Job prospects with arts degree in social studies or youth work

danish pasterys

Hi im thinking strongly of doing an arts degree in social studies or youth work. Can anyone give me some real info on what kind of jobs I can gain with this degree i am fully aware it wont qualify me as a social worker. I read some treads and these social community development courses are getting some bad flaq because you will just end up working same job on same low pay as somebody without the degree. Basically can anyone tell me what professional opportunities an salary are out there fora social studies degree in this day an age

Thank you in advance,

Denise2012

I did a social science degree and have not been able to get a job in that area. If you plan on doing it I would advise to do voluntary work from the start of course. Every job looks for experience and if you plan on doing the msw you need 400 hours voluntary work done, so it's very handy to get it started early

danish pasterys

Denise2012 wrote: »

I did a social science degree and have not been able to get a job in that area. If you plan on doing it I would advise to do voluntary work from the start of course. Every job looks for experience and if you plan on doing the msw you need 400 hours voluntary work done, so it's very handy to get it started early

Ok thanks for the tip but what kinda jobs are you actually applying for? Im tryna get an insight to what kinda jobs a social studies degree can get you as i dont see many on the jobs sites. All i see is volunteer work in the organisations. Guidence councillors cant tell me much either

Denise2012

Sorry I didn't read the first post properly. There is lots of area you can work in and it's very broad, sometimes I think it's too broad and this is why it's hard to get work! Various area include youth groups, community groups, services for people with disabilities or the homeless. Special projects like drug misuse and youth justice projects.

You could use it as a stepping stone and get into probation or the prison service within. A few in my year applied to the guards and were successful. I personally loved the course and not being able to get work hasn't put me off. I intend on doing my masters in the near future as there is a lot more work as social workers!

danish pasterys

Denise2012 wrote: »

Sorry I didn't read the first post properly. There is lots of area you can work in and it's very broad, sometimes I think it's too broad and this is why it's hard to get work! Various area include youth groups, community groups, services for people with disabilities or the homeless. Special projects like drug misuse and youth justice projects.

You could use it as a stepping stone and get into probation or the prison service within. A few in my year applied to the guards and were successful. I personally loved the course and not being able to get work hasn't put me off. I intend on doing my masters in the near future as there is a lot more work as social workers!

Oh great thanks for that ive been douting it untill now I now understand it can get you into many different areas of work which is good that your not just confined to one line of work. And i also think ill enjoy it. Hmm do many men do social studies? The course im goin for is social community development not care, am hope There'll be other men after all its not care..

lynyg18

i am not sure if your qualified after an arts degree. I studied social care in dit and found it great, hard to get into the field but you do work placement so more likely to get your foot in the door.

you are most likely to get work in residential care with young ppl check out ttm they an agency which can help with work also activelink.ie shows jobs for this type of work.

anymore help?

danish pasterys

lynyg18 wrote: »

i am not sure if your qualified after an arts degree. I studied social care in dit and found it great, hard to get into the field but you do work placement so more likely to get your foot in the door.

you are most likely to get work in residential care with young ppl check out ttm they an agency which can help with work also activelink.ie shows jobs for this type of work.

anymore help?

Many males in the social studies courses ??

Mrs OBumble

OP, I see a clear distinction between

• Social studies (which I assume means sociology)
• Social care (providing non-medical life support to disadvantaged people, often on an on-going basis)
• Social work (providing interventions, often within a legal framework, to enable people to address specific problems or crisis situations).

Do you see this? What are you actually considering studying?

SeaFields

danish pasterys wrote: »

Hi im thinking strongly of doing an arts degree in social studies or youth work. Can anyone give me some real info on what kind of jobs I can gain with this degree i am fully aware it wont qualify me as a social worker.

I have two friends who did Youth and Community Work in UCC. Both have gotten jobs since finishing recently. One is working in a school for students for whom mainline schooling didnt suit them and another in a drug rehabilitation centre. Both loved the course and th jobs they are currently in.

Hope thats of some help.

danish pasterys

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

OP, I see a clear distinction between

• Social studies (which I assume means sociology)
• Social care (providing non-medical life support to disadvantaged people, often on an on-going basis)
• Social work (providing interventions, often within a legal framework, to enable people to address specific problems or crisis situations).

Do you see this? What are you actually considering studying?

Its actually called social and community development which includes sociology nothing really to do with care or disabilities

Im just apprehensive about it due to career prospects a girl told me on a diff tread to not expect a good job out of it in ireland that its in more demand in canada via working with youth and in communitys

danish pasterys

SeaFields wrote: »

I have two friends who did Youth and Community Work in UCC. Both have gotten jobs since finishing recently. One is working in a school for students for whom mainline schooling didnt suit them and another in a drug rehabilitation centre. Both loved the course and th jobs they are currently in.

Hope thats of some help.

Ok thanks for the reply good to know there is some relevent careers out there for graduates of the degree but still think ive to do bit more research into it

sambuka41

danish pasterys wrote: »

Its actually called social and community development which includes sociology nothing really to do with care or disabilities

Im just apprehensive about it due to career prospects a girl told me on a diff tread to not expect a good job out of it in ireland that its in more demand in canada via working with youth and in communitys

The area is becoming regulated, so you won't be able to get work as a Social Care Worker (most residential jobs, lots of youth jobs) unless you specifically studied Social Care. Not social science, or community. These jobs could be well paid depending on what you go for. There is a lot of shift work with unsocial hours.

Youth work can be ok pay as well, but they do look for a specific youth and community qualification.

Check activelink.ie to see what jobs are there, and the qualifications they are looking for.

If I were you I would research the up coming regulation to see where you want to fit in. There are a lot of people out there who have been working in residential care for years whose qualifications won't get them a job any more due to the regulations.

http://www.coru.ie/

danish pasterys

sambuka41 wrote: »

The area is becoming regulated, so you won't be able to get work as a Social Care Worker (most residential jobs, lots of youth jobs) unless you specifically studied Social Care. Not social science, or community. These jobs could be well paid depending on what you go for. There is a lot of shift work with unsocial hours.

Youth work can be ok pay as well, but they do look for a specific youth and community qualification.

Check activelink.ie to see what jobs are there, and the qualifications they are looking for.

If I were you I would research the up coming regulation to see where you want to fit in. There are a lot of people out there who have been working in residential care for years whose qualifications won't get them a job any more due to the regulations.

http://www.coru.ie/

Hi, just referring to wat u said bout employers wanting a specific youth work qualification i assumed any social course would allow you to work in the youth area aswell but i recently found out the social community course dose infact not qualify you to do youth work or nearly anything in that matter im bery put off the course now after finding this out it only qualifys you for community work which ia few and far between however the youth and community course in maynooth would defintly qualify for youth work so im thinking to apply there because the other one sounds indeed like a made up course

lynyg18

hey I had one guy in my class he dropped out. When Ive worked I have never worked with males think it quite uncommon but I worked in early intervention. It more likely for males to do youth work, or work in residential care I think.

Don't let that put you off though think males are needed in this industry.

I would definitely study in DIT though as it is a specific course and qualification