Student Placements

Expectations / Student Role

This placement is ideal for a Social Service Worker student.

Help co-facilitate presentations, community engagement activities, education and awareness, supporting and fostering relationships with the community.

The student would be reporting to the Community Engagement Lead and working closely to promote TCCS in the community.

Expectations / Student Role

Currently completing a post-secondary degree or certification in Accounting/Finance/Business. Proficiency working with spreadsheets and Microsoft Excel would be an asset. High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.

This placement would be hybrid, working at 700 Lawrence and remotely.

Expectations / Student Role

Marketing and advertising skills would be an asset. The student will support workshop/course development and material development for workshops. Public health, marketing and sales will be an emphasis in this role.

This placement would be hybrid, working at 700 Lawrence, in the community and remotely.

Expectations / Student Role

This placement is for a Masters of Social Work student.

The student will be provided experience to learn within a multi-disciplinary team to work closely with clients and families that are experiencing a first episode of psychosis. Our MSW’s provide individual resiliency training and intensive case management, as well as planning, facilitating and evaluating virtual and online groups and social recreation events.

This placement would be hybrid, working at 700 Lawrence, in the community and remotely.

Expectations / Student Role

The Philanthropy Placement Student would support key administrative functions with CMHA Toronto’s growing Philanthropy Department. Working with the Chief Philanthropy Officer, Manager of Fundraising and Events and Philanthropy Coordinator, the placement would advance philanthropy priorities though conducting prospect research, creating donor briefs, conducting outreach to community to garner new support and steward existing donors, and supporting community-based fundraising as needed.

Looking for a student with a background in any of the following: administration, fundraising, communications/marketing, community engagement would be an asset. The ideal candidate would be someone who is comfortable making calls (supported with key messaging/scripts) and with good communications skills.

This placement would be virtual.

Expectations / Student Role

Currently completing a post-secondary education in Paralegal or Court & Tribunal Agent. Familiarity with the Residential Tenancy Act would be an asset. Excellent organizational, problem-solving and consensus building skills.

This placement would be hybrid involving some work in-person.

Expectations / Student Role

The ideal candidate would support all of our internal and external communication – they can expect to gain meaningful skills as they contribute to our newsletter, website, intranet and support communication priorities across CMHA Toronto.

This placement would be virtual.

Expectations / Student Role

This placement is for a student currently completing a degree/diploma in Human Resources or Business Administration. The People & Culture placement student will assist with full-cycle recruitment processes, the interpretation of HR policies & procedures, and provide additional clerical/administrative support as needed. Prior knowledge of Microsoft Office applications is required.

This placement would be mostly virtual, with occasional office work required.

Expectations / Student Role

The student will be provided experience to learn within a multi-disciplinary team to work closely with clients who are looking for structured psychotherapy or are enrolled in one of our structured therapy groups. This team works with both justice and non-justice clients. Our MSW and RP therapists use various therapeutic modalities including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), CBT-p, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), among others, and work from a Trauma Informed lens.  

This placement would be hybrid, working out of the office, the community, and virtually.