Aged
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Non-government support services, residential facilities and HACC services for individuals aged 65 years and older.
NB: options are extremely limited in this category.
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Alcohol & Drugs
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Non-government support services for individuals and their families affected by drug and alcohol misuse/addiction. May include residential rehabilitation facilities.
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Centrelink
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Centrelink – placements based in offices with variety of opportunities depending on office – usually a combination of direct client work and a project / policy focus.
NB: options are extremely limited in this category.
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Child Protection
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This includes foster care services in NGOs. It also includes Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services: based in service centres working across variety of teams including intake and assessment, parenting under orders team, long term orders, foster carers etc. There is currently a centralised intake / interview process for some regions.
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Community Mental Health
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Non-government services supporting a variety of clients and their carers/families with mental health issues and concerns.
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Community Development
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Non-government agencies with a ‘grass roots’ approach, often involving group and community level interactions rather than individual support models. This includes centre based work based in local communities e.g. neighbourhood centres.
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Disability
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Includes both government (Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services) and non-government services: providing supports to individuals with a disability, their families and carers (NB: primary disability is not a mental health diagnosis). Work ranges from children to adults depending on service.
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Education
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School or TAFE / University based support services – ranges from primary schools to tertiary facilities. NB: options are extremely limited in this category.
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Family and Children
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Non-government services that support children and families in a broad range of areas including parenting, welfare, housing and familial conflict issues. Often working across diverse populations and cultures.
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Housing
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Government and non-government support services with predominant focus on homelessness and welfare.
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Indigenous
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Range of non-government services providing a range of support options to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families (e.g. housing, welfare, education, parenting, mental health etc.) NB: this category is different to multicultural.
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International
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Overseas based placements only available to final placement students who meet criteria for international placement (policy available on website). Usually based in Indonesia, Nepal & India.
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Rural & Remote
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Placements of significant distance away from UQ and as such attendance on campus is not possible during placement (e.g. Cairns, Roma) available to final placement students who meet criteria for rural and remote placement (policy available on website). Usually in government agencies such as Qld Health, Child Safety etc.
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Legal
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Non-government legal services with a focus on advocacy, information and advice to clients with a broad range of legal issues or concerns. NB: options are extremely limited in this category.
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Local Government
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Placements based with local city councils – focus on macro level work: policies, procedures, funding, grants and working with community partners.
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Multicultural
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Non-government support services working alongside diverse cultural groups on a range of issues including resettlement services, counselling, refugee support, advocacy and welfare. NB: this category is different to Indigenous
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Policy & Research
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Placement with sole focus on policy development and research on topics in the human services field (limited 1:1 work in this area), often consultative with groups and agencies.
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Queensland Health & Hospitals
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Government department: wide range of Qld Health run services including - aged care (acute/community), child & youth mental health (acute/community), adult mental health (acute/community), community health (acute/community), drug and alcohol (acute/community), child health (acute/community) and all inpatient health settings (e.g. hospital based with various focuses – oncology, surgical, maternity etc)
NB: limited options for Human Services placements. There is currently a centralised intake / interview process for all regions/areas managed by a local Clinical Educator (employed by Queensland Health).
Some opportunities also exist for placements in private hospitals for Social Work students.
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Women’s Services
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Non-government agencies providing services and supports exclusively for women (and children). These agencies often request female students only. Includes DV shelters/hostels and women’s health and wellbeing services.
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Youth
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Wide range of non-government services offering support to young people (usually aged between 12-25 years) across broad areas of need such as parenting, housing LGBTI, youth participation, drop in centres etc.
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Youth Justice / Corrections
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Department of Justice and Attorney-General: responsible for statutory case management and community reintegration support for young offenders on orders/parole. Includes court work. This may also include opportunities for placements in the area of corrections/recently released prisoners. N.B. placement options are extremely limited in these services.
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