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THE WEST LONDON GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022 One of our interns at the University of West London Supported Internship in Ealing
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 2022 (some take applicants and May) where they will take part in a
of supported internships and supported within top businesses, hotels, hospitals at 16) and who are keen to be offered paid short informal interview and be asked to
employment initiatives. Over 450 young and other organisations leading directly to employment (not necessarily at the host participate in some given tasks. Successful
people with learning disabilities are now employment. They are part of an expanding business or organisation) at the end of the applicants will be enrolled as students
undertaking SI programmes in London number of initiatives for supported programme. Applicants must be able to at a Further Education College or a school, or
every year, with an average employment employment being organised and facilitated commit to the full length of the programme other organisation indicated as the education
achievement rate of over 60%. The details by the West London Alliance in partnership (10 months) and attend 5 days a week (with provider, at the start of the autumn term
of 32 of these programmes are contained in with major third-sector organisations, holidays). A full list of eligibility criteria and while the internship itself takes place on the
this booklet. further education colleges, local councils the application process for each internship premises of the host business or organisation
and experienced supported employment are available from the contact names listed in normal circumstances.
Supported Internships are designed to advisors and partners. with each programme.
develop transferable skills, knowledge Parents and carers are asked to supply any
and attitudes in preparation for paid Feedback from host businesses in West All applicants for a DFN Project SEARCH necessary information regarding allergies in
employment. Through training and direct London has been extremely positive. Supported Internship must either have an the applications as the interns are likely to
work experience young people will develop Public Health England reported that: “Our Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) be working with food and cleaning products
employability skills, self-confidence, job- supported interns have been remarkable. provided through their Local Authority during their rotations. Parents and carers are
specific skills and Maths, English and ICT They have brought incredible benefits to or be in the process of obtaining one. also expected to actively support and assist
skills whilst working alongside employees in the organisation and we’re always telling Applicants must also be capable of travelling their young people during their internships
a real employment setting. other employers about how good Supported independently to and from their places of and in their preparations and plans for
Internships and DFN Project SEARCH are training and home, or be willing to be travel- employment, particularly if they need to be
Classroom-based learning at the workplace – it’s one of the most important things we trained to do so. trained away from the host business (such as
enables interns to try out different work have done as an organisation.” at home) during the current Covid situation.
roles, supported by a tutor and job coaches. The Further Education Colleges and
During the internships, the young people The former CEO of London North West Schools hold open days or open evenings As a result of the Covid pandemic
will undertake employment planning and University Healthcare NHS Trust, Dame about the Supported Internship(s) they offer, there are now additional requests (and
job application exercises designed to put as Jacqueline Docherty, said “Our interns are usually between January and April, to enable sometimes requirements) made of everyone
many of them as possible in a position to truely welcome at the Trust. Our hospital young people and their families to gain a participating in supported internships
move directly into paid employment. managers and mentors are proud of the better understanding of the opportunities covering health and safety (such as the
contribution made by the interns, who are they can offer. The open events are also a wearing of masks) to protect themselves
North West London NHS has been a key impressively motivated. They have really chance for interested students and their and others. Information on what these
supporter and sponsor of our programmes bought into the NHS Trust’s Values and families to ask questions and to submit requirements are is available from every
and we express our grateful thanks to them. Standards.” application forms. SI programme on application.
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Application forms should be requested from Supported Learning
Department, DFN Project SEARCH, West Thames College, London Road,
Isleworth TW7 4HS and submitted asap to Mitsie Butler: mitsie.x.butler@
gsk.com. We are hoping to hold an assessment day in the summer term.
We offer remote initial meetings with young people and carers.
