Addiction and Mental Health Work Placement W25

Mohawk College
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Anita O'Keeffe
Field Placement Specialist
3
Timeline
  • March 3, 2025
    Experience start
  • April 26, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
5 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Startup, Social Enterprise, Non profit, Sole proprietorship
Science, Hospital, health, wellness & medical, Individual & family services, Education

Experience scope

Categories
Community engagement Social work Humanities Law and policy Social sciences
Skills
community development interpersonal skills advocacy communication community research
Learner goals and capabilities

Our 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

Learners
Post-graduate
Intermediate levels
40 learners
Project
200 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Individual projects
Expected outcomes and deliverables

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
  • March 3, 2025
    Experience start
  • April 26, 2025
    Experience 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.