Part of the Swan Services Group
offering Placements & Training for a range of Healthcare Professionals
We work with Students, Universities and Private Organisations…
Facilitating Placement & Training opportunities in the Private Healthcare, Charity and Sport Sectors
Placements
School / College Level Placements
University Level Placements
(including self-source opportunities for students)
Training
We are proud to host a variety of international experts in their field to deliver specialised Training courses from our Clinic.
Click to see more about our Training Courses
Commercial Partnership
A proud commercial partner of Physio First
Physio First is an organisation of more than 2000 UK-wide physiotherapists in private practice – and we all work together for the good of self-employed private practitioners, those physiotherapists who work for them, and our patients.
Physio First has grown and adapted to meet the needs of our members in today’s fast-changing and often challenging healthcare marketplace.
PHYSIO FIRST EXISTS TO SUPPORT AND PROMOTE A COMMUNITY OF QUALITY PRIVATE PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
More about Physio First
Physio First Resources
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Cygnets Physio First Partner Referral Code: RAPCYG01
HEI / University Level Placements
Placement Facilitation & Opportunities
Alongside trusted Providers and Universities we offer a range of facilitation services to help everyone get the best outcomes from placement opportunities.
Taking the Headaches out of Placements
Having worked in Placement Facilitation for over a decade across multiple Universities and in a variety of Private and Public Sector organisations Carys and her team have supported 500+ students (successfully and unsuccessfully) through placements.
From this we have learnt ways to maximise the impact of student placements to the benefit of the provider, whilst offering a cost-effective and efficient model for Private Practices/ Charities / Sports Clubs to take students into their workplaces to benefit them and their service users as well as educate the next generation in skills they may not see in other sectors.
From any size of organisation we can adapt a model to suit everyone to provide a great learning opportunity for students, as well as an efficient way for educators to integrate having students into their day-to-day practice.
Expanding Placement Provision to non-NHS Sectors
Without Twisting anyone’s arm!
We all know for the future of Allied Health Professionals to be successful they need to be getting experience in a range of Sectors, and for future provision of University places approved by Professional bodies there needs to be enough Practice Placements to support student numbers.
Recruitment into different sectors on graduation can also be an issue – so via student placements providers may also be helping solve their own future recruitment issues.
Therefore, it is win-win for all parties to get placement provision expanded into non-NHS Sectors.
Payments for HEI Placements
A weekly charge for placements is made to the Student / University – we take a % of this as commission depending on the level of support needed for Placement Facilitation.
Allied Health Professions – HEE Funding via University
As Allied Health Profession placements come with HEE tariff funding the University is invoiced directly for the students on placement.
Below are the current rates for all Allied Health Professions (per student per week)*
£135.56
Non-Allied Health Professions – Funding via University / Student
Unfortunately HEE funding does not extend beyond Allied Health Professions currently, so placement funding will need to come from University budgets or Students directly.
However, to keep things fair, for any non-Allied Health Professions looking for Placement opportunities we will price match the HEE Tarriff rates in what we charge for taking the students.
E.g Sports Therapy = same weekly rate as Physiotherapy
In order for placements to be viable a minimum of 5 weeks funding is required. This also covers, for example the full 200 hours needed for Sport Therapy students (5.4 weeks of a 37.5 hour week = 202 hrs = £732.02)
Payment Schedule:
- 25% Up front to secure placement
- 50% Halfway through placement
- Full settlement on completion of placement
We appreciate this may incur a cost to the students directly, but have worked with several students and Universities in the past that feel the investment is very worthwhile for the experience they receive.
*subject to change – see HEE website for more information.
Our Commission Model
Cygnets Commission Levels
Initial Placement – 40%
- Addition of Placement Provider to “Cygnets Placement” Site
- Creation of Provider Specific Placement Site
- Advice over Bespoke model for Provider including papework:
- Honorary Contract
- Evidence Log
- Clinical Competency Checklist
- Other e.g. school/club safeguarding forms
- Plus all services covered in the Basic Level to support the first placement
Basic Level – 25%
- Set up of dedicated MS team for Students and Educators to communicate via and complete necessary documentation
- Liaison with University over offers and allocations of Student numbers
- Timetabling in association with the Educators to find Bespoke weekly structure that suits for placement duration
- Support with completing CPAF or similar Assessment Paperwork, getting the assessment paperwork uploaded to reduce time spent by the educator doing this*
- Assistance in dealing with University / Organisational procedures should there be an issue with a student on placement
*we are not the educator so do not mark the students but can be on hand to answer queries about the paperwork and make sure feedback is in the correct Learning Domain, etc.
Additional Support – tbc %
% Tariff Funding depending on how much time needed throughout placement:
- Clinical Cover (either Carys or via her network of associates depending on speciality/need) for Annual Leave, or if in an organisation where no Allied Health Professional present to prevent barrier to taking students
- Project Work Facilitation – Check ins remotely with students to offload educators
- Anatomy/ Physiology and Basic Clinical Skills remote and F2F training opportunities with network of other peers on placement and associate network
- Other as agreed
Paperwork
We obviously also have contractual documents to ensure confidentiality, professionalism and clear terms for this work for all parties concerned.
Our background paperwork also allows for time efficient student feedback and all of the other paperwork involved in student placements.
Self Source Options
Are you a student that knows where they want to go on a Placement but the Provider is unsure about if they can support you?
Or do you know what type of Placement you want to do, but you are struggling to find where you can do it?
We can Help!
Complete our Expression of Interest Form and we will be in touch with how we may be able to help.
Want to teach?
We are always on the lookout for more Practitioners to join us as Associate Educators.
Please email carys@cygnetspat.co.uk if you are interested.
You do not have to be able to take a student full time to be able to be an educator. Email us so we can get a call booked to discuss further.
