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Apprenticeship in Working with Children, Young People and Families

School Chaplaincy and Youth Ministry

This two-year course is relevant to those wishing to become lay chaplains in schools and colleges, or youth workers in parishes and retreat centres.

The apprenticeship prepares you for these essential roles:

  • responding to the sacramental and spiritual needs of the school and college
  • pastoral care of the pupils and staff
  • facilitating links between the school and parishes.

It is designed for those who are working (or planning to work) with young people in the fields of school and college chaplaincy and youth ministry. It is a two-year programme in which 20 per cent of participants’ time is spent in ‘off-the job training’ which is led by an experienced academic team from St Mary’s University.

Those applying would include teachers, teaching assistants, school chaplains, youth ministers, and pastoral workers. Face-to-face training delivered in key ‘hubs’ will be combined with online study.

Upon successful completion, apprentice candidates will receive the award of: Certificate of Higher Education in Working with Children, Young People and Families (School Chaplaincy and Youth Ministry) and will have met the standards of the