We are accepting applications for 2025 student placements. Apply via the Careers.Vic portal.
Each year, the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) hosts over 200 students across the department. The majority secure a placement in child protection. All DFFH offices throughout Victoria take part in this program. They provide placements for students from a variety of universities and TAFEs across Australia.
Child protection student placement program
The child protection student placement program offers students the opportunity to gain broad knowledge of the child protection industry while applying theory to practice.
Placements are high quality, supervised and professionally challenging. Students are placed in child protection teams with a qualified child protection practitioner supervisor. The supervisor sets and assesses the tasks the students observe, participate in and undertake during their placement.
Students on placement in child protection are allocated selected tasks and experiences. These will provide learning opportunities appropriate to developing their skills, knowledge, and competency.
Whilst on placement with child protection, students can:
- read case notes, court reports and paper files
- attend relevant meetings, both internal and external
- act as a secondary practitioner in some situations
- attend client visits with another practitioner
- complete case notes and assessments
- complete risk assessments with guidance
- coordinate with other government departments and community services professionals
- transport clients accompanied by another practitioner
- undertake contact visits accompanied by another practitioner
- access employee assistance and wellbeing programs where necessary.
More information
Find out more about the student placement program and apply for a placement on the DFFH employment programs and pathways page.
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