CONTENTS GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)
Featured Supported Internships in this guide The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at GSK Headquarters
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GSK (GLAXOSMITHKLINE) 5 ADDRESS Key vocational skills and work experience
WEST LONDON NHS TRUST 6 GSK House, 980 Great West Road, opportunities offered at GSK include:
CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL 7 Brentford TW8 9GS
HAMMERSMITH SUPPORTED INTERNSHIP 8&9 • Office Administration managing data and
CHELSEA & WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS TRUST 10 CONTACT booking meeting rooms
HOUNSLOW COUNCIL 11 Mitsie Butler • Catering Assistant till work in the restaurant
PAVILIONS SUPPORTED INTERNSHIP 12 mitsie.x.butler@gsk.com and Deli, and shelf stocking
HILLINGDON CIVIC CENTRE 13 • Barista making coffees, serving customers, and
NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL 14 FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER till work
HARROW RETAIL 15 West Thames College • Grounds Maintenance mowing, raking and
BRENT COUNCIL / WEMBLEY PARK 16 pruning
LONDON HEATHROW MARRIOTT HOTEL 17 SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER • Bike Shop and Workshop cleaning bikes,
COPTHORNE TARA HOTEL 18 Kaleidoscope-Sabre making repairs, assisting in the shop
ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON & CHELSEA 19 • Reception customer service, logging faults,
MAP OF SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022 20 & 21 SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY room checks and using booking systems
BERKELEY HOMES 22 Hounslow Council • Housekeeping restocking, cleaning vending
UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON 23 areas and lift lobbies
KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, LAMBETH 24 PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 • Security Checking visitors booking list,
WESTMINSTER KINGSWAY COLLEGE 25 patrolling the building, directing visitors
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL 26 DATE September 2022 to July 2023 and deliveries
WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL 27 • Fitness Centre greeting customers,sorting and
ST GEORGE’S HOSPITAL TOOTING 28 GSK pioneered Supported Internships in West tidying, taking bookings, and paperwork
WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL 29 London with Project SEARCH and has successfully • Mailroom and Loading Bay sorting post, coding
HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL & HACKNEY COUNCIL 30 enabled many interns to graduate to paid letters to room numbers, delivering parcels,
NORTH MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL 31 employment since 2012. Based at GSK’s Global sorting stationery cupboard and receiving
ST BARTHOLOMEW’S HOSPITAL (BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST) 32 Headquarters building in Brentford, the rotation goods-in
WHIPPS CROSS HOSPITAL (BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST) 33 opportunities include work experience and training
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 34
in a wide variety of administrative and service All accepted interns must have an EHCP and either
roles. be travel trained or willing to undertake travel
NEWHAM LONDON 35
training to the GSK building. We welcome young
COINS GLOBAL SLOUGH 36
people from all boroughs.
PHOENIX COMMUNITY HOUSING, LEWISHAM 37
ROYAL MENCAP SOCIETY’S ‘INTERNS & OUTCOMES’ 38
TRANSPORT FOR LONDON’S ‘STEPS INTO WORK’ 39
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Please send applications in by
Friday, 25 March 2022. Skills
Assessment and Interview Days will
be held on 27 & 28 April 2022.
Project Choice
WEST LONDON NHS TRUST CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL
Project Choice Supported Internship The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Charing Cross Hospital
ADDRESS Applicants must not have already completed a ADDRESS Please contact Maureen McHugh for details of
Trust Headquarters, 1 Armstrong Way, Southall, supported internship programme. Charing Cross Hospital, Fulham Palace Road, our open days and to receive an application form,
Middlesex UB2 4SD Hammersmith, London W6 8RF and return it to her at 129 Elgin Avenue, London,
The Trust will host a virtual Open Day and Evening W9 2NR.
CONTACT Event for students and their families to log on and CONTACT
Annette Lafitte meet mentors in 2022. Please register your interest Maureen McHugh Applicants must be aged 17-24 on 31 August 2022,
07519 615 698 by contacting Annette Lafitte by e-mail. This will
07860 753 986 and hold a current EHC Plan. Applicants must want
Annette.Lafitte@hee.nhs.uk be followed by a recruitment day where potential
maureen.mchugh@cnwl.ac.uk to progress into employment by the end of the
candidates will be invited to interview and to
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PROVIDER undertake some basic skills-based tasks. programme, should currently be learning at Entry
Health Education England, Project Choice FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER 1 – Level 1, and must meet standard UK ‘right to
Key vocational skills and work experience College of North West London work’ checks.
