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THE WEST LONDON GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 The DFN Project SEARCH Interns and their supporting managers at Northwick Park Hospital
WEST LONDON ELIGIBILITY & APPLICATIONS
INTRODUCTION
West London Boroughs are proud to Supported Internships in West London Supported Internships are open to all Shortlisted applicants will be invited to
work with many employers and education have a track-record of great success in applicants with moderate learning disabilities attend a skills and capabilities assessment
providers in West London to facilitate and enabling young people with learning (MLD) who are aged between 18 and 24 day (usually held between February
support the establishment and development disabilities to gain direct work training on 31 August 2020 (some take applicants and May) where they will take part in a
of supported internships and supported within top businesses, hotels, hospitals at 17) and who are keen to be offered paid short informal interview and be asked to
employment initiatives. Over 300 young and other organisations leading directly to employment (not necessarily at the host participate in some given tasks. Successful
people with learning disabilities are currently employment. They are part of an expanding business or organisation) at the end of the applicants will be enrolled as students
undertaking these programmes in London number of initiatives for supported programme. Applicants must be able to at a Further Education College at the
every year, with an average employment employment being organised and facilitated commit to the full length of the programme start of the autumn term (except for
achievement rate of over 60%. The details by the West London Alliance in partnership (10 months) and attend 5 days a week (with those internships where a school or other
of 27 of these programmes are contained in with major third-sector organisations, holidays). A full list of eligibility criteria and organisation is indicated as the education
this booklet. further education colleges, local councils the application process for each internship partner), while the internship itself takes
and experienced supported employment are available from the contact names listed place on the premises of the host business
Supported Internships are designed to advisors and partners. with each programme. or organisation.
develop transferable skills, knowledge
and attitudes in preparation for paid Feedback from host businesses in West All applicants for a DFN Project SEARCH Parents and carers are asked to supply any
employment. Through training and direct London has been extremely positive. Public Supported Internship must either have an necessary information regarding allergies
work experience young people will develop Health England report that: “Our supported Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) in the applications as the interns are likely
employability skills, self-confidence, job- interns have been remarkable. They bring provided through their Local Authority to be working with food and cleaning
specific skills and Maths, English and ICT incredible benefits to the organisation and or be in the process of obtaining one. products during their rotations. Parents and
skills whilst working alongside employees in we’re always telling other employers about Applicants must also be capable of travelling carers are also expected to actively support
a real employment setting. how good Supported Internships and DFN independently to and from their places of and assist their young people during their
Project SEARCH are – it’s one of the most training and home, or be willing to be trained internships and their preparations and plans
Classroom-based learning at the workplace important things we do as an organisation”. to do so. for employment.
enables interns to try out different work
roles, supported by a tutor and job coaches. The CEO of London North West University The Further Education Colleges and
During the internships, the young people Healthcare NHS Trust, Dame Jacqueline Schools will hold open days or open
will undertake employment planning and Docherty, said “Our interns are truely evenings about the Supported Internship(s)
job application exercises designed to put as welcome at the Trust. Our hospital managers they offer, usually between December and
many of them as possible in a position to and mentors are proud of the contribution March, to enable young people and their
move directly into paid employment. made by the interns, who are impressively families to gain a better understanding of
motivated. They have really bought into the the opportunities they can offer. The open
Health Education England has been a key NHS Trust’s Values and Standards.” events are also a chance for interested
supporter and sponsor of our programmes students and their families to ask questions
and we express our grateful thanks to them. and to submit application forms.
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Interested applicants should contact West London Application forms should be requested from
College for an application pack for 2020/21 and details Supported Learning Department, DFN Project
of the Open Evening and a Skills and Assessment day. SEARCH, West Thames College, London Road,
Ideally they should have an interest in the hospitality Isleworth TW7 4HS and submitted by early April.
industry or some experience of the sector. Interns will
be based at the hotel during term time throughout the
LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT academic year.
TERMINAL 5
HILTON TERMINAL 5 GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)
The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at the Hilton London Heathrow The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at GSK Headquarters
Airport Terminal 5
ADDRESS The Hilton Hotel Terminal 5 is a top-quality airport ADDRESS Key vocational skills and work experience
Hilton London Heathrow Terminal 5, hotel offering a wide range of work experience GSK House, 980 Great West Road, opportunities offered at GSK include:
Poyle Road, Colnbrook SL3 0FF and training opportunities for young people with Brentford TW8 9GS
learning disabilities through supported internship • Office Administration managing data and
CONTACT rotations which cover many internal hotel CONTACT booking meeting rooms
Angie Hincks operations and customer-facing services. Lorna Misra • Catering Assistant till work in the restaurant
Hammersmith & Fulham College 07506 195 863 and Deli, and shelf stocking
a.hincks@wlc.ac.uk Key vocational skills and work experience Lorna.j.misra@gsk.com • Barista making coffees, serving customers, and
opportunities offered at the hotel include: till work
Steve Poole FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER • Grounds Maintenance mowing, raking and
Ealing Mencap • Food and Beverage working in the restaurant, West Thames College pruning
steve.poole@ealingmencap.org.uk serving food to guests and clearing tables • Bike Shop and Workshop cleaning bikes,
• Kitchen preparing food and re-stocking SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER making repairs, assisting in the shop
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER breakfast options Springboard UK • Reception customer service, logging faults,
West London College • Housekeeping cleaning public areas and room checks and using booking systems
bedrooms, linen separation SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Hospitality laying out food for meetings,
