2 Key Responsibilities for Successful Placements

Responsibilities of the placement supervisor

Placement supervisors play an important role in enabling the student to reach their full potential whilst on placement. As a placement supervisor, your key responsibilities include ensuring the student is inducted and aware of the following upon commencement of the placement:

  • Occupational health and safety
  • Organisation policies and procedures, code of conduct
  • Standard operating procedures
  • Internal confidentiality
  • Expected working hours/dates
  • Providing day to day supervision of the student in a safe and supportive work environment
  • Providing ongoing, constructive feedback to the student, as well as providing final feedback via the ePortfolio
  • Being available and responsive to student questions and needs
  • Liaising with the UQ WIL Partnerships Coordinator and Course Coordinator

Responsibilities of the student

Before starting a placement, our students are made aware of UQ’s expectations of them whilst placed at a host organisation. We expect that our students behave as you would expect an employee of your business to behave and uphold standards of professional behaviour. This includes:

  • Abiding by workplace rules, policies, and procedures
  • Behaving in a professional manner
  • Submitting assessment in line with the UQ course requirements
  • Liaising with the UQ WIL Partnerships Coordinator and Course Coordinator
  • Notifying their workplace supervisor of any concerns during the placement

UQ has a Fitness to Practice Policy which aims to guide student behaviour on placement and to manage cases where student behaviour is not consistent with expected behaviours or contravenes expected standards in the workplace.

Responsibilities of the WIL Partnerships Coordinator

The WIL Partnerships Coordinator can be contacted any time before, during, or after the placement to assist with:

  • Host organisation questions and concerns
  • Student questions and concerns

Where appropriate, the WIL Partnerships Coordinator will meet with the student and the placement supervisor at the placement site.

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