City of Casey, Youth Services are committed to supporting the community services sector by providing meaningful placement opportunities in Youth Services.
Student placements offered by the City of Casey are an official process and are used by tertiary organisations as part of a course.
Student placements are a formal agreement between the City of Casey and a tertiary education.
Key information
Students who can apply for a Tertiary Student Placement should be undertaking a tertiary or TAFE course in Youth Work, Community Services, Community Development or a related field.
How placement requests are assessed
Requests for student placements at the City of Casey will be assessed by:
- How relevant the student's coursework and placement requirements are to our Youth Services Programming
- Capacity of Youth Services to undertake placements.
We assess all requests on a case by case basis. No preference is given to any particular tertiary institution or course of study.
On receiving your response we will consider the application for interview. Due to a high volume of applications received, we are unable to contact each applicant individually regarding the status of their application.
How to request a student placement
To register your expression of interest:
- Please complete the 'Expression of Interest' form
- Or email your form to: youthstudentplacements@casey.vic.gov.au.
Please include your current resume and a description of your placement requirements.
Application process
- Application
Students apply using the expression of interest form, attaching their resume and addressing the key placement requirements.
- Interview
Team Leaders meeting the students for a face-to-face interview and assess them against the selection criteria.
- Shortlisting
Applications are closed and assessed for suitability by the Team Leaders. Suitable applications are shortlisted and contracted by phone.
- Offer
Team Leaders offer placement to students formally via email. All requirement documents will be provided for the successfull applicants to complete and return.
- Acceptance
The students formally accept the placement offer and returns all the required documents.
- Finalisation
Team Leaders finalise the paperwork and ensure all documents / checks have been completed.
- Confirmation
A Letter of Confirmation, Code of Conduct and final Position Description is sent to the student confirming the commencement date.
- Commencement
Students starts placement, the induction checklist is completed the returned to the Team Leaders.