All Access Arts policies relate to all Staff as well as Members.Access Arts Inc. defines a Member as any person who has filled out a membership form to join the organisation.
Staff are defined as persons engaged in Office, workshop/project or program, Volunteer or Student placement work at Access Arts Inc.
Purpose:
To define the process involved with Student Placement, including the roles and expectations for both Access Arts Inc and the Student.
Aims:
- To value a Student by ensuring he/she is given meaningful tasks which provide them with opportunities to utilise and develop new and existing skills.
- To acknowledge the contribution of the Student by clearly defining his/her rights and responsibilities within Access Arts Inc.
Policy:
The Student is to:
- undergo an interview process which allows them to find out more about Access Arts Inc.
- provide Access Arts Inc. with information about their existing skills and abilities and find out what they would like to learn from the placement
- read and understand relevant policies in relation to his/her placement
- complete a Student Workplace Agreement form
- produce a current blue card and police check or apply within the first week of starting his/her placement
- sign in and out on the Attendance Form at the front desk
The Student Workplace Agreement:
- must state the student’s course details
- must define the roles of the placement
- must define the start and finish dates of the placement, and the hours of work for the Student
- must define the Conditions of Termination
All students must receive a weekly supervision session with the Membership Services Coordinator or the appointed Access Arts Inc. Staff Member.
Student Placement Procedure
- The Student must contact Access Arts Inc. for an interview with the Access Arts Inc. Membership Services Coordinator.
- The interview will cover the Student Workplace Agreement including:
- the Student’s course details
- the roles of the Placement
- the start/finish dates and work hours of the Student Placement
- The Student must hold a blue card and police check or apply for these within the first week of starting the placement.
- The Assistant Director is to:
- ensure that all paperwork from the Training Body is received
- supervise the Student or allocate another staff member
- sign time sheets and other forms connected with the placement if needed
- ensure that the Student has an induction kit
- show the Student the Attendance Form on the front desk, which is for signing in and out.
Complies with Queensland Disability Service Standards: 10
Update Responsibility: Emma Bennison
Date of last update: 6/08/2007