STUDENT FIELD PLACEMENT RESOURCES

In this section you will find a variety of resources for students to access before, during and even following placement.  Please access the Education Databases and Additional Resources to support you in your placement experience.  You can use these resources to augment your placement learning and for your professional development.  If you have difficulty accessing anything, please connect the Field Education Coordinator and we are happy to help. 

SECTION 1:  EDUCATION DATABASES

This section is a compilation of several large organizations who have created and/or offered webinars and other training opportunities that are focused on various areas of practice.  Most offerings from these sites are free.  You can access previous webinars and stay up to date on new content that is being released.  We hope this will be helpful to you in your continued professional development and interest, as well as provide opportunities for you to enhance your learning.

General Social Work: 

CASW Continuing Education: https://www.casw-acts.ca/en/continuing-education-1 

OASW Learning Centre: https://olc.oasw.org/OLC/Upcoming_Webinars/OLC/Home.aspx 

University of Buffalo School of Social Work Podcasts: https://www.insocialwork.org/shows/ 

Mental Health: 

RNAO Mental Health Library : https://rnao.ca/mentalhealth/video 

Addiction: 

Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction: https://ccsa.ca/webinars 

NADAAC: https://www.naadac.org/webinars 

Gender-Based Violence: 

Western University Learning Network and Knowledge Hub (Gender-based violence): https://www.vawlearningnetwork.ca/webinars/index.html 

Anti-Human Trafficking: 

Freedom Collaborative: https://freedomcollaborative.org/webinars 

Emancipation Nation: https://celiawilliamson.com/emancipation-nation 

Crisis and Trauma: 

Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute: https://ca.ctrinstitute.com/resources/ 

Children and Youth: 

International Federation of Social Workers - Covid and Children: https://www.ifsw.org/popular-free-training-for-social-workers-on-alternative-care-now-touches-on-covid-19/ 

Colorado School of Public Health - Injury and Violence Prevention (Child Welfare): https://coloradosph.cuanschutz.edu/research-and-practice/centers-programs/ivpc/events/pathways-to-prevention-webinar-series 

Youth Rex - Resources for working with youth: https://learn.youthrex.com/?mc_cid=ad4331a15f&mc_eid=7dbdf66b71 

Indigenous: 

Indigenous Canada- University of Alberta: https://www.ualberta.ca/admissions-programs/online-courses/indigenous-canada/index.html

SECTION 2:  ADDITIONAL RESOURCES/ARTICLES

In this section you will find additional resources, including articles, videos and podcasts, that we hope can support you further with specific field placement tasks and challenges.  You will find that the information is divided into three sections: Placement Preparation, During Placement and After Graduation. We hope you find these resources helpful.   If you are interested in any articles, you can access them directly via the links which will take you to Lakehead’s library.  Please connect with your Field Education Coordinator to help you gain access if you have any difficulties.

Placement Preparation -

During Placement -

    Reflection:

    Challenges: 

    Self-Care:

Integrating Theory to Practice: 

Supervision: 

    Termination:

  • Kress, V. & Marie, M. (2019). Counselling, termination and new beginnings. Counselling Today: Member insights. Retrieved from:

       https://ct.counseling.org/2019/10/counseling-termination-and-new-beginnings/

After Graduation-