Social Work Practicum

Practicum Opportunity:

We are excited to announce that we provide virtual social work practicum in Edmonton for Canadian social work students. However, our Summer 2025, Fall, 2025, & Winter 2026 slots are full.

Company Overview:

Evaspare Inc. is a for-profit agency located in Edmonton, Alberta and provides coaching and consulting to therapists and counsellors starting, growing, and scaling private practices. As a for-profit organization, we focus on business and practice development.

Practicum Details:

This placement is:

• An administrative and non-clinical placement in a for-profit agency.
• Social work practicum in Edmonton but are 100% virtual placement, allowing you to work from home, with flexible hours. Note: supervision with practicum supervisor will occur between 9:30am-3:30pm MST from Monday to Friday.
• Supervision will be conducted through video platforms such as Jane App and/or Zoom.
• Practicum supervised by Kayla Das (B.Rec., BSW, MSW, RSW) in Edmonton, Alberta.

Tasks may include but not limited to:

This practicum is a macro-level placement focuses on:

• Development of leadership, management, and business development skills
• Identification of policy & regulatory requirements and application for therapists and counsellors in private practice.
• Article and script writing for the distribution of content on our website articles or podcasts: Designer Practice Podcast, or Your Clinical Supervisor’s Couch podcast for the purpose of educating, supporting, and/or skill building for therapists and counsellors.
• Research gaps in services for therapists and counsellors at any stage of their career (i.e. pre-university, university, and post-university experience)
• Program development informed by research to help narrow gaps for our clients (therapists and counsellors)
• Advocacy on a macro-level for therapists and counsellors
• Development of partnerships with external individuals, companies or officials.
• Collaborating, coordinating, and/or working on projects with supervisor, team members, or other students.

Qualifications:

• Practicum is open to Canadian diploma, bachelor, and/or master level social work students.
• We may accept Canadian social work students who are completing their program from an out-of-country university.
• We may also supervise practicum students in other university programs, providing that the program requirements, student’s learning goals, and our agency roles align.

Personal Qualities, Skills and Equipment:

• Organizational skills
• Independent and out-of-the-box thinker
• Self-starter
• Must have access to own laptop or desktop with audio, video and microphone capabilities.

Suitability:

This placement is ideal for social work students who:

• Have a goal to one day open their own private practice, and/or
• Prefer an online practicum placement with flexible hours.

Contact Information:

If you’re interested in a practicum placement at Evaspare Inc., please email Kayla Das at [email protected] indicating your interest by submitting a resume. Kindly include the semester you are seeking a placement for, as well as your expected start and end dates. Then, we’ll set up a meet-and-greet to discuss your practicum learnings goals to ensure that our agency can fulfill those goals.

To learn more about what we do, check out our websites at kayladas.com & canadianclinicalsupervision.ca

Disclaimer

Please note that securing a placement with our agency is dependent on an interview to determine fit, and your university’s agreement to a virtual placement with our organization.