VOCATIONAL PROGRAMME LEADING TO PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION
Child and Recreation Programme
Engelska (ENG)
Are you interested in people and care about your well-being and that of others? In the Child and Recreation Programme, you will learn about people of different ages and abilities.
Video: This video provides a brief description of the Child and Recreation Programme (time: 4:59 min)
What you will learn in the Child and Recreation Programme
You will learn how to contribute to people's quality of life and well-being. You will also learn about how people learn, and how they grow and develop.
You will learn how to interact with others in a professional manner, and develop your ability to understand their needs. You will also learn to cooperate and communicate with others. The programme gives you the opportunity to reflect on how people live together, and how they can grow and develop. You will also learn about health and the working environment.
The Child and Recreation Programme places great emphasis on , ethics, democratic values and human rights.
The programme centres around assignments that you complete individually or in a group. You will train your ability to take initiative and be creative. You will also learn how to plan, carry out and document your work.
We learn a lot about communication. Everyone may think they know how to communicate, but here we learn how to communicate well and about the social interaction between different groups.
Barwaqo / third year of the programme
Diploma goals
The diploma goals describe what you should be capable of doing when you graduate from a particular upper secondary school programme.
Diploma goals for the Child and Recreation Programme (skolverket.se)
Programme structure
The programme structure shows you which subjects and levels are included in the programme. You can also see how many credits each subject and level covers.
Programme structure for the Child and Recreation Programme (PDF)
Orientations
Health and Leisure
- You will learn about leisure, health and wellness care. You will learn about how you can work to contribute to people's quality of life and well-being, and about different leisure activities. This orientation prepares you to seek jobs such as swimming and sports staff or staff in a leisure or wellness facility.
Educational and Social Work
- You will learn about the development of children and young people as well as about people’s learning, needs and human rights. You will learn how to interact with people in different situations, and how to provide support and service. You will learn how to work with people to contribute to their quality of life and well-being. This orientation prepares you to seek jobs such as childcare worker, pupil assistant and personal assistant, or to work in a job that involves providing support and service in the field of disability. It can also lead to a job as a security guard.
Diploma project
At the end of the Child and Recreation Programme, you will carry out a diploma project in your chosen professional field. Through this project, you will demonstrate that you have the knowledge required to start working in your chosen field.
Workplace-based learning
Parts of the programme take place at one or more workplaces for at least 15 weeks. This is known as workplace-based learning (arbetsplatsförlagt lärande, APL). This is an important element of the programme. APL gives you the opportunity to use the knowledge you gained through school and put it into practice. It gives you work experience and contacts you can use when looking for a job.
Apprenticeship education
If the school offers upper secondary apprenticeship education within the programme, you can choose this. This means that you gain the same knowledge, but spend at least half of the programme based at one or more workplaces.
More about apprenticeship education in upper secondary school
Starting work after the programme and examples of professions
You can start working right after completing the programme.
The professional skills you gain will depend on the combination of subjects and levels you choose from the programme specialisation. Here are some examples of possible professions after completing the Child and Recreation Programme.
For more information on the duties involved in the different professions and forecasts of future job prospects, see the “Hitta yrken A–Ö” (Find professions A–Ö) service.
Search for different professions using the “Hitta yrken A–Ö” service
Further studies after the programme and qualification
Do you want to continue your studies at a college or university after completing the programme? Through the programme, you will meet the general entry requirements for higher education studies as well as certain specific entry requirements. After the programme, you can also study a higher vocational education programme or a programme at a folk high school.
General entry requirements for upper secondary school vocational programme, skolverket.se
Qualification after the programme
Use the “Behörighetsvisaren” (Qualification indicator) service to see which programmes you are eligible to apply for after the programme.