Field placements

To be considered an appropriate field work placement, by the end of the course, a student must have experienced:

• a minimum of 400 hours of field work placement within appropriate welfare or community organisations
• at least two separate placements with no single placement being less than 140 hours
• diverse placements with different competency functions
• diverse placements with different client groups, settings, etc (e.g. placements should not be in the same or very similar setting, field of practice, or method)
• quality field placement supervision by suitably qualified and experienced community sector staff
• quality field placement monitoring by qualified and experienced educational staff
• for each placement, a written report (1,000 word minimum) including a critical reflection and analysis of the placement experience using specific examples (e.g. the welfare skills applied, challenges faced, strategies used, etc.) and linking their field placement experiences to theoretical concepts relevant to welfare practice from their classroom learning