Field Placements in Social Work

1. Registration for (unpaid) field placements in social work

2. Field placement manual (PDF, 598 KB)

   • Honours Bachelor's program in Social Work
   • Modalities of Placement
   • Learning Tools
   • Supervision
   • Responsibilities of parties
   • Placement evaluation
   • Special policies and regulations related to field placements

3. Tools

   • Prevention of racism and discrimination during placements (PDF, 58 KB)
   • Educational tools
     • Learning contract I (PDF, 193 KB)
     • Learning contract II (PDF, 209 KB)
     • Approval of Learning contract (PDF, 229 KB)
     • Summary Evaluation - Supervisors (PDF, 16 KB)

4. International component

   • Policy for international field placement (PDF, 61 KB)
   • International experiential learning course - Faculty of Social Sciences

5. Insurance

   • Letter to placement employers (PDF, 299 KB)
   • Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (Student declaration of understanding) (PDF, 266 KB)

6. Risk management

1. Registration for (unpaid) Field Placement in Social Work 

   • Field Placement Registration (PDF, 117 KB)

2. Field placement Manuel - TSO 5601

3. Research - Intervention Practicum - TSO 6601

4. Educational Tool

   • Learning contract template MSW 1 | TSO 5601 (PDF, 193 KB)
   • Learning contract template MSW 2 | TSO 6601 (PDF, 164 KB)
   • Final report Template for students
   • Mid-Placement Evaluation MSW 1 (PDF, 274 KB)
   • Mid-Term Evaluation MSW 2 (PDF, 284 KB)
   • Evaluation-Guide for Supervisors (PDF, 172 KB)
   • Approval of Contract - MSW 1 (PDF, 159 KB)
   • Approval of Contract - MSW 2 (PDF, 179 KB)

5. MSW Policies

   • Equivalency policy for the Field placement (TSO 5601)
   • Pathway without a field placement (PDF, 170 KB)

6. BSW and MSW Policies

   • Prevention of racism and discrimination during placements (PDF, 58 KB)
   • Confidentiality guidelines
   • Policy regarding the premature termination of a field placement
   • Policy and guidelines for social media
   • Policy on professional suitability
   • Field Placement in the Workplace
   • Field placements outside the region

7. International component

   • ​International field placement policy
   • International experiential learning course - Faculty of Social Sciences

8. Workplace Insurance

   • Letter to Placement Employers (PDF, 266 KB)
   • Student Declaration of Understanding (PDF, 266 KB)

9. Risk management

Supervisors play a key role with students. It is our pleasure to support you in all stages of the field placement.

Field Placement Manuals

• Bachelor (PDF, 764 KB) 
• Master's 1st Year - Intervention Practicum (PDF, 548 KB)

• Master's 2nd Year - Research-Intervention Practicum (PDF, 493 KB) 

Tools for Supervisors

• Aide-mémoire (PDF, 143 Ko)
• Divers modèles de supervision (document du CNFS) (PDF, 1,8 MB)
• Inventaire des savoirs (document du CNFS) (PDF, 279 KB)
• Liste de planification du stage (document du CNFS) (PDF, 201 KB)
• Orientation du stagiaire (document du CNFS) (PDF, 291 KB)
• Comprendre les principes de base de la supervision (document du CNFS) PDF, 1,3 MB)
• Évaluer le rendement (document du CNFS) (PDF, 1,7 MB)
• Supervision: an asset to my professional journey (20 minute animation CNFS)

Placement Evaluation Tools

• Mid-Placement 1 - Bachelors (PDF, 157 KB)
• Mid-Placement 2 - Bachelors (PDF, 157 KB)
• End of Placement - Bachelors (PDF, 85.5 KB)
• Midterm I - Master - Intervention practicum (PDF, 152 Ko)
• Midterm II - Master - Research-Intervention practicum (PDF, 172 Ko)
• Final evaluation - Master - Intervention AND Research-Intervention practicum (PDF, 197 Ko)

Field placement policies

• Policy on premature termination of a field placement
• Confidentiality guidelines
• Policy and guidelines for social media
• Policy on professional suitability

Newsletter for Supervisors 

• Newsletter for supervisors - January 2022 | Faculty of Social Sciences

Training Offered to Supervisors 

• Training I: "The Art of Supervise Trainees" – in collaboration with the National Health Training Consortium (CNFS), this one-day training is offered for new social work supervisors and those interested in supervising in the future. This is offered in French in February of each year. It is also offered in English online.
• Training II or advanced: workshops on various themes – these workshops are aimed at supervisors who have participated in our training I – or the two-day CNFS training "The Art of Supervising Trainees" · https://cnfs.ca/professionnels/workshops

Contact the Field Placements and Education coordinators for any additional information or to offer a field placement (internship offer PDF, 193 KB).

Jacynthe Mayer
Manager, Field Placements and Education
Masters Program 
613-562-5800 poste 2195
[email protected]

Annie Mercier
Senior Specialist, Field Placement Education (Field Placement Coordinator
Undergraduate Program
613-562-5800 poste 6381
[email protected]