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COVID Information

COVID information

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has significantly affected the way that we normally deliver and assess field education. There have been many changes and increased flexibility to current placement guidelines to adapt to the face to face learning challenges. Here, we bring together up to date COVID resources for our partner agencies and students.

Online resources for social workers

AASW National President and RMIT Liaison Officer Christine Craik on Covid-19
ACWA approved podcasts – podcasts with a community and human services focus.
The Commons Social Change Library – a free online collection of texts, videos and podcasts.
SWAP Social Work Alliance Project – a Facebook group for RMIT Social Work students
State Library Victoria has a large collection of academic and non-fiction e-books available for free download.
Kanopy – RMIT students can stream a variety of film and documentaries for free, including social science and health subcategories.

Training

Charles Sturt University has developed an excellent free Telehealth training opportunity for social work/allied health students. Telehealth – Three Rivers UDRH
Overview: As part of the Three Rivers program, telehealth was identified as a long term emerging service delivery method that all health professionals including undergraduate students should to be familiar with and have an opportunity to learn about telehealth that aligns with their clinical practice.

Parents Plus in Ireland have developed this useful resource for supporting families online and by phone.

Student Covid Module

This module provides essential information regarding placement during the pandemic.

Essential Documents

Documents and forms