TRAINEE YOUTH WORKER COURSE

Course Aims
Would you like to challenged and equipped for the future? Would you like your passion for youth and ministry to be developed in both theory and practice? Then read on...
The SWYM Trainee Youth Worker course includes practical placement based work, support and mentorship and facilitation for a distance learning Bachelor of Theology (BTh) taught by ACOM (see below) for those who have completed Be Transformed.
Aiming to develop your strengths and fully equip you for a lifetime of ministry, the material covers key topics (see the course overview below). Facilitators are experts in their field and will inspire you by passing on their experience, skills and knowledge so you can take the message of the Gospel to the young people of the 21st century in engaging and relevant ways.
Qualification
SWYM Trainee Youth Work Certificate & Bachelor of Theology (from ACOM see below)
Entry Criteria
Applicants will be considered who:
•    have completed Be Transformed, our foundation year
•    are 21 or turn 21 in the 1st year of the degree or
•    are 18 and over and have achieved 3 Ds or above at A Level or equivalent
Course Length
 4 Year Youth Work Training and Ministry (including the foundation year)
Course Outline
Based around a practical youth work placement it includes:
•    Regular meetings with other youth workers for support and encouragement
•    Pastoral support
•    Inspirational Bible teaching
•    Teaching on practical youth work
•    Group study of a distance learning undergraduate course supported by tutors and speakers at a network hub centre.
Course Overview

Year 1:
Please see the Foundation Course details.

Year 2:
•    Intro to Biblical Studies
•    History of Missional movements
•    Intro to Theology, Christian Worldview
•    Foundation of Spiritual formation
•    Foundations for Pastoral Care
•    Personal Formation 1
•    Foundations for Youth Ministry
•    Preaching 1
+    Ministry Placement

Year 3:
•    Meaning of Scripture
•    Christology
•    Youth Ministry 2: Culture, Context and Care
•    Spirit in the Church and World
•    Becoming a Missional Leader
•    Preaching 2
•    Studies in Acts and Romans
•    Cross Cultural Ministry
+    Ministry Placement 2

Year 4:
•    A Loving God in a suffering world
•    General Epistles and Revelation
•    Pauline Literature
•    Personal Formation 2
•    Biblical answers for life's questions
•    Mastering change
•    Youth ministry, Ministry and Personal Growth
•    Prophetic Literature
•    Planting and Growing Healthy Churches
+    Ministry Placement 3
Assessment
Formal essays and presentations
Accreditation
The Bachelor of Theology (BTh) is awarded by the Sydney College of Divinity (SCD). The Australian College of Ministries (ACOM) is a teaching member Institute of SCD and delivers its teaching through distance learning. South West Youth Ministries (SWYM) provide facilitation and support for learning in the UK. See www.acom.edu.au for more details.
Cost
£1,100 per year
Course Dates
The course runs yearly and starts in September
For more information
Please contact SWYM info@swym.org.uk or fill in an interested form.