If I study Social Sciences at OU, how employable will I be?

[complexo]

Sorry If I can't ask properly the question that I have on my mind now but the thing is - I really want to start an OU course and Social Scieces is the only oen that really interests me and has been for all my life. I have achieved similar degree in my home country and I really want to do it again.
My only concern is what kind of job can I get once I have this degree? I live in London.
I don't even know what kind of job I want to be honest...
I definitely would like to work with children and families from disadvantaged backgrounds but I understand that in order for me to do Social Work at OU I have to be employed in the field, and I am not...
I do work with children at the moment and doing an Early Years course seems easy and resonable but I am not sure if it will take me where I want,...
I am not sure about anything atm tbh, only that I don't want to be a CM in 2013 and I don't want to be back at a campus....

Please help if you can understand what I mean....

Ou is great, i love it. Can't comment on social sciences, but i am nearly finished second year of 4, Computing with maths.
Open university resources are great, and tutors always helpful.

Hth

For what you want to do career wise, maybe the childhood and youth studies degree with OU might be more suitable that social sciences?

Modules for that include:

Introduction to social sciences

Child development

Childhood

Working with children, young people and families

Working together for children

Research with children and young people.

That way you don't need to find a social work job in order to fulfil the requirements for that degree, but are still doing something equally relevant.

You could work as a family support worker, in a contact centre, at a sure start centre or for charity community groups working with disadvantaged families for example.

Oh, and OU is fantastic, you can carry on working while you do it. Early years modules are available with OU, and as you are already working in that setting they'd be relevant and easy to do, but if you're thinking of a longer term change of direction, the childhood and youth degree might be a better option :)

Thanks for your answers. Do you study the childhood and youth degree AnnaFalactic? And what exactly would a family support worker do? Do you know anyone who is in this career?

Thanks for your answers. Do you study the childhood and youth degree AnnaFalactic? And what exactly would a family support worker do? Do you know anyone who is in this career?

I have a friend who did this through the OU and has struggled a bit to get a job. Being a family support worker is not very secure at the moment. I work for a large inner city LA and very sadly all our support workers have gone. Which is awful as their work was invaluable.

What about social work? You could do the modules you need to get into uni and do it that way?

No, I'm doing something else complexo, just happy to help! Slipper is right, family support worker jobs don't come up very often but it is the job title that first came to mind as being relevant for what you want to do iyswim? There are lots of other things you could do with that degree.

is some info on what they do

Yes, my DD's godmother is a fsw, she works alongside social workers and in contact centres.