Social Service Worker Field Placement F21
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Experience scope
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Law and policy Social sciencesSkills
counseling conflict resolution interpersonal skills communication advocacySocial 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
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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