ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the agendas and the resultant issues in fieldwork management, including the process by which students are placed in human services organisations; resourcing fieldwork; maintaining quality control; and balancing expectations for students' learning with expectations for service delivery. Fieldwork management issues are challenging because of the potential competing agendas of all parties involved-students, training bodies, human services organisations, field educators and accrediting bodies. Once the human services organisation and field educator have reached an agreement with the training body to provide fieldwork, it is important that both field educator and student have a say in the fieldwork allocation process. Clarifying the student's expectations of the fieldwork and the supervision process also indicates how their training body has prepared them for field education, giving the field educator an informed starting point. Students enter the course with expectations that influence their interest in, and attitude towards, the fieldwork experience.