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER • Back of House helping with deliveries and stock Hounslow Council washing up and stock control
Ealing Mencap storage, supporting staff restaurant • Audio Visual laying out rooms for conferences,
• Concierge greeting guests, giving hotel PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 setting up a/v equipment, providing technical
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY information and luggage porter duties support
Slough Borough Council • Meeting and Events assisting set up of events, DATE September 2020 to July 2021 • Housekeeping restocking, cleaning vending
serving food to event clients at breaks and areas and lift lobbies
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 servicing meeting rooms GSK pioneered Supported Internships in West • Security Checking visitors booking list,
• Maintenance general hotel maintenance and London with Project SEARCH and has successfully patrolling the building, directing visitors
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 painting enabled many interns to graduate to paid and deliveries
employment since 2012. Based at GSK’s Global • Fitness Centre greeting customers,sorting and
Headquarters building in Brentford, the rotation tidying, taking bookings, and paperwork
opportunities include work experience and training • Mailroom and Loading Bay sorting post, coding
in a wide variety of administrative and service letters to room numbers, delivering parcels,
roles. sorting stationery cupboard and receiving
goods-in
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Project Choice
WEST LONDON NHS TRUST CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL
Project Choice Supported Internship The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Charing Cross Hospital
ADDRESS This is a new internship and expressions of interest ADDRESS Key vocational skills and work experience
Trust Headquarters, 1 Armstrong Way, Southall, should be made to Lindsay Mc Cafferty. Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, opportunities offered at the hospital include:
Middlesex UB2 4SD Hammersmith, London W6 8RF
The Trust will host an Open Day and Evening Event • Theatre Health Care Assistant cleaning medical
CONTACT for students and their families to visit the Trust and CONTACT sets and scanning equipment in and out of
Lindsay McCafferty meet mentors in early 2020. This will be followed by Jasmine Giles theatres
07864 973 346 a recruitment day where potential candidates will (On-site Lecturer, Charing Cross Hospital) • Administration Assistant data inputting, filing
Lindsay.mccafferty@westlondon.nhs.uk be invited to interview and to undertake some basic 07860 754 014 and booking appointments for patients
skills based tasks. jasmine.giles@cnwl.ac.uk • Domestics Operative following infection control
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PROVIDER procedures to maintain cleanliness on the wards
Health Education England, Project Choice Key vocational skills and work experience FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER • Ward Host taking food orders and serving
opportunities offered at the trust include: College of North West London patients
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Back of House Operative packing food for
Ealing Council • Learning and Knowledge Assistant meeting SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS patients and stock rotation
and greeting customers, taking photos to produce Action on Disability and Kaleidoscope – Sabre • Pathology – Call Centre delivering results to
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 ID badges and Data Entry of training attendance professionals via fax, telephone and email
• Library Support work with our Librarian to SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Porter transporting patients, operating lifts and
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 ensure the space is tidy, well organised by Brent Council accepting jobs on the intercom
checking shelves. Also providing good customer • Post Room Assistant sorting and delivering post
West London NHS Trust are one of the most service to our customers PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 around the hospital
diverse Trusts in London and pride ourselves on • Administration Support Worker providing basic • Store Person managing the stock rooms
being an inclusive employer offering a wide range typing, shredding, sending emails DATE September 2020 to July 2021 on the wards
of employment opportunities. We provide both • Payroll Administrator data inputting, telephone
physical and mental healthcare to the boroughs of skills, sorting post The Supported Internship at this world-famous
Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow. • Receptionist customer service, booking rooms, general teaching hospital provides a wide variety
giving out parking permits, setting up rooms of training and work experience in clinical,
We have been offering work experience to students • Finance Administrator data entry, working in a administrative and facilities management
from Belvue College for over a year and have in team, filing, post, photocopying departments working with the NHS Trust and its
place excellent support for students. • Recruitment Admin Support supporting our partner Sodexo.
recruitment team with the administration of
new employees Candidates should be capable of travelling
• Single Point of Access Call Centre Supports independently, or be prepared to undergo
supporting using the telephone, photocopying, training to manage their journey to the hopsital
shredding and scanning, meeting visitors independently.
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L’Oréal and Hammersmith & Fulham Council will
hold an Open Day. If you would like to attend
please contact Angie Hincks at West London College
for details (email below).
L’ORÉAL & HAMMERSMITH & FULHAM COUNCIL
The Supported Internships at L’Oréal and Hammersmith & Fulham Council Key vocational skills and work experience opportunities offered at L’Oréal, Hammersmith & Fulham
Council and other organisations within the Borough are listed below:
ADDRESSES ENTRY CRITERIA Interns must: Roles at L’Oréal include: Roles at Chelsea Football Club include:
L’Oréal, 255 Hammersmith Road, • Be aged between 17-24 on 31st August 2020 • Post Room delivering parcels, franking post, • Assisting with training courses including
London W6 8AZ and eligible to work in the UK data inputting and room set up hospitality, stewarding and catering
• Have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan • Reception meet and greet
Hammersmith & Fulham Council, • Be enthusiastic about the world of work, • In the Academy assisting hairdressers in training Roles at Nando’s include:
3 Shortlands, Hammersmith W6 8DA employment being the main focus and aspiring • Catering at L’Oréal Café stocking the fridges, • Using the till greeting and seating customers
and other sites within the Borough to secure competitive employment cleaning, serving food, making teas and coffees, • Serving food and also working in the kitchen
• Have their Parents or Carers sharing in the and using the till
CONTACT aspiration for employment and helping to give Roles at Cambridge School in Shepherd’s Bush
Angie Hincks (Supported Internship support Roles at Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s include:
Coordinator, West London College) • Be able to commit to the full length of the offices include: • Admin filing documents, greeting visitors and
