Work Experience
What is work experience?
- Work shadowing is an informal type of work experience where you observe someone in their role to understand how they do their job.
- This is usually short term– aimed at providing an insight rather than hands on experience.
Why do we provide work experience?
Going into a particular work environment to find out a little more about the profession you are interested in.
- Provide motivation for exams in the future
- May cause a change in your career path
- May help with applications to University (UCAS forms) / Jobs
The benefit of work experience
1. Raise pupils’ aspirations by
- Broadening individuals’ horizons
and increasing their knowledge and understanding of the available opportunities in employment.
2. Raise levels of motivation and achievement by:
- Promoting the development and self-esteem and self-confidence.
- Relating learning and curriculum content to future opportunities including the world of work.
- Helping pupils to develop skills associated with success in education, training and employment.
- Helping pupils to develop the skills and flexibility needed to manage changing career opportunities.
- Challenging occupational stereotypes.
- Explore options they may not have considered or had assumed would not be open to them.
When does it take place?
- 10th – 12th June 2019
What year group does it involve?
- Yr 13 – the main focus on work experience
- Yr14 – Generally placements for students who require experience for UCAS who have previously missed this in the past year
- Yr12 – some opportunities but there is an age restriction on many companies
What are the steps undertaken to secure a work experience?
- Introductory form and details confirmed / Parental Consent forms signed (one combined form) – To be returned to form teacher (or Mr Laird)
- Student phones placements (see list attached) Or school applies for specific areas (see attached sheet)
- Deadlines for work experience
- Hospital based workshops and work experience – Early September
- School applications (specific companies) – Before Halloween
- Pupil organised placements – Completed indemnity /insurance forms to be signed and returned late autumn term
The industries / organisations that help us provide this for our pupils?
The areas of careers used in the past include:
This only a guide and phone numbers and contact names will change through time
Below is a list of the general areas of work experienced in the past