Welcome to the Sheffield Hallam University Occupational Therapy practice practice based learning site for students and educators.
Welcome to the Sheffield Hallam University Occupational Therapy practice based learning site for students and educators.
This site has been developed to provide easily accessible information about supervision, support, assessment and all the practice based learning placement processes for both students and educators.
It also gives information about the L'APPLE programme for practice educators.
Students are advised that they must follow their practice based learning provider's policies and guidelines at all times while on practice based learning.
Contacting the Occupational Therapy Team
If you need to contact a member of the Occupational Therapy Team, you can find email and telephone contact details here.
Support for Students on Practice Based Learning
BAME Networks and Freedom to Speak Up Contacts in the NHS
Please find information about how to contact NHS Trust Freedom to Speak Up Guardians and champions, and BAME, LGBTQ+, Dis/Ability networks in NHS settings here (PDF, 816.3KB).
The South Yorkshire ICB Health and Wellbeing Hub
The South Yorkshire ICB Health and Wellbeing Hub is provided by the ICB's mental health specialist partner Vivup and provides confidential fast track emotional and psychological support for healthcare workers.
Covid-19 Advice
Students are advised that they must follow their practice based learning provider's policies and guidelines at all times while on placement in relation to Covid processes and reporting. This includes adhering to your practice based learning provider's guidance on Covid testing, contact tracing and reporting, in addition to meticulous hand hygiene and use of PPE. Please be mindful of how your actions outside practice based learning could put yourself, your colleagues and service users at risk - use face coverings, maintain social distance and reduce contacts outside your household in accordance with current government advice.
If you attend your practice based learning while you have symptoms of covid-19 you will put service users/ clients/ patients and staff at risk of Covid-19 infection. Please read the requirements for safe practice and avoiding harm to service users/ clients/ patients in the professional codes of conduct and ethics for your future profession: Health and Care Professions Council (link to external website)
Students are advised that they must follow their practice based learning provider's policies and guidelines at all times while on placement in relation to Covid processes and reporting. This includes adhering to your practice based learning provider's guidance on Covid testing, contact tracing and reporting, in addition to meticulous hand hygiene and use of PPE.
Covid-19 Immunisations - Important advice for all students in relation to practice based learning learning
A significant number of our practice based learning providers expect their staff to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 and these practice based learning placements require all students who attend practice based learning in their organisation also to be fully vaccinated. Any delays in ensuring that you are fully vaccinated could prevent you from commencing a practice based learning placement.
Book your coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccination.