a.hincks@wlc.ac.uk programmes (September 2020 – June 2021) and • Post Room sorting and delivering the post assisting with signing in/out
work 5 days a week (with holidays) • Registrars prepare a range of different official • Site Maintenance gardening support, keeping
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER • Be willing to learn to travel independently or documents the school grounds safe for children
West London College be supported to do so • Facilities learning how the Council’s offices are • Classroom & Sports/PE Assistant support
• Have a positive attitude to gaining new skills kept clean and safe enabling learning in the classroom
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER and receiving instruction and follow the host • SEND Department assisting with meeting • Kitchen & Classroom Assistant work serving
Action on Disability organisation’s rules of conduct and presentation notes, scanning and photocopying food, cleaning and tidying eating areas
• Working with St. Quintin’s learning how to
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY APPLICATIONS set up a range of activities for children with Roles at The Haven Care Centre include:
Hammersmith & Fulham Council All applicants will be short listed and then invited disabilities • Kitchen and housekeeping helping prepare hot
to attend a skills and assessment day where they lunches, cleaning, hoovering and laundry
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 will take part in a short informal interview with host Roles at Hammersmith Library include:
organisations (see opposite) and will be asked to • Archiving documents and supporting Roles at the Stephen Wiltshire Centre include:
DATE September 2020 to June 2021 participate in some given tasks. customers to print and scan • Admin assisting with signing in and out and
• Library Services shelving books, despatching general admin
Successful applicants will be enrolled as students and returning books
at West London College at the start of the term in • School Sessions Roles at Jack Tizard School in Shepherd’s Bush
September 2020. include:
Roles at Endemol Shine include: • Classroom assistance supporting children at
If you would like an information pack or any further • Administration searching credits on Reality lunchtimes and playtimes and helping on
information please contact: Angie Hincks, Supported TV programmes, filing and data entry school trips
Internship Coordinator at West London College
email a.hincks@wlc.ac.uk
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Completed application forms should be requested
from and submitted by early April 2020 to the
Supported Learning Department, DFN Project
SEARCH, West Thames College, London Road,
Isleworth TW7 4HS.
WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HOUNSLOW COUNCIL
The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at West Middlesex The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Hounslow Council
University Hospital
ADDRESS We apply a specialist, autism-friendly approach to ADDRESS Key vocational skills and work experience
Twickenham Road, Isleworth TW7 6AF support our interns on site, though we are open London Borough of Hounslow, opportunities offered at Hounslow Council include:
to working with young people with other special Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road,
CONTACTS educational needs. Hounslow TW3 3EB • Office Administration data entry, scanning
Neeta Singh documents
projectsearch@queensmill.lbhf.sch.uk Application forms may be requested by emailing CONTACT • Cafe working in the coffee shop, serving
projectsearch@queensmill.lbhf.sch.uk Nicky Bitar (Business Liaison) customers
Oscar Suarez Milian 020 8583 6144 • Facilities Management portering, issuing
Osuarezmilan.205@lgflmail.org Key vocational skills and work experience nicky.bitar@hounslow.gov.uk ID badges, security
opportunities offered at the hospital include: • Emergency Planning administration duties
EDUCATION PARTNER FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER • Reception customer service, using booking
Queensmill School • Health Records picking and filing health records West Thames College systems, signposting customers
• Catering Stores picking and packing meals and • WorkSmart monitoring room bookings,
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY delivering to wards SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER checking audio equipment, reporting faults
Hammersmith & Fulham Council • Finance assisting finance team with DB capture Springboard UK • Library Assistant customer service, stocking
and scanning shelves, dealing with queries
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 8 • Ward Host taking patient orders and SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Care Work supporting disabled residents in the
serving meals Hounslow Council day centre and community
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 • Waste Management removing litter from wards
and recycling PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12
West Middlesex University Hospital, part of the • Restaurant Assistant clearing tables and trays,
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation restocking, recycling DATE September 2020 to July 2021
Trust, has partnered with Queensmill School, an • Laundry delivering and collecting scrubs and
autism-specific provision, to give young people with linens to and from wards The vision for future local government in
autism and learning difficulties an opportunity to • Ward Reception administration, filing records, Hounslow is as a community leader, not simply
develop their skills within a real work environment photocopying, data entry a provider of services. It will continue to be an
as well as work towards an ASDAN award in enabling Council, working in partnership with the
employibility. Application forms may be requested local community, voluntary and statutory agencies,
by emailing projectsearch@queensmill.lbhf.sch.uk and the private sector to maximise social and
economic development in the borough.
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Applications are welcome up to July 2020. Open Days Applications are welcome up to July 2020. Open Days
will be held from January 2020 through to June with will be held from January 2020 through to June with
information on the skills and interview days given at information on the skills and interview days given at
the Open Days. the Open Days.
PAVILIONS SUPPORTED INTERNSHIP HARROW RETAIL
The Supported Internship based at the Pavilions, Uxbridge Supported Internship
ADDRESS When requesting an application pack, interested ADDRESS This supported internship is for young people
18 Chequers Square, Uxbridge UB8 1LN and partly young people will be informed of dates of Pavilions Harrow Youth Stop, The Twenty One Building, interested in working in a retail environment. When
at Uxbridge Library, 13-14 High Street, UB8 1HD Supported Internship Open Days when they can Ground Floor, 21 Pinner Road, Harrow HA1 4ES requesting an application pack, interested young
visit the Pavilions Centre meet the team, and people will be informed of the dates of the Open
CONTACT find out more about this exciting retail supported CONTACTS Days when they can visit the Harrow retail centres,
Stella Pakapouka internship. The Pavilions Supported Internship is a Saimmah Ali 07714 736 748 meet the team and find out more information
07795 684 809 Stella.Pakapouka1@prospects.co.uk retail supported internship based 5 days a week at Saimmah.ali@prospects.co.uk about this exciting retail supported internship.
