PSW Placements - Student Preferences

Social Work and Social Science

Agency registration
Thank you for your interest in hosting students at your organisation for the upcoming semester. Providing as much detail about the placement and any other organisation specific requirements assists in the most appropriate allocation of students.

Social Work and Human Services Placement Requirements

Semester one is mostly first placement students – usual start is late Feb – early March

Most students undertake their final placement in semester two – usual start end July

Social Work
- 500 hour placements (approx. 68 FTE days)
- Between 3 and 5 days per week
- First and second placements
Social Science (Human Services) or (Ageing & Disability)
- 280 hour placements (approx. 37 FTE days)
- Usually 2-3 days per week
If there are any changes to your placement offer please notify jus-placementservices@unisa.edu.au at your earliest convenience.
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Host Agency Details
Agency*
Department*
Street Address*
Suburb*
State
Please select if different state
General e-mail*
General phone number*
Website*
ABN

Contact Person/s
Please provide the details for your agency's key contact/s. These people will be the central point of contact between your agency and UniSA.
Name*

First NameLast Name
Position Title*
E-mail*
Phone number*
Alternate Contact (if applicable)
Alternate Contact Name

First NameLast Name
Alternate Contact E-mail
Alternate Contact Phone number

Students are required to start placement the first day of Semester 1, 3rd March, 2025. Please provide details of potential changes to the start date required by your organisation if required. Any change to the start date will require approval from the Manager: Field Education. Please note that student tutorials are aligned with their placement, therefore we require students to commence on the semester starting date. This also allows the Placement Services team to ensure that the student has met all pre-requisite requirements.
UniSA requires all students to have the following compulsory pre-requisites prior to attending their placement:
- DHS (formerly DCSI) National Criminal History Record Check and Screening Assessment:
  - Working With Children Check (WWCC) - valid 5 years or DCSI Child-related employment - valid 3 years
  - Aged care sector employment - valid 3 years
  - NDIS Worker Check - valid 5 years
- CHC Criminal History Check - valid 1 year
- Safe Environments for Children & Young People (formerly named Child Safe Environments) 7 hour face-to-face training - valid 3 years
Other information
Does your organisation have any additional compulsory requirements for students prior to placement? Please select from the below list.

NoFlu VaccineInternal / Other Police clearanceResponding to Risks of Harm, Abuse and Neglect (RRHAN-EC) training *This is only applicable for Department for Education placementsOther
Do you require the students to be vaccinated against Covid-19. Please indicate your preference below.*

Covid-19 vaccine NOT requiredCovid-19 vaccine 1 dose requiredCovid-19 vaccine 2 doses requiredCovid-19 booster required
Please provide any other information that should be taken into account when allocating students to your organisation

Next Steps

You will receive an email confirming your registration.

Once allocations have been made you will be notified with the relevant student details.

If for any reason, you are no longer able to accept a student placement, please notify jus-placementservices@unisa.edu.au at your earliest convenience.

Thank you for taking the time to register your interest in hosting a student from UniSA.
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