Information for Prospective External Placements
Thank you for considering hosting a student on the Oasis College undergraduate programme. Our students
are working towards a BA (honours) validated by Staffordshire University. These awards are designed to
support students to achieve the academic standard for an award at graduate level and the professional skills
associated with work involving children and families, young people or churches and communities. In the case
of Youth Work Awards this includes professional status as conferred by the National Youth Agency with JNC
recognition in Youth Work.
Throughout the award programme students are placed in fieldwork locations across south-east England and
commute one day a week to study in central London. They spend 16 hours a week in a main fieldwork
placement for 40 weeks of the year working with young people or children and families. In their second and
final years they also need to gain some experience of working with additional statutory or charitable sector
projects related to their award. Oasis College requires them to secure additional experience through
working/volunteering in these placements.
All students seeking external placements will have participated in a common first year (or equivalent)
confirming they meet national standards for work with children an families, young people, or churches and
communities as ‘support workers’. Thereafter they opt for their chosen specialism in youth work, children
and families work or church and community work. Your student will highlight the specialism they are
following.
The objective of the external placement is that students gain an insight in to the working of a different
organisation or project, and benefit from working with young people, children and families, or churches and
communities in a different context. The number of hours a student will commit to an external placement will
vary according to the student’s availability and external practice requirements. They may be able to volunteer
for a session each week for up to a year or for a block period of time. This can be discussed and negotiated
with the individual student who will explain their placement requirements.
If you are able to accept the student as a volunteer with your organisation or project then the College would
ask that an experienced worker in the project be designated as a supervisor of the student whilst in the
placement. This person should complete the placement registration form and return this to the College
where confirmation of the student’s status (including DBS clearance) will be sent to you on receipt. The
supervisor should also discuss with the student some aspects of the history and aims of the project, make
clear the expectations and limits of the students participation, and explain the various staff roles. The
supervisor will be asked to sign a simple form at the end of the placement to indicate the student’s
involvement and time sheets.
Thank you for giving this request your consideration, if you require further information on the student or
College then please contact the Fieldwork Practice Manager, indicated below. Thank you.
Lindsey Hardwick
Fieldwork Practice Manager
Telephone: 020 7921 4260
Email: lindsey.hardwick@oasiscollege.ac.uk
EXTERNAL PLACEMENT REGISTRATION FORM
1. Award Information:
Children and Families Work and Practical Theology
Youth Work and Practical Theology
Church, Community, and Practical Theology
Academic Year:
Course Title:
2. STUDENT DETAILS
Full Name:
Phone Number:
Contact Address:
Post Code:
Home Telephone:
Email Address:
Additional or Cross
Cultural Placement?
3. PLACEMENT DETAILS
Name of Agency:
Supervisor:
Phone Number:
Placement Address:
Post Code:
Telephone:
Email Address:
Length of
Placement:
From:
To:
Number of hours/ per week:
Additional Notes:
4. THE ADDITIONAL PLACEMENT AGREES TO THE FOLLOWING
a) To accept the Oasis College student named in section 2 as a voluntary student worker
(hereafter referred to as the student) and member of the team in the placement named in
section 3 for the period identified above.
b) To provide a supervisor who will meet with the student to offer guidance and support.
c) Ensure the student is provided with a range of appropriate experience to support their
development as a professional working with children, young people or families.
d) To report any concerns about student conduct to the student’s fieldwork tutor; and to
comment on the students performance in the end of placement evaluation.
e) To ensure relevant policies, procedures and insurances are in place to safeguard the
interests of children, young people, families and those working with them.
5. THE STUDENT AGREES TO THE FOLLOWING
a. To be located with the placement named in section 3 as a voluntary student worker.
b. To contribute to activities as negotiated with the placement and in line with practice
requirements as described in the award handbook provided by Oasis College.
c. To commit to the hours and duration of the placement described in section 3.
6. OASIS COLLEGE AGREES TO THE FOLLOWING:
a. To provide a place on the course named in section 1 for the student named in section 2.
b. To provide a named contact in the role of Fieldwork Tutor to ensure practical
arrangements are in place for the allocation of a student to the placement.
c. To provide copies of course documentation as requested.
d. To conduct communications and representations in a timely, courteous and professional
manner.
7. VARIATION AND TERMINATION OF THE ARRANGEMENT
a. All parties acknowledge that they are subject to events that may result in a party being
unable to fulfil its obligations under this arrangement. In such circumstances the
arrangement may be varied with consent of all parties by giving formal notice.
b. All parties may terminate the arrangement with immediate effect by giving notice in writing
where there is serious or persistent failure by the other party to fulfil its obligations and
where there has been a failure to remedy this failure through informal means.
8. SICKNESS AND INCAPACITY
a. The student named in section 2 agrees to inform the placement supervisor and fieldwork
tutor of any sickness, incapacitating illness or accident that would prevent them from
fulfilling this arrangement at the earliest possible opportunity
9. SIGNATURIES
This form should be returned to Oasis College Registry whereby a copy and confirmation letter will be
provided to the placement supervisor to acknowledge the agreement to proceed with placement.
Notes:
(Student’s Name)
(Student’s Signature)
(Date)
(Placement Supervisor)
(Supervisor’s Signature)
(Date)
(Authorised Oasis College Representative)
(Representative’s Signature)
(Date)