Note: If you are interested in applying for this unit, please email health-wil@deakin.edu.au. You are required to find a volunteer placement position for yourself. You should research the type of volunteering opportunities that interest you and contact the organisation/s to seek the availability of a placement position with that organisation. If you are undertaking more than one unit which has a placement component, the placement organisations must be different for each unit. For example, if you are undertaking HSN227 Volunteering in Exercise and Nutrition Sciences and HSN311 Food and Nutrition Practicum, you will need to find two separate organisations for each placement. Note for All Students enrolling into this unit: You must complete your placement hours within your trimester of enrolment of the placement unit, unless otherwise stated directly by the Unit Chair. If you are not able to complete the placement by the end your trimester of enrolment in the placement unit, please email the School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences Professional Placement Office at hsn227@deakin.edu.au as soon as possible. Note for International Students Only: If you are not able to complete your placement by your visa expiry date, please note that you will be liable for any costs involved with extending your stay in Australia, for example: visa extension application cost and extra living expenses.’ Department of Human Services policy - Police Record Check and Working With Children Check In accordance with Department of Human Services policy, all students are required to undertake a National Police Record Check prior to placements in each calendar year of their course. In accordance with the Department of Justice 2007, Working with Children Act 2005, amended 2017, all students are required to undertake a Working with Children Check at the commencement of their course. Students who fail to obtain a Police Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of placement will not be able to undertake placement and this will impede progress in the course. Students may also be required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation. |