Section outline

  • When can you do it?

    • Students must
      Mark as done

      You can choose a vacation placement at three points of the year:

      • In the summer vacation BEFORE entering Level 5
      • In the Christmas vacation
      • In the Easter vacation (though this is generally not advised, due to proximity to exams)

      Even within this framework there is flexibility: many students will choose to do their placement intensively – full-time over 2-3 weeks. It can also be spread over the whole vacation eg one 8-hour day per week over 11 weeks for on campus students, and as you are able, for online students.


    • Students must
      Mark as done
      PROCESS AND PAPERWORK

      If a student has identified a prospective placement organisation, they can have an exploratory conversation, to see if a given organisation is receptive to the idea.  Vocational Services will then follow up with further information, to enable the prospective supervisor to make an informed decision.  Wherever possible, Vocational Services will conduct a follow-up to ensure the prospective placement organisation fits LST’s required criteria (we have a specific risk assessment process for placement in remote locations).

      The placement student will then need to submit the Placement proposal (F5) form, outlining proposed objectives, preferably set up in collaboration with the supervisor.  Each of the objectives must be S.M.A.R.T and must relate to at least one Key Development Area (same as in Level 4 placement).

      F5 form is then submitted to Vocational Services at least two weeks before the end of the term before the placement vacation.  We will then authorise the placement. 

      You will also be required to complete a Log of hours (F10.V)  as you go through placement and have it authorised by your supervisor before submitting it at the end of placement.  

      The supervisor will receive the online Placement Supervisor Assessment (F6) - copied also to you - which should be completed collaboratively with you, before you leave placement, and submitted online.

      All placement paperwork must be submitted on or before the first day of the LST term after the placement vacation.