the Pavilions Shopping Centre in Uxbridge. Young
EDUCATION PARTNER people wishing to apply will need to attend an Elizabeth Ajewole 07920 273 586 For young people interested in applying for this
Ixion Holdings (Apprenticeship and training Open Day, complete the application form found in Elizabeth.ajewole@prospects.co.uk Internship please request by email the Harrow
provider, part of the Shaw Trust Group) the application and send it to Elizabeth Ajewole at: Retail application pack from supportedinternship-
supportedinternship-london@prospects.co.uk EDUCATION PARTNER london@prospects.co.uk or call Elizabeth Ajewole:
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER Young people who apply will be invited for an Ixion Holdings (Apprenticeship and training 07920 273 586/Saimmah Ali 07714 736 748. Key
Prospects Services (part of the Shaw Trust Group). interview to discuss the internship with the Pavilions provider, part of the Shaw Trust Group) vocational skills and work experience opportunities
Application pending for registration and listing as team. Parents can attend the Open Day and come offered at this internship include:
an SPI under Section 41 of the Children and on the interview day. This is an exciting opportunity SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER
Families Act 2014. giving interns the opportunity to learn about the Prospects Services (part of the Shaw Trust Group). • Customer Service responding to customer
different roles in the retail environment and gain the Application pending for registration and listing as retail enquiries, taking payments and operating
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY skills to obtain work in retail or related work. an SPI under Section 41 of the Children and the till, checking and replacing shop stock
Hillingdon Council Families Act 2014. • Business Admin office-based tasks, sending
• Customer Service responding to customer retail emails, responding to telephone queries, checking
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 enquiries, taking payments and operating the till, SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY orders and monitoring shop product lines
checking and replacing shop stock Harrow Council • Warehouse stock control, processing deliveries
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 • Business Admin office-based tasks, sending of stock, placing orders, replacing products on the
emails, responding to telephone queries, checking PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 shop floor
ACCEPTANCE AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA orders and monitoring shop product lines • Hospitality making and serving hot and cold
EHCP is required. Age group 18-24 • Warehouse stock control, processing deliveries DATE September 2020 to July 2021 drinks, preparing sandwiches and other cold
of stock, placing orders, replacing products on the foods, taking payments and operating the till,
For young people interested in applying for the shop floor ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA cleaning customer areas and washing up and
Pavilions Supported Internship, the application • Hospitality making and serving hot and cold An EHCP is required. Age group 18-24. Travel tidying kitchen space
process will involve the following steps. Please drinks, preparing sandwiches and other cold training can be provided to enable individual • Maintenance repair and maintenance of
request by email the Pavilions application pack foods, taking payments and operating the till, travelling to and from home and the Harrow equipment in a retail centre, ensuring equipment
from supportedinternship-london@prospects.co.uk cleaning customer areas and washing up and Shopping Centres. in the centre is in good working order
or call Elizabeth Ajewole on 07920 273 586. tidying kitchen space
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For more information and to register your interest
please contact Tafina Davidson at Harrow College or
Suba Dickerson at sdickerson@uxbridgecollege.ac.uk
NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON & CHELSEA
The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Northwick Park Hospital RBKC Supported Internship programme
ADDRESS • Admin Assistant working in a variety of ADDRESS Roles at Kensington Town Hall include:
Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, departments tasks include data inputting, filing Based at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, • Post Room delivering parcels, franking post,
Harrow HA1 3UJ and scanning, photocopying, answering the Kensington, London W8 7NX data inputting and room set up
telephone, booking patient appointments and • Customer Service greeting and supporting
CONTACT general admin duties CONTACTS residents of the borough
Tafina Davidson (Tutor) • Restaurant Operative restocking of food items, Angie Hincks • Catering stock replenishment
tsimon@hcuc.harrow.ac.uk clearing and cleaning tables, refilling paper towels, a.hincks@wlc.ac.uk • Administration & IT in various offices
sweeping and mopping, restocking cutlery and within RBKC
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER serving customers Rachel Edwards
Harrow College • At Subway kitchen portering, cleaning utensils, rachel.edwards@rbkc.gov.uk Roles at Nando’s include:
preparing food for customers, maintaining a clean • Server taking orders and serving
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS environment, serving customers FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER • Cleaning & Preparation prepping and cleaning
Kaleidoscope-Sabre • Medical Library conduct functional checks on West London College customer and staff areas
medical devices, clean and sterilise, configure • Cashier taking customers orders and handling
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY data displays on the machines, book and collect SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER payments
Harrow Council faulty instruments and send off for repair Action on Disibility
• Housekeeping control of stock, replenishing, Roles at the Design Museum include:
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 medical equipment supply, collecting deliveries PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 • Hosting welcoming visitors and issuing
and transferring goods to wards tickets
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 • Domestic Stores Person picking & packing DATE September 2020 to July 2021
domestic stock for wards. Packing cages and
Northwick Park Hospital is part of London North delivering stock around the hospital. Keeping the ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
West University Healthcare NHS Trust, one of stockroom tidy and helping with regular stock Aged 17-24. EHC plan and eligible to work in the
the largest integrated healthcare trusts in the takes UK. Working around Entry 1 to Level 1 English
country. Key vocational skills and work experience • Ward Host taking food orders, preparing patient and maths. Capable of travelling independently
opportunities here are: meals, making tea and coffee, following food to their workplace (with travel training). Real
safety procedures, cleaning the ward kitchen and aspirations to progress into paid employment
Health Care Assistant Roles these roles are on liaising with patient dining staff (and this is a realistic outcome after the 10 month
wards and in various clinics in the hospital, including • Patient Dining Operative picking and packing programme). Able to commit to the full length of
the Moorfields Eye Centre here. HCAs support food orders for patient meals, stock rotation, the programme (September 2020 – June 2021),
clinical staff to carry out patient observations and matching food order paperwork to deliveries and to demonstrate a positive attitude to gaining
checks such as for blood pressure and temperature. • Porter transporting patients, accepting jobs on new skills, receiving instructions, and following
They also attend to personal care needs of patients the radio and via written request forms, moving host organisations’ rules.
equipment
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For young people interested in applying for the An Open day will be held at Westminster City Hall.
