A ‘project placement’ is a placement (or practice based learning experience) where a student or group of students are given time to work on a meaningful project for a service. For example, developing and /or evaluating a service plan, new group or a resource.
Project work may take place within a traditional or non-traditional setting, with or without onsite profession-specific supervision (but with onsite supervision by a staff member of the service).
Project placements may be a good option for settings where there is not a steady ‘caseload’ of service users a student can work with, but can be adopted in any setting.
Projects placements bring benefits to all those involved.
Benefits to practice educators
Benefits to service users
Benefits students