Social Service Worker Field Placement

SSWR304
Closed
Centennial College
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Chair, Community Services
3
Timeline
  • September 14, 2020
    Experience start
  • November 7, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • December 12, 2020
    Experience end
Experience
6/6 project matches
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any
Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society
Categories
Law and policy Social sciences
Skills
counseling conflict resolution interpersonal skills advocacy communication
Learner goals and capabilities

Second-year Social Service Worker students are ready to virtually support individuals, families, and communities through delivering social service programming to clients. As a “professional 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 224 hours of unpaid, for-credit work experience beginning in Septemeber, 2020.

Learners
Diploma
Any level
180 learners
Project
224 hours per learner
Learners self-assign
Teams of 5
Expected outcomes and deliverables

Students have to create a learning contract as part of their field placement course, that outlines their specific deliverables, that is agreed upon by the agency. Students need to complete 224 hours for their Field Placement course.

Project timeline
  • September 14, 2020
    Experience start
  • November 7, 2020
    Project Scope Meeting
  • December 12, 2020
    Experience end
Project Examples

Students, individually or in teams of 5-10, 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
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Unpaid, for-credit experience.

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.