Traineeship Social Work

Target Group

Social Work students from a bachelor of social work programme.

Suited for social work students from the Nordic countries or students proficient in English at an advanced level (C level and above in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR)).

Purpose

Doing a practice placement in Denmark offers a number of advantages. You can:

• see how you can adapt to a different culture;
• face new professional challenges and solutions;
• get a broader understanding of Social Work;
• expand your career opportunities.

The practice placement institution must meet the following requirements:

• its activities must be relevant to the practice of social work;
• students must be in direct contact with end users;
• there must be someone at the practice placement institution who can be a contact person for the student and the degree course in Social Work – a social worker, if possible, or else a social educator, psychologist, or the like;
• the practice placement institution must be approved by UCL’s international coordinator.

UCL will assist the student in finding a suitable placement.

Tuition Fee

Not applicable for EU/EEA-students and exchange students from partner institutions, all other students must pay. In this case, please send an e-mail to international@ucl.dk to learn more. 

Teaching Methods

All contact between UCL University College and the practice placement student will be in English; there will also be oral counselling with the student during their practice placement period with a supervisor from the Social Work programme.

Counselling for Nordic students can also occur in Danish, if preferred.

Conditions

In order to complete the module and obtain a certificate, the student has to be reliable and attend work as agreed upon with the practice placement workplace. A minimum of sick days will be allowed. The student must actively contribute to completion of their appointed tasks, cooperate with colleagues at the practice placement site, as well as follow the guidance and counselling which they receive from the supervisor at the workplace.

In addition, the practice placement will be monitored by a UCL University College instructor, who will also have a supervisory role during the practice placement.

Examination

The student will follow the examination requirements from the programme in their home country and complete their examination in their home country, according to the requirements, which are applicable there.

UCL University College will provide the home institution with a status and information as to the student’s progress during the practice placement.