Models of Management and Leadership in Youth Work

Dealing effectively with colleagues, staff teams, and community representatives

·Models of management and leadership

·Managing change

·Dealing effectively with colleagues, staff teams and community representatives

·Organisational governance and the role of management committees, trustees and elected members

·Interpreting significant government policy and targets

This module aims to encourage students to critically engage with the body of knowledge relating management and leadership practice of youth work.

The module will enable students to familiarise themselves with the range of management roles and responsibilities in a youth & community work context and develop their skills, knowledge and competence in this area.

At the end of this module, students will be able to:

1.distinguish between and evaluate various models of management and leadership;

2.analyse sources of funding and their impact on the management and leadership of third sector and public sector organisations;

3.analyse the impact of current Government policy on third sector and public sector organisations;

Subject-based practical skills

4.critically reflect on key structures of governance and management;

You are also required to submit the following:

·A final front cover checklist (see Moodle).

a)Evidence of completion of Turnitin assessment for the Essay and the Report

b)Any relevant documents from the workplace linked to your report.

Your module work should be typed or word-processed and should conform to academic standards for postgraduate work. The conventions of in-text referencing and of reference lists should be used, additional information is available on UEL Moodle, in Cottrell’s Study Skills Handbook and in Pears and Shield’s ‘Cite them right’.  Please remember that failure to follow standard academic conventions when preparing a piece of work will affect your mark.

You will be penalised if your work is substantially under or over length (allowing for any margin) and you could be failed for that assessment (This is also the case for assignments for all other modules, throughout the duration of your studies).

Learning outcomes assessed:

This module is assessed through one Essay and one Report. This table shows how these learning outcomes relate to the assessment tasks of this module:

Assessment criteria:

Further guidance on writing assessment criteria can be found here: https://www.heacademy.ac.uk/knowledge-hub/cebe-guide-writing-assessment-criteria-briefing-guide-no-06

How to submit your work:

You submit your entire portfolio via Turnitin links which will be available on the module Moodle site. Submissions for this component of this Module must be submitted according to these instructions. If you fail to submit this component as directed, in accordance with the guidance provided on the Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle), a mark of 0 will be awarded for the component.

Organisational governance and the role of management committees, trustees, and elected members

If you do not submit your portfolio by the due date you should arrange an appointment to meet with your Academic Supervisor to clarify the situation and identify your best options, moving forward.

For students who do not pass summative assignments, there will be resubmission opportunities. The guidance for these tasks will be made available to students shortly after the marks for the original submissions are released. Information will be available on Moodle and there will be taught sessions/workshops to support resubmitting students.

We strongly suggest that you try to submit all coursework by the deadline set as meeting deadlines is expected in employment.  However, in our regulations, UEL has permitted students to be able to submit their coursework up to 24 hours after the deadline.  The deadline will be published in your module guide. Coursework, which is submitted late, but within 24 hours of the deadline, will be assessed but subjected to a fixed penalty of 5% of the total marks available (as opposed to marks obtained).  However, you have to be very careful when you are submitting your assessment.  If you submit your work twice, once using the original deadline link and then again using the late submission link, your assignment will be graded as late with the 5% deduction.

Please note that if you submit twice, once before the deadline and once during the 24 hour late period, then the second submission will be marked and 5% deducted.

This rule only applies to coursework.  It does not apply to examinations, presentations, performances, practical assessments or viva voce examinations.  If you miss these for a genuine reason, then you will need to apply for extenuating circumstances, or accept that you will receive a zero mark.

Extenuating Circumstances are circumstances which:

·impair your examination performance prevent you from attending examinations or other types of assessment, or

·prevent you from submitting coursework or other assessed work by the scheduled deadline date, or within 24 hours of the deadline date

Such circumstances rarely occur and would normally be:

·unforeseeable - in that you could have no prior knowledge of the event concerned, and

·unpreventable - in that you could do nothing reasonably in your power to prevent such an event, and

·expected to have a serious impact on performance

You can make an application for extenuating circumstances by following this link

Arrangements for the publication of results is stated in the Course Handbook.  Formal results are ONLY available in UEL Direct, and will be published within 8 working days of the Board, where results are formally confirmed. Any other results are provisional / indicative but not approved.

You will receive feedback throughout your course through the following:

Feedback and students’ marks should be provided within 15 working days of the due date for summative work (i.e. work that counts towards the final course grade) and formative work (i.e. work that is developmental and designed to help you improve).

Whilst feedback will be given on draft/formative work, it shouldn’t be assumed that every aspect will be identified.