ABSTRACT
COVID-19 had an immediate impact on students undertaking professional placements. From this crisis came opportunities and challenges forcing the creation of new scenarios to enable students to achieve competencies and complete placements. Social work professional bodies responded flexibly supporting field education innovations. Using examples from four universities, located in Australia, New Zealand and the United States, this chapter discusses the impact on students and new practices arising from crisis. A key issue remains in how the profession can take lessons learned from this pandemic to preparedness planning with governments, educational institutions and agencies in readiness for the next health emergency.
