Young People, the Arts and Social Inclusion
APT/YASI6-LEVEL 2
This six day course is accredited with Middlesex University, and provides an excellent, practical induction to the benefits of using the arts with socially excluded young people, and the tools, skills and knowledge needed to run a successful youth arts project within this context. Through case studies and other means participants will explore social exclusion within a variety of contexts, and ways the arts can contribute to the development of young people within these areas. The course will progress to examine the practical issues involved in using the arts with vulnerable young people, at every stage of project planning and delivery, including child protection, behaviour management, partnership working and evaluation.
Aims:
- to explore and gain an understanding of how the arts can be used to promote the social inclusion of young people within the community
- to develop a comprehensive understanding of youth arts and youth culture
- to develop skills to successfully protect and safeguard young people involved in youth arts projects
- to gain practical experience of how youth arts can be used in interagency and partnership projects
Training style
All Artsplan training courses are interactive, using creative examples and techniques, taking into consideration a wide understanding of preferred methods of learning. Methods used include group exercises, visual examples, case studies, discussion etc.
Trainers
This course will be delivered by a lead tutor, with between 2-4 additional guest tutors as appropriate. All Artsplan trainers have been chosen because they are able to demonstrate a wide range of excellent skills, experience and understanding developed whilst working within the Youth Arts sector, and are able to specialise in a variety of art forms.
Participants
This course is suitable for anyone currently using or looking to use the arts with vulnerable and disadvantaged young people, via both short and long term projects. There are no admission requirements, but experience of working with young people or within the arts would be beneficial. In order to get the most out of this course participants are asked to come with a general idea of the sort of youth arts project they are interested in running.
Course Units:
Unit one – Why youth arts?
- Why use youth arts to work with vulnerable young people?
- Getting the context right?
- Sustainability – first principles
- Case studies from Social Services, Youth Service, Mental Health Services
Unit two – Creating safety – child protection
- The importance of child protection in youth arts
- Current legislation and guidelines for working with vulnerable young people
- Recognising abuse, protecting yourself and the reporting procedure
- Developing an appropriate child protection policy
- “Safe touch” guidelines for using the arts with vulnerable young people
Unit three – Using the Arts with Young People at Risk (incl. funding issues)
- Benefits of using the arts to work with young people
- Contexts of work using the arts with vulnerable young people
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of youth arts and youth culture
- Identify the skills needed to successfully design, fund, manage and market an arts project for vulnerable young people
- Explore current CRB child protection legislation
- Issues involved in inter-agency work
Unit four – Good practice and behaviour management
- Practical aspects of behaviour management
- Health and Safety
- Risk assessment
Unit five – Partnership working
- Lines of communication
- Accountability
- Involving young people in project management
- Project responsiveness
- Case studies from Social Services, Youth Service, Mental Health Services
Unit six – Marketing and concluding the project
- Monitoring and evaluation
- Dissemination of the results
- Learning from failures
- Building on successes – next moves
Course Structure
Formal contact hours – 30 hours Estimated additional participant activity (e.g. research, assignment etc) – 90 hours Total participant workload – 120 notional learning hours Accreditation – Level 2 (20 credits) Maximum numbers – 15 participants
Assessment
Assessment will be covered in three ways:
- participants will evaluate sessions and reflect on their practice in the form of a journal (either written, visual or a combination of both)
- a written assignment will be completed and submitted at the end of the course
- the experiential element of the course will require participants to discuss in detail (either individually or in small groups) their practice and relevant future plans
Where participants have undertaken optional placements alongside the course, their written assignment will be based around the knowledge and skills gained through this practical experience.
N.B. This course is vocational and not academic in its aims and approach. Therefore participants will not be assessed on quality of content and understanding, not method/delivery within the above assessments.
Resources
This course includes the following Artsplan publication resources, as well as relevant handouts:- ‘Get Sorted: How to..get organised, sort the budget and go for funding for your youth arts project!’ – Ruth Jones (Normal price: £9.50 plus p&p)
- Guidelines for using the arts with young people at risk – Virginia Haworth Galt (Normal price: £7.50)
- Access all areas: guidelines for disability and youth arts – Michele Taylor (Normal price: £7.50) · Youth Arts Learning Passport (YALP)
Organisation Bookings
This course is available for organisations to buy in, where participants may also be involved in relevant work experience co-ordinated by their organisation, and can be tailored towards a particular artform slant as necessary.
ATC Open Courses
Opportunities now exist for individuals to attend this accredited progamme of courses via regional Artsplan Training Centres (ATCs). For dates and details of the next available course, click here
Prices
Prices include six full days training, administration, accreditation costs, supporting resources and additional tutor support. Open course costs for individuals include lunch and refreshments. Organisations buying in this training are responsible for providing a suitable venue, lunch and refreshments for participants and trainers, but all other expenses (including travel) are included in the price.
A variety of price levels are available for open courses, including one half price bursary available on each course.
Accredited courses represent excellent value for money, with six full days included in the price bringing the average individual course cost down to between £53-70 per person!
Contact
If you are an individual wanting to book onto this course, please click here for Artsplan’s Open Course dates.
If you are an organisation wishing to make a booking for up to 15 staff/volunteers, please contact the Artsplan Development Manager via email or tel: 02380 682535
