Placement Students

As an SPRC Placement Student you will have the opportunity to support Social Planners throughout the year on a project or various projects. Publicly funded Colleges/Universities and student must complete the following process:

• Express Interest

  Publicly funded school and/or student expresses interest in writing which includes:

  • Student resume
  • Length of placement (includes start and end date, hours per week, days of the week)
  • Placement learning objectives
  • Identify Priority Area and/or Main Activities of interest to the student:

• Priority Areas

  • Equity and Inclusion
  • Healthy Development of Children and Youth
  • Housing and Homelessness
  • Poverty Reduction/Elimination

• Main Activities

  • Community Development
  • Community Engagement
  • Research
  • System and Service Planning

• Evaluation

  Potential Placement Supervisor evaluates interest and determines whether or not to interview student.

  Interview

  If student successfully completes the evaluation process, she or he will be interviewed by a Placement Supervisor. Through this interview a Placement Supervisor will determine if the learning objectives of the student could be met in a placement position.

• Acceptance

  Participating school and student are each sent an acceptance of placement. Participating school must supply a Work/Education Placement Agreement.

• Orientation

  All Placement Students will receive an orientation on the first day of arrival by Human Resources and a Placement Supervisor.

Written expressions of interests are to be submitted to sprc@sprc.hamilton.on.ca.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to the volume of requests, we cannot guarantee placement.