Youth Worker Specialised in Social and Sports Activities

The strengths of Bachelor: Youth Worker Specialised in Social and Sports Activities

This programme is opportunity to:

• participate in numerous profession-oriented learning activities aimed at practice and simulating real professional situations;
• study biomedical and psychosocial sciences drawing on real situations encountered in practice;
• undertake work placements of several weeks in duration starting in Block 1 in areas close to your interests;
• discover a multitude of sport resources (sailing, circus, traditional and new sports, water-based activities, body expression, danse, disabled sports, outdoor activities and activities that harness nature, etc.) and their educational use to support people in difficulty. You will be able to obtain your first-aid (BEPS) and Climbing Instructor Diplomas (CATAGSAE).

Good to know

Following the reform of titles and functions in the Belgian education system, youth workers specialised in social and sports activities are recognised as being qualified to practice as specialist educators in schools.

The youth worker specialised in social and sports activities is a professional who guides and supports the personal development of the person(s) in their charge. As a youth worker you’ll use sport and body expression-derived techniques to help people develop in their own environment. You’ll work in all the environments in which we find people at the margins of society, deviant behaviour or different failed situations caused by any of more of a range of factors, the biological, the psychological, the family or the societal.

You’ll use sport and movement to:

• Create and encourage change in people’s behaviour;
• Improve relationships between individuals or groups;
• Nurture the individual’s personal and social development and their ability to adapt to their personal environment.

This community-facing profession implies strong interpersonal skills, openness and an ability to listen.

3 years - 180 credits