Copthorne Supported Internship, the application For further information please contact Phil Bunce
process will involve the following steps. Please phone or Rachel Edwards.
or request by email the Copthorne application pack
from: supportedinternship-london@prospects.co.uk.
Or call: Saimmah Ali 07714 736 748.
COPTHORNE TARA HOTEL WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL
Supported Internship Westminster City Council’s Supported Internship with City of
Westminster College
ADDRESS This is an exciting opportunity to learn about the ADDRESS A wide range of training opportunities will be
Scarsdale Place, Kensington, London, W8 5SR different roles in the hospitality environment and Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, available through Westminster City Council,
gain the skills to obtain work in hospitality or London SW1E 6QP providing a broad range of experience for interns.
CONTACTS related work. Young people wishing to apply will Examples of rotations are:
Fitzroy Lewinson (Tutor) 07776 041 629 need to attend an open day and complete the CONTACTS
Fitzroy.Lewinson@prospects.co.uk application form found in the application pack, Phil Bunce • Administration (Licensing, Economy,
obtainable at the open day. philip.bunce@cwc.ac.uk National Portrait Gallery)
Elena Dragonova (Job Coach) 07584 205 020 • Facilities Management meeting room set up
Elena.Draganova@prospects.co.uk Young people who apply will be invited to attend Rachel Edwards • ICT archiving
a skills day and interview to discuss the internship rachel.edwards@rbkc.gov.uk • Catering (The Camden Society Unity Kitchen,
EDUCATION PARTNER with the Copthorne team. Parents can attend the Elior canteen, Planet Organic central kitchen)
Ixion Holdings (Apprenticeship and training provider, Open Day and come on the skills/interview day. FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER • Planet Organic Retail tills, deliveries, stock
part of the Shaw Trust Group) City of Westminster College replenishment, online shopping orders
• Concierge (Front of House) responding to • Deliveries (GEM Building Services)
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER guest enquiries, taking luggage and guests who SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER • Horticulture Natural History Museum Urban
Prospects Services (part of the Shaw Trust Group). are checking in or out, supporting the successful Westminster Employment Garden
Application pending for registration and listing as running of the reception area • Front of House Events (Economy events/
an SPI under Section 41 of the Children and Families • Housekeeping preparing rooms for guests, SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY schools, Lord Mayor’s Parlour)
Act 2014. cleaning the public areas – brasserie and breakfast Westminster City Council
rooms including hoovering and cleaning
LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITIES • Warehouse Stock Control processing deliveries PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12
City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of of stock, placing orders, replacing products on the
Kensington and Chelsea shop floor DATE September 2020 to July 2021
• Kitchen preparing food, cutting, chopping fruit
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 for 2020/21 and vegetables; setting up and clearing of food ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
courts, preparing cold meals such as salads, fruit Aged 16-24. EHC plan. Working around Entry
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA cocktails for serving; cleaning cutlery and floors; 1 to Level 1 English and maths. Capable of
An EHCP is required. Age group 18-24. Travel making and serving hot and cold drinks, preparing travelling independently to their workplace (with
training can be provided to enable individual sandwiches and other cold foods Travel Training). Aspirations to progress into paid
travelling to and from the hotel. • Maintenance repair and maintenance of employment.
equipment in the guest rooms and around the
The Copthorne Tara Supported Internship is a hotel, ensuring equipment in the hotel is in good
hospitality supported internship based 5 days a working order including plumbing, painting and
week at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington. decorating, simple electrical tasks
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Open Evenings for young people, parents and
carers to learn more about the Supported
Internship at the Marriott will be held at
the Hotel.
MARRIOTT
L O N D O N H E AT H R O W
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND MARRIOTT HOTEL
The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Public Health England The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at the Marriott London
(PHE) Colindale Heathrow hotel
ADDRESS Their main laboratories and offices at Colindale ADDRESS The London Heathrow Marriott Hotel is a top-
Public Health England, 61 Colindale Avenue, offer significant work training opportunities Bath Road, Harlington, Hayes UB3 5AN quality airport hotel offering a wide range of work
London NW9 5EQ in laboratory and facilities management experience and training opportunities for young
environments. CONTACT people with learning disabilities covering many
CONTACT Andy Bunker (Assistant Head) internal hotel operations and customer-facing
SEN@barnetsouthgate.ac.uk Key vocational skills and work experience Meadow High School, Hillingdon services.
