Social Service Worker Field Placement F21

Main contact
Mohawk College
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Field Placement Specialist
1
Experience
4/4 project matches
Dates set by projects
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any, Non profit
Any industries

Experience scope

Categories
Law and policy Social sciences
Skills
counseling conflict resolution interpersonal skills communication advocacy
Learner goals and capabilities

Social Service Worker students are ready to virtually support individuals, families, and communities through delivering social service programming to clients. As “professionals in training”, our students are ready to help out in various ways, developing their skills, knowledge, and attitudes that are necessary to enter the field as a social service work practitioner. We are looking for placement sites where students can apply in practice the concepts and theories learned in the classroom. The students have learned in the classroom about many aspects of social service work, including interpersonal skills, counseling, group facilitation, and case management. Please note that all of our students will have their Vulnerable Sector Screening completed.

The students are available for 200 hours of unpaid, for-credit work experience beginning in both September 2021 and January 2022.

Learners

Learners
Diploma
Any level
Project
200 hours per learner
Learners apply to projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Deliverables will be agreed upon by educator, student and partnering organization. Students need to complete 200 hours for their Field Placement course.

Project examples

Requirements

Students, individually or in teams of 3-5, can work to support individuals, families, and communities through delivering excellent social service programming to clients. Although students are capable of providing research, more direct working with clients in preferred.

Project examples include but are not limited to:

  • Virtually facilitate a support group
  • Be a 'friendly visitor' to social isolated individuals such as seniors or individuals with developmental disabilities
  • Virtually organize and run a group for kids or families
  • Community outreach, engagement and/or community development
  • Social justice and/or advocacy work, including social policy research and/or advocacy

Additional company criteria

Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

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