Addiction and Mental Health Work Placement W25
Timeline
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March 3, 2025Experience start
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April 26, 2025Experience end
Experience scope
Categories
Community engagement Social work Humanities Law and policy Social sciencesSkills
community development interpersonal skills advocacy communication community researchOur post graduate Concurrent Disorders program students are ready to virtually support individuals, families, and communities who are facing challenges with addiction or mental health. 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 an addiction and mental health worker 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 addiction and mental health work, including interpersonal skills, counseling, group facilitation, harm reduction, and case management. Please note that all of our students will have their Vulnerable Sector Screening completed.
The students are available for 200 hours of unpaid, for-credit work experience beginning in March, 2024
Learners
Students have to create a learning contract as part of their field placement course, that outlines their specific deliverables and goals. Students need to complete 200 hours for their Field Placement course.
Project timeline
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March 3, 2025Experience start
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April 26, 2025Experience end
Project Examples
Requirements
Students, individually or in teams of 2 can work to support individuals, families, and communities who are facing challenges with addiction or mental health. 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 for individuals with addiction or mental health issues
- Be a 'friendly visitor' to social isolated individuals such as individuals struggling with mental health issues
- Mental health promotion within communities as well as harm reduction approaches
- Community outreach, engagement and/or community development
- Social justice and/or advocacy work, including social policy research and/or advocacy
Additional company criteria
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:
Un-paid, for credit experience
Provide a dedicated contact who is available to answer periodic emails or phone calls over the duration of the project to address students' questions.
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.
Timeline
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March 3, 2025Experience start
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April 26, 2025Experience end