Description
 
Community-based development is a framework and approach to mobilising community members and assets towards positive and sustainable local change. This course builds on the theoretical approaches to community-based development explored in PC300 Core Principles of Community Strengthening, by providing practical approaches to implementing community-based programming. In particular, this course will explore the implementation of prevention of exploitation and family strengthening interventions.  
 
This course can be taken for a certificate. For a certificate, you will need to attend weekly lectures.
 
Course Outline
 
Introduction to Prevention
Empowerment Theory
Volunteerism and Local Ownership
Adaptation and Contextualisation of Curriculum
Implementing Youth Clubs
Women's Economic Cooperatives
Vigilance Committees
Awareness Interventions
Developing a Child Protection Policy
Community-Based Practice
Case Studies
Monitoring and Evaluation
 
Dates
September 25th - November 1st 2024
Lectures Wednesdays and Fridays 3pm BST
 
Eligibility
 
You are eligible to join as an undergraduate or graduate level student enrolled in a university, or a student who is entering or who has just finished an academic programme. B2 English (Upper Intermediate) ESL proficiency certificate or equivalent proficiency in the English language is required. 
 
Lecturers
 
Suren Rasaily
 
I have worked with several national and international organisations for twenty years on research and development of community based prevention strategies to prevent human trafficking and systematic child abuse. I have trained development professionals on prevention strategies extensively in South East Asia and helped them develop sustainable community based clubs to combat human trafficking. These include identifying volunteers, mobilising local resources, and valuing community ideas and relationships with other government and non-government stakeholders. I have assisted in developing community training curriculum (Family Strengthening Manual 1 &2) and Bhitri Sundarta and Saahas (girls and boys empowerment curriculum) which are used as tools to empower local communities and prevent young boys and girls from trafficking. I have worked with Global Family since 2009 and currently oversee projects in Nepal.
 
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Charity Watters
 
Charity is an experienced researcher and practitioner in the field of anti-modern slavery. She is the Head of Programmes at Global Family Care Network, an international organisation that prevents human trafficking and provides comprehensive, trauma-informed services to survivors of commercial sexual exploitation. Charity has authored several key reports on anti-modern slavery intervention effectiveness in the past two years and has recently served as a member of the United Nations Delta 8.7 Justice Working Group. She has also worked as a consultant on a number of other research projects related to modern slavery as well as health policy reform and health systems strengthening. She specialises in programme implementation and evaluation, systematic reviews, and mixed methods research.
 
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Stuart Duffin
 
Across my career, I have worked in the not-for-profit sector to secure peoples’ rights and access to justice: whether that is housing, employment, equality or citizenship. I have taught Law, Social Analysis and Community Development as an associate professor at Carlow Institute of Technology, Dublin City University, Brunel University, Queen Margaret University, Glasgow University, Hitotsubashi University, London School of Economics, Roehampton University and the University of West London. As an adviser to the University of Stockholm’s Families and Societies programme I have helped to shape public policy and practice at EU level, and for local, national and international governments. Currently, I sit on the Law Society of Scotland; I am chair of the Scottish Union of Supported Employment, a national charity working on supported employment; a member of the international working group on the litigant in person; and a trustee of the EMAS Foundation.
 
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Fees
 
In-Person at St. James Research Centre (SJRC) in Falkirk, Scotland - GBP 1175 
Online Learning - GBP 750*
 
* UK nationals receive a 70% discount on all courses (use code 'SJRCUK' at checkout)
* Students who enrol in online courses and do not require USA university credit and transcript receive a 70% discount (use code 'SJRCDISCOUNT' at checkout)