Insurance Coverage
As per clause 12.1 of the signed Host Agreement completed prior to engagement with our placement program, all students completing an unpaid placement experience as part of their coursework are covered under Monash University’s student workplace insurance policies.
The various student workplace insurance policies cover:
- Personal accident for student injury, capital, medical and loss of income benefits. The Policy does not pay the Medicare/private health gap.
- Public liability for student’s legal liability to third parties in respect to physical injury and/or property damage caused as a result of their negligence.
- Professional indemnity for student's civil liability committed in their professional duty, but only within the limits of their training.
If the student and host organisation agree for the student to continue in a volunteer capacity past the agreed placement period, the organisation must provide their own insurance cover for the student. If an accident, injury or incident should occur while on placement, it must be reported immediately to the placement team. The placement team is responsible for reporting the incident to the university and will ensure the university procedures are followed. The importance of reporting any adverse events is reinforced to students prior to placement commencement and information is provided about support services.