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY opportunities offered at the trust include:
Ealing Council SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS Key vocational skills and work experience
• Learning and Knowledge Assistant meeting and Action on Disability and Kaleidoscope – Sabre opportunities offered at the hospital include:
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 greeting customers, taking photos to produce ID
badges and Data Entry of training attendance SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Porter transport patients and equipment around
DATE September 2022 to July 2023 • Library Support work with our Librarian to ensure Brent Council the hospital
the space is tidy and well organised by checking • Post Room sort incoming mail and deliver to
West London NHS Trust are one of the most diverse shelves. Also providing good customer service to PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 departments
Trusts in London and pride ourselves on being our customers
• Ward Host food service, cleaning, supplying teas
an inclusive employer offering a wide range of • HR Admin Support supporting the HR Workforce
DATE September 2022 to July 2023 and coffees
employment opportunities. We provide both physical Team, scanning, photocopying, taking telephone
and mental healthcare to the boroughs of Ealing, messages, sending emails, collecting visitors, data
• Clinical Engineering auditing and repairing
Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow. entry The Supported Internship at this world-famous hospital equipment
• Pharmacy Assistant supporting the pharmacy general teaching hospital provides a wide variety • Canteen / Shop combined food service and
We have been offering work experience to students team, data entry, picking and packing medicines of training and work experience in clinical, retail role
from Belvue College for over 2 years and have in place for wards administrative and facilities management • Patient Transport admin role, booking transport
excellent support for students. An Application Form • Administration Support Worker providing basic departments working with the NHS Trust and its and customer care
can be obtained from: Annette Lafitte, West London typing, shredding, sending emails partners. • Welcome Stations greeting visitors and
NHS Trust, Learning and Development, E Block, 1st • Payroll Administrator data inputting, telephone distributing facemasks and hand gel
Floor, St Bernard’s, Southall, Middlesex UB1 3EU or skills, sorting post Candidates should be capable of travelling • Health Care Assistant support to nurses
by email (above). • Finance Administrator data entry, working in a independently, or be prepared to undergo including admissions and observations
team, filing, post, photocopying training to manage their journey to the hospital • Maintenance repairing equipment and property
Application form to be sent to project.choice@hee. • Recruitment Admin Support supporting our independently. around the hospital. Opportunities to learn skills
nhs.uk recruitment team with the administration of
in plumbing, carpentry and electrical work
new employees
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We are offering tours of the classroom and
placements where you can meet the team and
current interns. Please email a.olalemi@wlc.ac.uk
to arrange an appointment.
HAMMERSMITH SUPPORTED INTERNSHIP
Partnered with 245, Lyric and Nando’s Key vocational skills and work experience opportunities offered at 245, Hammersmith & Fulham Council
and other organisations within the Borough are listed below:
ADDRESSES ENTRY CRITERIA Interns must: Roles at the new development at Roles at Hammersmith Library include:
245 Hammersmith Road, London W6 8PW • Be aged between 17-24 on 31st August 2022 245 Hammersmith Road W6 include: • Customer Service and supporting
and eligible to work in the UK • Security regular internal and external patrols, customers to print and scan
Hammersmith & Fulham Council, • Have an Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan Front of House duties, loading bay reception, • Library Services shelving books, despatching
3 Shortlands, Hammersmith W6 8DA and other • Be enthusiastic about the world of work, logging deliveries, recognised online training and returning books
sites within the Borough employment being the main focus and aspiring • Reception greeting visitors, managing meeting • School Sessions including under-5s activities,
to secure competitive employment rotas, upkeep of reception area and library, and displays
CONTACT • Have their Parents or Carers sharing in the telephone queries, creating posters, and
Adetutu Olalemi (Tutor) aspiration for employment and helping to give updating social media posts Roles at Nando’s include:
a.olalemi@wlc.ac.uk support • Maintenance assisting with painting, replacing • Hosting greeting and seating customers,
• Be able to commit to the full length of the air filters, flushing, repair work, testing fire clearing and cleaning tables, collecting
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER programmes (September 2022 – June 2023) and alarms, general maintenance duties feedback from each table, serving at the till,
West London College work 5 days a week (with holidays) • Housekeeping rotas include watering plants, and running food orders from the kitchen
• Be willing to learn to travel independently or mopping floors, dusting, general cleaning tasks
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER be supported to do so inside and outside the building Roles for Action on Disability include:
Action on Disability • Have a positive attitude to gaining new skills • Admin Assistant housekeeping, welcoming
and receiving instruction and follow the host Roles at Hammersmith & Fulham Council’s visitors sanitising areas and adhering to
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY organisations’ rules of conduct and presentation offices include: cleaning rotas, scanning, data entry, shredding,
Hammersmith & Fulham Council • Working in the Quality Assurance and other duties
APPLICATIONS Department of Adult Social Care, sending
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 All applicants will be short listed and then invited emails, setting online meetings, note-taking for Roles for West London College at
to attend a skills and assessment day where they online meetings, and visiting residents Barons Court include:
DATE September 2022 to June 2023 will take part in a short informal interview with one • Fulham Children’s Centre assisting with • Drama Assistant to the teacher
of the host organisations (see opposite) and will be Reception duties and setting up for events • Supporting Students with varied needs to
245 Hammersmith Road is a major new asked to participate in some given tasks. memorise scripts/dances for performance,
development in the centre of Hammersmith realised supporting the teacher in both the theatre
over one brilliant office building, 3 retail units, a Successful applicants will be enrolled as students and the classroom
public Plaza and an Urban Park which will feature at West London College at the start of the term in
year-round events. 245 is providing many inspiring September 2022.
and exciting job rotations for SEND students.
