Making the Most of Your Field Placement: Handbook for Human Services

earning and development as a Social Service Worker, Developmental Service Worker, Child and Youth Worker, and other related human services professionals. The aim of this handbook is to serve as a reference guide and de-mystify the field placement process. Completing a field placement entails linking theory to the practice required in the field. This straightforward and practical guide can be used by instructors to set up meaningful field placement experiences and by students as an easy reference guide at various points during their placement. Making the Most of Your Field Placement satisfies the program learning outcomes that are required by The Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities (MTCU) and includes the Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice outlined by the Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers (OCSWSSW).