Learn How To Effectively Work With Gangs & Youth Violence
With Our OCN Accredited "Distance Learning" Award In Working With Gangs & Youth Violence
With youth violence reaching epidemic proportions in the UK, many practitioners are ill-equipped to deal with the problem at its root causes. And without the correct approach, many intervention efforts can actually exacerbate the problem. That’s why we developed the OCN Accredited Distance Learning Award in “Working With Gangs & Youth Violence”.
Become A Qualified Gang & Youth Violence Specialist
The Distance Learning Award will also equip you with the skills to:
- Identify young people who may be beginning to stray, so that you can intervene early and appropriately.
- Find and utilise the most effective tools and resources to help young people on a case-by-case basis.
- Understand and alleviate some of the underlying factors that cause and exacerbate youth violence in your community.
Course Info & Price
- Format: Distance Learning via our Online Portal
- Accreditation: Open College Network (OCN)
- Award Qualification: 10 Credits
- Duration: 6 months (can be completed within 12 weeks)
- Course Fee: from 795.00
FAQ
This course is accredited by the Open College Network (OCN).
This course is suitable for frontline practitioners working at a grass root level with young people at risk or individuals actively involved in gangs. It is also suitable for senior managers and leaders.
You’ll see from the testimonials below that we’ve had everyone from Mental health nurses wanting to better understand and assist patients, to people working in supported accommodation. The list below is by no means exhaustive.
This course is well suited to:
- Health professionals
- Management teams
- Social workers
- Exploitation workers
- Support workers
- Youth work practitioners
- Youth Offending Service workers
- Teachers
- Behaviour Support workers
- People with OR without higher education qualifications.
The course is designed to be completed as quickly as 12 weeks but you will have up to 6 months to complete the programme without incurring any other fees.
This is so we ensure candidates stay motivated to complete the course as quickly as possible, as continued access to the portal does carry a monthly charge of £25.00 after your initial 6 months has expired.
This is a remote learning course, which means you’ll be accessing the content online.
You can book your place online, using the “Apply Now” button on this page. If your employer will be enrolling you on the course, they can book you in the same way. Or if you’re looking to book in multiple people at the same time, please send an email to training@actcic.org.uk
This course will be delivered online only, so there will be no in-person training.
You will however have access to a personal tutor who you can access to support you through the course.
You can study in your own time and ultimately at your own pace.
There are no face to face or online classes for you to attend; all your classes are pre-recorded so you can watch them when and where you want.
So unlike rigid, scheduled classes, you can fit your learning around your busy schedule, without having to miss a single class.
Our virtual portal will provide you with everything you need to study in your own time and at your own pace.
1. Youth Marginalisation and Its Impact
You’ll begin your journey by exploring the ideas and concepts of gangs, serious youth violence, radicalisation and exploitation. You’ll review some of the root causes that drive young people towards violence, such as marginalisation and other social forces that impact communities.
This module will help you to understanding how to support young people and communities with practical steps and strategies to reduce the impact of marginalisation on young people and communities.
2. Interpersonal communication skills in complex youth environments
This unit will cover the skills required by practitioners to become more effective in engaging in the complex world of gangs, violence and exploitation, and the young people impacted by it.
These fundamental skills will enable you to:
- Become more effective in engaging with the young people affected
- Help to increase your emotional and situational intelligence
- Improve your communication and relationship building skills
- Improve your understanding of the complex forms of communication used by gangs and young people.
3. Safe Working with Young People at Risk
This module will help you to keep yourself and your teams safe when working with young people in violent situations. You’ll learn how to review and update your safe working practices when working in violent environments to ensure they are both robust and effective in helping you and your teams to navigate this complex terrain.
This module will also enable you to develop your conflict management and resolution skills and how to set your personal and professional boundaries when working with youth violence and gangs.
4. Exit Strategies from Gangs, CCE and Violence
You will learn about exit strategies and the implications when supporting young people to exit gangs.
This programme is concluded by an in-depth exploration of how to effectively support young people to exit from gangs, Child Criminal Exploitation and violent lifestyles.
We explore new and emerging models as well as an in-depth exploration of the national framework and guidance set down by the UK government.
This module also explores the ideas and concepts such as relocation, desistance, restorative justice and public health approaches to reducing violence.
- Become a recognised specialist through the only accredited qualification in the Country to help increase your job prospects, advance your employment opportunities
- Become an expert in your field by developing essential knowledge, understanding and skills that will set your practice apart from those that simply don’t have it.
- Develop your knowledge of the key theories, models and practices that you can use in your day to day work
- Learn how to develop or enhance your skills to effectively engage with and support the young people and families impacted by gangs.
- Develop your understanding of how policies are created and formed in the UK, how to create and/or influence them at a local, regional and national level.
- Develop the strategic understanding that will enable you to create the right type of programmes and initiatives to exit young people from crime, violence and exploitation
- Learn what works from what doesn’t work
- Learn in an easy and accessible way, in the convenience of your own home, from work or even on the go.
You need to be either a current frontline practitioner working with young people directly or have at least 2 years experience of working with young people and communities previously, or you are a senior manager or leader
You will also need to hold a level 3 or higher qualification.
Finally this course is only suitable for persons who are able to engage and commit to a course of study by themselves.
If you are not suitable for this course please look at the details of the certificate course, where there is a lower barrier to entry.
10 credits at Level 3 qualification in OCN Working with Gangs and Youth Violence.
You will be assessed via workbooks, quizzes and assessments on our online portal.
We have had students go onto higher education to study youth, community and families and social work.
A number of past students have been able to secure jobs working with young people involved in violence and become recognised as the youth violence and gangs specialist within their organisation.
There will also be opportunities to progress onto completing the full certificate.
We have successfully trained over 100 practitioners on this course both nationally and internationally.
The standard fee for this course is £895. But our special online prices start from just £795.
There are 2 online payment options for the award programme:
- Pay outright for £795 (save £100)
- First instalment only £298.33, then 2 monthly instalments of £298.33 (£895 total)
Working With Gangs Course Case Studies
Click on any of the thumbnails below to see the video testimonial.
Laura Brown - NHS, Mental Health Nurse
The course has helped Laura to expand her knowledge in her profession, and build confidence, which enables her to advise colleagues and help improve the outcomes for the young people with whom they work.
She also enjoyed the fact that the teachers and speakers were from different backgrounds; not just professionals. Laura felt that this gave a better learning experience.
“My colleagues that I work with – They see me as an expert, so they come to me for advice”.
Michelle Kelly - Counsellor, Adult Mental Health Nursing
After her family being affected by knife crime when she was younger, Michelle is dedicated to helping others, and her community. She enjoyed the fact that the course was taught from different perspectives, including speakers with “lived experience”.
Michelle was somewhat apprehensive when COVID-19 hit, and was concerned about how it may affect the course. But felt that our response was “well executed” and “well adjusted”.
“I thoroughly enjoyed it”
Rachel Warren - Teacher and Knife Crime Campaigner
Rachel said that as a teacher, people assume that those in youth work and social work already know about these issues. But that’s not necessarily the case.
“not only interesting, educational and informative; I found it really enjoyable!”