Placement support

Placement support is provided by our Placement Support Team – Nursing, Midwifery, and Allied Health. They are there to plan and record your placements and offer advice, they also provide assistance to any of our placement providers.

The Placement Support Team (PLAST) supports placements across our School of Nursing and Midwifery and our School of Allied Health and Community.

For students

POW guidance and login information

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For placement areas

PEP guidance and login information

For University staff

Information for University staff supporting placement areas

About the team

The PLAST team works with placement partners to plan, arrange and record student placements across several different courses.

The team is based at the St John’s Campus. Opening hours are 9am to 4pm, Monday to Friday.

Students and staff: Please send all enquiries to our self service portal.
External partners: Please email plast@worc.ac.uk

Key contacts

Name	Role	Contact details
Sandra Ashford	Head of the Placement Support Team	s.ashford@worc.ac.uk
Becky Martin	Assistant Head of the Placement Support Team	r.martin@worc.ac.uk
Lou Brown	Senior Placement and Quality Co-ordinator	lou.brown@worc.ac.uk
Sarah Davis	Placement Co-ordinator	s.davis@worc.ac.uk
Maisie Farr	Senior Placement Co-ordinator	m.farr@worc.ac.uk
Debbie Guest	Senior Placement Co-ordinator	d.guest@worc.ac.uk
Ellie Nicklin	Placement Co-ordinator	e.nicklin@worc.ac.uk
Lara Luker	Placement Co-ordinator	l.luker@worc.ac.uk
Louise Robertson	Placement Co-ordinator	Louise.robertson2@worc.ac.uk
Hayley Sneddon	Senior Placement Co-ordinator	h.sneddon@worc.ac.uk
Janice Spikes	Placement administrator	j.spikes@worc.ac.uk

The MSc Physician Associate programme now sits within the Three Counties Medical School. Please send placement queries to physicianassociateplacements@worc.ac.uk.

Report a Concern

Placement staff or students with any concerns about a student’s welfare, standards of care or factors affecting learning during placement, can escalate concerns using our report a concern portal. If you are raising a concern, please be assured that we are committed to addressing all concerns in a respectful and professional manner. Commendations, compliments, and areas of good practice can also be reported via the tool. We welcome all positive feedback for our students that supports their professional development and standards of professional care.