FAQs
Our FAQs answer the most common questions about being a host. Please contact us if you have any additional questions.
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Our FAQs answer the most common questions about being a host. Please contact us if you have any additional questions.
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While this is a placement, hosts are not expected to train the students on anything outside of their day to day relevant tasks.
We request that you have at least 3 formal supervision meetings with the student at the start, middle and end of the placement.
We encourage additional informal supervision throughout the placement to provide guidance and opportunities for engagement across the workplace.
If there are concerns about the student and/or their performance within the placement, please contact the placement support team as soon as possible.
Our placements are unpaid, meaning there is no requirement to pay students for their time engaged with your organisation nor is there a payment made to you.
Our default agreement with host organisations includes a clause that the host owns all the IP generated as part of the placement. The only exception is for work completed specifically for student assignments e.g. their written reflection, professional practice evaluation and oral presentation.
It is up to the host to decide the distribution of 96 hours of engagement across the course timeline of the placement student they would ideally like. For example, 1 day a week at 8 hours, or 2 days a week at 4 hours. The unit coordinators will try to place students in conjunction with these schedules.
We are also supportive of students undertaking placement via a hybrid format of on-site and remote hours, with a minimum of 50% of their dedicated hours on-site.
Students are asked to log the hours involved in placement including any related hours which may be completed remotely if mutually agreed by you and the student. We ask that you sign off on the log book entries to confirm authenticity.
External Organisations: please see template agreement with details here.
Internal Monash Organisations: please see template agreement with details here.
The aim of this work-integrated learning unit is to provide students with experience of a workplace where they can apply their psychological knowledge, develop professional and transferable skills and improve preparedness for entry into the workforce.
Students are not able to undertake work as a qualified psychologist on placement. While students may work within a clinical psychological practice or with a registered psychologist, students are not registered or suitably trained for delivering clinical services themselves. Hosts therefore are also not required to be Board approved supervisors.
Placements should provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate and develop professional skills and competencies expected in professional work settings including communication and interpersonal skills, critical thinking and problem solving, organisation, and reliability and responsibility.
Structure
The structure and activities involved in each placement will differ based on the host organisation and can vary across the duration of the placement. Below are only a few ideas for activities during a professional placement.