty and growing numbers of young people taken into care here in the UK, safeguarding of children remains a key priority both at home and globally.
This course offers the opportunity to delve into the complexities of law and social policy relating to children and young people, examining the relationships and interactions between legal institutions, the various professionals and agencies involved with childcare, and society in general.
Practical in focus and constantly updated to reflect new safeguarding issues that arise, the course concentrates primarily on UK child law – including the Child Care Act 2016, the Children Act 2004 and related legislation – while being mindful of the global challenges that child protection and welfare presents. This means you explore everything from trafficking and modern slavery of children, to adoption, child arrangements orders and removal of children into care.
Our broad, interdisciplinary curriculum draws from a variety of disciplines including public and private law, sociology, health, education, social work and social policy. It is predominantly taught by staff from Keele Law School, whose wide-ranging expertise covers children’s rights, children and medicine, the exploitation of children, youth justice, ‘children on the move’, international child law and harms perpetrated against children.
However, you will also benefit from the insight and experiences of colleagues within the Faculty of Medicine and Health Science in areas such as childcare practice and medicine, focusing for example, on issues around decision making, confidentiality in respect of decision making, medical treatment, and mental health.
This gives you significant flexibility when choosing the topic to research for your dissertation which could, for example, tackle issues in child trafficking, child protection, adoption, children and mental health, child carers, the sexual exploitation of children, children and consent, innovative treatments, pregnancy and negligence, to name but a few.
Taught at Keele for over 30 years, this course will be of interest to anyone with an interest in child care law and practice, including child protection and safeguarding, from professional or non-professional backgrounds. As well as recent graduates, the course attracts social workers, solicitors, teachers, various other educational professionals and nurses, which provides an opportunity to discuss and share experiences with peers who work in different fields and sectors in other parts of the country and across the globe.
On graduation, you’ll not only have increased your knowledge, skills and confidence to develop or deliver policy and practice in this complex and critical field, but also have a recognised qualification that could lead to promotion, greater responsibility or more specialist roles. For example, graduates of the course have moved to positions as Children's Guardians, Safeguarding leads, judges. The course also prepares you for further study at doctoral level with some students then moving into academia.
Cost Of Studying At Keele University
Interest rates as low as 8.9% *
250K+
Students Assisted
800Cr+
Loan Amount Disbursed
5000+
Loans Sanctioned