opportunities offered at the laboratories and abunker@meadowhighschool.org
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER offices include: Key vocational skills and work experience
Barnet and Southgate College EDUCATION PARTNER opportunities offered at the hotel include:
• Glass Preparation assisting in the washing and Meadow High School 01895 443 310
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER sterilisation of glassware for laboratory use • Engineering Daily site patrols and basic
The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation • Laboratory Support ensuring laboratory SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS maintenance tasks
equipment is calibrated Education Development Trust and Prospects • Housekeeping porterage, cleaning bedrooms
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Audio Visual providing support to the Audio and public areas
Barnet Council Visual Manager SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Food and Beverage clearing tables, restocking
• Print Room using multifunctional devices and a Hillingdon Council items and setting up for next service
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 variety of binding techniques • Administration sorting payment card receipts,
• Warehouse Operative assisting in the picking PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 data input, printing/laminating documents
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 of stock for customer orders and delivering • Goods Receiving checking deliveries, labelling
them DATE September 2020 to July 2021 and storing food items, rotating stock and
Application forms should be requested from • Media Preparation packing, cleaning and cleaning food storage areas
SEN@barnetsouthgate.ac.uk and submitted by sterilisation of glassware Applicants are required to: • Leisure reception duties, maintaining a
31st March 2020. • Media Dispatch dispatch of growth and supply of towels, checking and cleaning gym
nutrient media to customers • Maintain appropriate behaviour equipment, tidying changing rooms
Public Health England is established to protect • Waste Management collecting and recording and social skills in the workplace • Conference and Banqueting set-up and
and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing of clinical waste and recycling • Have independent personal clearance at refreshment breaks, restocking
and reduce health inequalities. PHE is an executive • Admin Support for procurement functions hygiene and grooming ability items and refreshing meeting rooms
agency, sponsored by the Department of Health. • Take direction from supervisors
and modify performance
• Be able to communicate effectively
• Desire and plan to enter work at the
conclusion of the internship
18 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 19You can download a City and Islington College application form from
www.candi.ac.uk or pop along to any City and Islington College campus.
You can also come along to an open day – contact Nikki Russell for
details of this. Completed application forms can be handed in FAO
Nikki Russell to the 444 Camden Road campus or scan and email the
form to nikki.russell@candi.ac.uk
GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL CAMDEN COUNCIL
GO into Employment – DFN Project SEARCH @ GOSH Internship Programme
ADDRESS Contact Nikki Russell for an informal chat / visit to ADDRESS This internship is for young people aged 18-24
Great Ormond Street Hospital, the classroom for further information. We cater for 5 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, with an EHC plan and Camden residents only.
Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH a range of special educational needs and disabilities. London N1C 4AG Interns should be around Entry level to Level
1 English and Maths and capable of travelling
CONTACT • Ward Housekeeper preparing meal trays CONTACTS independently to their workplace (with Travel
Nikki Russell (DFN Project SEARCH Tutor) for children, serving meals, working with the supportedinternship@westking.ac.uk Training if needed) and with the aspiration to
nikki.russell@candi.ac.uk pharmacy team, cleaning & remaking beds, progress into paid employment (and this is a
topping up gloves and aprons Gisele Jumpp realistic outcome) after the 10-month programme.
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER • HR Reception meet and greet people, scan Gisele.Jumpp@Camden.gov.uk
City and Islington College documents for new staff, set up meeting rooms, 020 7974 3061 Key vocational skills and work experience
photocopying, take messages opportunities offered at this internship include:
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS • MRI – Housekeeper cleaning toys and surfaces Lynne Barnes
Kaleidoscope-Sabre in the sedation and recovery rooms, topping up Lynne.Barnes@Camden.gov.uk • Customer Services Assistant based in
trolleys with bandages etc, cleaning kitchen 020 7974 4358 libraries, processing new and existing stock,
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • X-Ray – Reception folding appointment letters using the library management system, tidying
Camden Council and putting in to envelopes, using the Tannoy FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER books and audio items on shelves
to announce patients, writing the waiting time Westminster Kingsway College • Activity Support Services working in adult
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 on the whiteboard, handing out family feedback day service to prepare rooms, materials and
forms to parents and patients, filing SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER equipment for activities
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 • Main Kitchen – Commis Chef, Kitchen To be confirmed • First Contact Support Officer guide
Assistant / Pizza Bar Chef preparing ingredients customers to navigate the building
Applicants must have an EHCP and be 18-24. They will for soups, pizzas, and items needed for restaurant SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • General Assistant maintaining and cleaning
be enrolled as students at City and Islington College. service, breakfast prep, portioning, helping sort Camden Council facilities at GLL Better gym
ward orders for patients • Office Administration preparing materials
An Open Evening is planned, followed by a • Interventional Radiology Housekeeper PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 for training sessions, maintaining a social media
Recruitment Day where potential candidates will be topping up stock, cleaning trolleys, cleaning presence
invited in for interview and to undertake some basic surfaces in the labs DATE September 2020 to July 2021
skills-based tasks. • Theatres Anaesthetic Stock Room Assistant
handing out stock lists and collecting and Camden supported internship offers a range of
Applicants who are offered a place must attend City delivering stock to the Anaesthetic rooms placement opportunities within Camden. If you
and Islington College to do a DBS application and • Catering – Restaurant Catering Assistant are interested in this internship, please request
complete an honorary contract with Great Ormond restocking drinks, sandwiches snacks, stock an Expression of Interest form and submit an
Street Hospital and have Occupational Health take, cleaning tables and serving, helping in the application by the end of April 2020.
