This presentation examines key elements of a creative collaboration when a non-government organisation, ten schools and three universities come together to support refugee communities. In 2014, Access Community Services received funding to establish community hubs in two schools in Logan City. The hubs were focused on the needs of refugees and asylum seekers. Four years later, Access has ten hubs – five in Logan City and five in Ipswich City. From mid-2018 this equates to forty student placements in an academic year. Inclusion of placement students as integral part of hubs’ operation evolved from a process of working together to shape shared goals for good practice outcome and student learning. For students, the placements provide rich learning environments to understand macro issues associated with resettlement and refugee policy in Australia, develop community engagement and micro social work skills, and practice creatively in a context where schools, social work agencies and universities intersect. In re-thinking the role that universities’ field education programs play, an innovative approach to supervision was developed that emphasized relationships, support for the work of the hubs and place-based learning for students, universities and hubs. Key learnings and implications for universities engagement in this collaborative space will be presented.