Work placement in the field of health care and social services

Special considerations before training

Familiarize yourself with the instructions at your internship workplace.

With student health care (YTHS >) make sure you have basic vaccinations and an infectious disease screening done.

Familiarize yourself with the instructions at your internship workplace.

In case of blood exposure, please follow the instructions at your internship workplace and contact with FSHS. Make an insurance statement - see information below.

For information on student insurance coverage, see the Study Guide: Benefits and Subsidies: Insurances

Identity card

Obtain an ID card for the trainee, if required at your internship. Apply for an ID card in time before the internship. The delivery time of the card is about two weeks. Read more about Identity card for social services and health care students. 

Criminal record extract

Obtain a criminal record extract, if one is required for your job: see guidance Presenting the criminal records extract

Internships

Jobiili.fi: Internships can be found at Jobiili.fi. HAKA login with your Metropolia account.

Please ask for more information from your guidance staff or programme coordinator.

Work placement abroad

Work placement can also be completed abroad. If you are looking for placement opportunities offered by Metropolia partner universities, please follow the Student Exchange process and the internal application of Metropolia. Students may also find a placement independently through their own contacts or by active searching. In this case the degree programme must approve the placement, the content and goals of the exchange period. Placements are reviewed throughout the academic year, read more in the section Work Placement Abroad.

Note! DPSS students will find all the information regarding work placement tasks and reporting at Social Services Work Placement Abroad moodle space. Scroll down to the section, which applies to the work placement you are planning to undertake abroad and scroll through the instructions. Note! DPSS students should fill in  ahot-application after the placement for credit transfer.

Contact persons in the degree programmes:

• Nursing: Anna-Kaisa Partanen
• TOKASA (Nursing): Anna-Kaisa Partanen
• Social Services: Heli Määttänen
• Prosthetics and Orthotics: Toni Nisula
• Biomedical Laboratory Science: Elina Hotanen
• Physiotherapy: Leena Piironen
• Podiatry: Matti Kantola
• Optometry: Pia Mäkelä
• Osteopathy: Sandra Rinne
• Radiography and Radiotherapy: Ulla Nikupaavo
• Oral Hygiene: Ulla Marjosola