Work experience is always viewed favourably by employers and can help you decide what sort of work you want to do in the future. The work experience can be from as little as two hours a week to a couple of days a week depending on the needs of student and the employer.
The Work Experience Team tailor a bespoke plan to enable the learners to follow their chosen pathway.
We have long-standing experience of working with a wide range of local employers across retail, hospitality, catering, horticulture, customer service and media. E.g. shop assistant, waitress, kitchen work, gardening assistant at golf course, receptionist, motor mechanic to name but a few.
We work with local employers to source the most suitable form of engagement to meet our learner’s needs. This can be through work experience, Supported Internships and extended work placements.
Where appropriate, learners can undertake internal work placements within our retail facilities, horticulture glasshouse, garden maintenance, small animal unit, ICT department, café and kitchen and dining room.
Work Experience placements can be accessed for 6 weeks (term by term) or over several months. Our dedicated work experience support team work alongside the learner and the employer throughout the work placement. We complete risk assessments for every placement and provide the employers with any training to support the learners, e.g. medical.
We support learners to develop life skills such as travel training to and from their work placement – this is integral to their education and career development.