Welcome to the Sonia Database, this is the Clinical Placement System for Occupational Therapy, School of Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University.

PLACEMENT ALLOCATION INFORMATION
The Professional Placement Officer will notify students via email when placements are ready to be viewed.   To access your current placement details please click on the “Placements” tab.  Listed under the Placements Tab will be your allocated placements and sites for the placement you will be completing this trimester.

By clicking on the “Details” button, this will give further information on your allocated placement.    


STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY
All students will go outside South East Queensland for 3rd and 4th year placements- start planning for this.


IT IS THE STUDENT’S RESPONSIBILITY TO ORGANISE THE FOLLOWING:  

  •        Transport to and from placement
  •        Accommodation 
  •        Child Care
  •        Time off from outside work commitments while on placement
  •        Renewal of ALL Mandatory Requirements - this is an ongoing responsibility



 For assistance with ALL of your Mandatory Requirement's to attend placement, for example - Blue Card, Police Check, Immunisation, please contact: 


** FIT FOR PLACEMENT OFFICE       
Location:   G01 Room 2.02  (Gold Coast Campus)
                   N53 Level 1 (Nathan)
 Phone:      07 5552 9480  

 Email:        fitforplacement@griffith.edu.au

Website:  www.griffith.edu.au/health/placement-essentials

** If your mandatory requirements are not up-to-date, you will see a red banner when you click on your placement tab. 
Outstanding Mandatories will have to be provided well before placement or your placement will be cancelled. 

ABSENT FROM PLACEMENT: 

Absences due to sickness or other emergency must be reported as soon as possible to (i) the practice educator (according to local procedures) and (ii) the university via either (07) 5552 9594 or occthy.praced@griffith.edu.au

Please ensure you have read the Practice Education Handbook (January 2019) which contains in-depth information regarding all policy and procedures for Placement.
It is crucial that students read and become familiar with this policy.

WHILST ON PLACEMENT:
Griffith Health and GriffithOT have a number of resources and requirements that you will be expected to adhere to.
Griffith Health has further information on presentation, attendance, professional behaviours, health and safety infections and risk management and legal issues - see link the following link
Learning@Griffith GriffithOT Practice Education contains further guidance and resources related to professional standards, scholarships, student assessment and student videos.


Contact your Lecturer (Practice Education) and Placement Officer for Occupational Therapy:

Jacqui Broadbridge Lecturer (Practice Education)            
j.broadbridge@griffith.edu.au 
07 5552 8129                                                                              

Belinda Hachem (Placement Officer)
occthy.praced@griffith.edu.au
07 5552 9594
Building location (G01) Room 1.05

IN AN EMERGENCY ONLY contact (07) 5678 0529