“Partnerships between the academy and community organisations are fundamental to the delivery of social work education.” (Egan, 2019, 1)

The RMIT Social Work Field Education Hub is a community of practice for staff, students and agencies to enhance learning, practice and research through the sharing knowledge and resources as well though collaborative advocacy for social justice and human rights.

RMIT is an ideal partner for supporting social work agencies through field education and academic consultation and the Hub is a place where agents of change can continue to build a social work presence in the broader community. The Hub also provides a launching point for those starting their journey as a student, partner agency or field educator and keeps those already working with us informed and empowered.

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Tangentyere Council student placements

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WIL students in Social Work 2023

Building on the learning from COVID-19, its impacts and opportunities for flexible and creative work integrated learning, Social Work is hosting and supporting 12 students who are undertaking 500 hours of supervised field education across a range of projects. The students will participate in a series of research training workshops covering topics such as literature reviews, data analysis, research writing and lived experience research methodologies, all delivered by the SWHS team.
Projects and activities include:

Three students working with Services Australia, Disaster Social Work who have been providing psychosocial support to Australians impacted by national and international disasters for over 20 years. The students are researching the role of Services Australia social workers in disaster settings and will produce a report after completing 20 in-depth interviews.

The Black Rhinos Basketball Primary Prevention Program is hosting four students who are contributing to the VicHealth funded project led by RMIT and Afri-Aus Care. The project is co-designing and delivering a primary prevention intervention that supports young people and their families to connect with physical, social and mental wellbeing services through leadership development, community strengthening, youth mentoring relationships and the involvement of young people and their families in the program. Students will contribute to the implementation of programs as well undertaking research activities such as literature reviews, interviews, data analysis and write up.

Two students are researching inclusive social work group supervision practices. Their work includes a literature review, conducting focus groups and interviews with students and industry partners, analysing the data and producing a final report.

The African Australian Advocacy Centre is hosting two students who will work alongside an academic from SWHS in an EIP funded project. The students will produce a whitepaper to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in September 2023 and to the Australian Government in October,2023.

Many Coloured Sky, a queer development agency is hosting one student who is working with Katherine Johnson, assessing the experiences of LGBTIQAI+ refugees and asylum seekers regarding nature-based interventions. Some of the student placement tasks include writing reports including survey findings, literature review, and study co-facilitations.