clearance prior to starting. coffee bar
20 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 21HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL & HACKNEY COUNCIL MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL
DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internships The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Moorfields Eye Hospital
ADDRESSES Applicants should be capable of travelling ADDRESS Key vocational skills and work experience
Homerton University Hospital, Homerton Row, independently or, with the assistance of travel Moorfields Eye Hospital opportunities offered at the hospital include:
Clapton, London E9 6SR and training, would be capable of travelling independently 162 City Road, London EC1V 2PD
Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, London E8 IEA to and from home and the training venues. Key • Portering patient transportation, phone skills
and other council venues vocational skills and work experience opportunities CONTACT and customer service skills
offered through these placements include: Emma Lord (DFN Project SEARCH Tutor) • Admin skills e.g. data entry, presentations,
CONTACT 07458 003 795 emma.lord@candi.ac.uk reception skills and using the phone
Alison Miller • Museum Assistant registering, inspecting and • Maintenance learning a range of trade skills to
020 8356 6575 Alison.Miller@hackney.gov.uk archiving historical artifacts. Learning how to do FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER carry out repairs in the hospital
inventory, audits, learning the use of a database City and Islington College • Theatre Healthcare Assistant sterilising surgical
EDUCATION PARTNER and its function kits, assisting the medical team to prepare for
Brook House Sixth Form College (BSix) • Data/Administration scanning, recording and SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER surgeries
archiving documentation and files on database Kaleidoscope-Sabre • Kitchen Porter/Catering Assistant customer
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER and on shelves service on the private patient ward, preparing and
Hackney Works Supported Employment • Hospitality food preparation in kitchens. Health SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY delivering food orders, cleaning
and hygiene information Islington Council • Domestic Assistant ensuring all clinical and
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Receptions customer service, using ITC, sending public areas are clean at all times. Tasks include
Hackney Council (Learning Trust) and checking emails, using a database to input PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 sweeping, high dusting and using chemicals to
information and checking accuracy clean specific areas
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 24 • Stores processing incoming orders against DATE September 2020 to July 2021 • Meet and Greet Receptionist maintaining
delivery notes and ensuring products are correct, the busy meet & greet areas in A&E, assisting
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 contacting or taking deliveries to the correct An Open Evening is to be held in early 2020, patients to check-in to appointments and
department followed by a Recruitment Day where potential giving directions
These two Supported Internships are offering 24 • Mayor’s Office identifying the correct candidates will be invited to interview and to • Barista in Costa Coffee making and serving
placements to young people who are residents of department to address correspondence. undertake some basic skills-based tasks. hot drinks, cleaning the cutlery and dishes and
Hackney or members of the Hackney LAC team. Responding to complaints and dealing with providing customer service
They are shared between two different organisations resident queries. Learning about council resources Applicants must be aged 16-24 and have an EHCP
and spread across 3-4 different sites including services to best inform residents with enquiries and a desire to gain employment at the end of the
Homerton Hospital and Hackney Council venues. by responding via email and letters programme.
For Open Day information and application forms • HR supporting HR team with documentation
please contact Alison Miller using the email address via scanning and filing information using the Please contact Emma Lord using the email address
above. Applications are now open for September electronic database or phone number above to register your interest in
2020 entry. • Planning inputting information into a database, the programme and she can share this information
Uploading and emailing relevant parties or organise an informal visit to the site.
22 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 23WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at the Whittington Hospital The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at the North Middlesex
University Hospital
ADDRESS Please contact admissions@ambitiousaboutautism. ADDRESS Following receipt of your application we may ask
Whittington Hospital, Magdala Avenue, org.uk for an application form. You can also North Middlesex University Hospital, you to come for a short skills assessment and
Archway, London N19 5NF come along to one of our open events – Sterling Way, Edmonton, London N18 1QX interview for you to demonstrate your enthusiasm
contact Gemma Mullan or Stacia Neverson to gain work through this skills training opportunity.
CONTACTS sneverson@ambitiouscollege.org.uk for dates and CONTACT
Gemma Mullan information. Lucy Edwards (Programme Instructor) Please note you need to be capable of independent
07472 521 805 ledwards@conel.ac.uk travel to enrol on this programme.
gmullan@ambitiouscollege.org.uk Completed application forms can be scanned and
emailed to admissions@ambitiousaboutautism.org. FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER Key vocational skills and work experience
Ambitious College Admissions Team uk or posted FAO Admissions, The Pears National The College of Haringey, Enfield & North East opportunities offered at the hospital include:
admissions@ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk Centre for Autism Education, Woodside Avenue, London
London N10 3JA. • Librarian Assistant organising books, customer
EDUCATION PARTNER SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER service, helping set up rooms for training events
Ambitious College Key vocational skills and work experience The Tottenham Hotspur Foundation • HR Department archiving files, adding
opportunities offered at the hospital include: information onto Excel
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Pharmacy Department stock replenishing,
Springboard • Reception customer service, booking Haringey Council checking prescriptions and collecting medication
appointments, preparing files for clinics • Pharmacy Department booking in patients,
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 • Administration data entry, preparing files, PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 customer services and admin tasks
booking appointments • Outpatients greeting clients, providing
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 • Retail working in the hospital shop DATE September 2020 to July 2021 directions, helping patients use self-service
• Control areas conducting audits, reporting machine and completing admin tasks
The role will be based at the Whittington faults and breakages Applications are welcome from residents of • Oncology Receptionist greeting patients at the
Hospital five days a week. In addition to work • Health Records Admin picking out and filing Haringey and Enfield Boroughs who hold valid EHC desk, providing directions, archiving files
experience, interns will work towards a recognised health records Plans. We may accept applications from other • X-Ray Receptionist booking in appointments,
employability qualification and develop their • Learning and Development admin assistant Boroughs depending on the volume of applications booking GP requests and folding letters
English and maths skills. Read more information making induction packs, updating training logs, we receive. • E-Rostering adding staff annual leave and
on Ambitious College’s website: www. booking rooms for events and meetings sickness on the system
ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/parents-hub/ • Portering transporting patients, accepting jobs Please apply online at:
supported-internships over the radio https://www.conel.ac.uk/courses/supported-
learning/116-entry-level/1666-supported-
internship-entry-level-3.html
24 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 25We have also had interns working towards a Health
Care Assistant role where they would be more
involved with patient care and undertaking minor
clinical tasks such as checking blood sugar, and blood
pressure and attending to some personal care needs.
ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST
The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at St George’s Hospital The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Whipps Cross
University Hospital
ADDRESS Young people will need to have an EHCP or be ADDRESS Barts Health NHS Trust running the DFN Project
St George’s Hospital, Blackshaw Road, in the process of obtaining one and be between Whipps Cross University Hospital SEARCH model in partnership with Whitefield
Tooting, London SW17 0QT the ages of 18-24 years old. Please request an Whipps Cross Road, Leytonstone E11 1NR Academy Trust, Kaleidoscope Sabre and Waltham
application form from Amy Vinall, but please note Forest Council has historically had one of the most
CONTACT that spaces are limited to 7 on this programme. CONTACTS successful Project SEARCH internship programmes
Amy Vinall Janet Wingate-Whyte in the UK offering a wide and diverse range
amy.vinall@cricketgreen.merton.sch.uk Key vocational skills and work experience Whitefield Academy Trust of placements leading to meaningful and
opportunities offered at the hospital include: 07947 761 483 sustainable jobs.
EDUCATION PARTNER j.wingate-whyte@whitefield.waltham.sch.uk
Cricket Green School, Lower Green West, • Administration photocopying and collating Key vocational skills and work training
Mitcham, London CR4 3AF training packs Anna Cotton opportunities offered at the hospital include:
• Portering moving patients within the hospital in a.cotton@whitefield.waltham.sch.uk
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER wheelchairs or beds • Administrative sorting patient notes and
To be confirmed • Reception directing patients to the correct EDUCATION PARTNER making and taking phone calls
clinics, registering Blue Badges and using Whitefield Academy Trust • Technical working in medical engineering and
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITIES the phone the equipment library
Merton and Wandsworth Councils • Scanning transferring medical records onto the SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER • Portering moving patients and equipment
computer Kaleidoscope – Sabre around the hospital
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 7 • Medical Records finding and returning the files • Ward Based restocking equipment, Friends and
needed for clinics SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY Family survey
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 • Theatre Portering moving patients within Waltham Forest Borough Council • Ward Host serving and preparing food
theatre departments, collecting blood supplies • Laboratory booking and logging samples and
This internship is open to residents of Wandsworth and oxygen PLACEMENTS PLANNED 13 specimens
and Merton. • Retail University Shop-stocking the shelves, • Outpatients reception and booking
operating the tills DATE September 2020 to July 2021 appointments
St George’s Hospital is one of the UK’s largest • Macmillan Cancer Support services- • Food Preparation preparing food and
teaching hospitals. Run by the St George’s distributing support information leaflets around delivering meals
University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, the hospital to different wards • Portering moving patients and equipment
the hospital offers general tertiary care, such as around the hospital
accident and emergency, maternity services and
care for older people and children. As a major
acute treatment hospital, St George’s Hospital
also offers specialist care for more complex
injuries and illnesses.
26 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2020 27All Newham residents who are interested can
refer themselves directly to Workplace or
Newham College. The service is only for Newham
residents and runs from September 2020 to
July 2021.
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON NEWHAM LONDON
The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship Programme at The Newham Supported Internship Programme (NSIP) with
Queen Mary University DFN Project SEARCH at Newham University Hospital
ADDRESS Please ensure applications for this internship are ADDRESS All Newham residents who are interested can refer
Mile End Road, Bethnal Green, London E1 4NS submited by the end of March 2020. London Borough of Newham, Workplace themselves directly to Workplace or Newham
112-118 The Grove, Stratford, London E15 1NS College. The service is only for Newham residents.
CONTACT Candidates are required to have an EHCP and be
Elizabeth Robinson aged between 16-24. CONTACTS • Library Duties stocking/labelling, issuing books,
erobinson@phoenix.towerhamlets.sch.uk Joseph Kunyeda stocking bookshelves, cleaning bookshelves and
Key vocational skills and work experience Joseph.Kunyeda@newhamworkplace.co.uk other surfaces, issuing library cards, customer care
EDUCATION PARTNER opportunities offered at the University include: • Catering setting tables, using tills, washing up,
Phoenix School/College Jean Cole Jean.Cole@newham.ac.uk restocking fridges with drinks and sandwiches,
• Food preparation for lunch service Barista Cafe, salads, cleaning tables and other
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER • Serving customers food during lunch FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER surfaces, customer service, clearing cutlery and
Kaleidoscope-Sabre • Painting different areas of the university and Newham College of Further Education crockery, labelling food
the residential buildings • Administration welcoming and directing guests,
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Using the leaf blower to gather leaves and SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER answering telephone, booking meetings, dealing
Tower Hamlets collect them Workplace Supported Employment Team, London with simple requests/enquiries
• Sorting the incoming post Borough of Newham • Concierge greeting and checking in visitors,
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 • Delivering the post to different departments directing visitors or deliveries to relevant car
around the university SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY parks, patrolling the building, monitoring CCTV in
DATE September 2020 to July 2021 • Setting up the classrooms with the porters London Borough of Newham the control room, customer service
• Planting seeds in the flowerbeds using the • Records/Data collecting old records from
Queen Mary is one of the UK’s leading global correct procedures PLACEMENTS PLANNED 61 places (only for archives, locating reference numbers and details
universities, highly rated for our teaching, research residents of Newham), spread over 4 sites of records, data entry
and innovation. Based at our Bethnal Green site • IT Support printing and typing, emailing
interns will gain experience across the site. ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA colleagues, booking surgeries for equipment
This programme is available to all young people service/management, data entry, customer service
We are holding an Open Evening for potential aged 18 – 30 years old resident in Newham with • Reception managing meeting rooms bookings,
interns who are interested in joining the health and social care needs (learning disabilities, customer service, reporting any faulty items,
programme in 2020. autism, physical and sensory impairments, mental Health and Safety risks, checking meeting rooms
health and other long-term health conditions) who and restocking stationery items
require support to gain and or sustain employment. • Others include grounds maintenance and
gardening, porter, nursery, post room and post
NSIP offers work experience to young people and delivery, care assistant, stores management, ward
adults at 4 sites across Newham to prepare for, matron roles, messenger, printing and typing,
gain and maintain paid or self employment. shop assistant
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