To obtain an application form please e-mail Milly
Lapikens, Supported Internship Co-Ordinator,
m.lapikens@wlc.ac.uk and return it to her as soon
as possible.
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In 2018/2019 out of 77 Project SEARCH sites then,
London Borough of Hounslow was ranked number
6 in Europe, number 4 in London and the highest
achieving local authority hosting Project SEARCH.
CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER NHS TRUST HOUNSLOW COUNCIL
The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Chelsea and Westminster The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Hounslow Council
Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital
SITE ADDRESSES It is designed for young people functioning at Entry ADDRESS We are open for applications for our September
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital Level who would benefit from an academic year of London Borough of Hounslow, 2022 start. To receive more information about our
369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9NH intensive and immersive support to gain valuable skills Hounslow House, 7 Bath Road, upcoming open days, or to receive an application
for employment. Hounslow TW3 3EB form please contact the programme tutor:
West Middlesex University Hospital Mica.hutton@hounslow.gov.uk
Twickenham Road, Isleworth TW7 6AF All applicants must hold an active EHC Plan, be aged CONTACTS
between 18 and 24, and be learning at Entry Level
Mica L Hutton (Tutor and Programme Applicants should be aged 17-24 with an active
CONTACT 2 or above. Application forms may be requested by
Co-Ordinator) 07525 224 854 EHCP, be committed to learning and developing
Oscar Suarez 07428 936 795 emailing projectsearch@queensmill.lbhf.sch.uk and
oscar.suarez@queensmill.lbhf.sch.uk can be scanned and sent in to the same email address. Mica.Hutton@hounslow.gov.uk new skills and to a 5-day-week training
projectsearch@queensmill.lbhf.sch.uk We offer video calls with applicants to answer possible programme, be an independent traveller or be
questions. Once your application has been received Nicky Bitar (Business Liaison) 020 8583 6144 undertaking travel training, and have the desire
EDUCATION PARTNER you will be notified of the dates for the Open Day nicky.bitar@hounslow.gov.uk to enter work at the end of the programme.
The Queensmill Trust – Queensmill College and the on-site skills assessment (usually in the
summer term). FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER Key vocational skills and work experience
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY West Thames College opportunities offered on this programme include:
Hammersmith & Fulham Council Key vocational skills and work experience opportunities
offered at the hospital sites include: SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER • Office Administration data entry, scanning
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10/12 interns Kaleidoscope-Sabre documents, making phone calls, etc
At Chelsea and Westminster Hospital • Reception customer service, using booking
DATE September 2022 to July 2023 • Patient ‘in-booker’ putting patient information
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY systems, signposting customers
into an Excel spreadsheet
Hounslow Council • Library Assistant customer service, stocking
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation • Pharmacy working with the ‘loading robot’,
Trust and The Queensmill Trust have partnered classifying medicines and box deliveries, printing
shelves, dealing with queries, assisting in
together to give young people with autism and out forms PLACEMENTS PLANNED 11 running sessions
learning difficulties an opportunity to develop their • Kitchen Assistant washing kitchen tools and plates, • Care Work supporting disabled residents in
skills within a real work environment as well as work cleaning tables in the canteen area DATE September 2022 to July 2023 the day centre and community
towards an ASDAN award in employability. Our • Assisting at Harbour Yard • Emergency Planning administration duties,
programme is based within one hospital Trust at two We believe passionately about public service and communicating with members of the public
different London sites: The Chelsea and Westminster At West Middlesex University Hospital have been proudly hosting DFN Project SEARCH • Leisure centres greeting guests, tidying
Hospital in Chelsea and the West Middlesex • Delivering parcels across the hospital to different at the London Borough of Hounslow since 2015. equipment and changing rooms, using the
University Hospital in Isleworth. departments Working with our partners, we are committed computer system
• Costa Coffee stocking food and drinks and cleaning to giving our interns a true One Hounslow • Facilities Management desk/room checking,
As SEND specialists we work successfully with learners tables experience by fully immersing our interns into our portering, issuing ID badges, security
with a diagnosis of an autism spectrum condition as • Finance assisting with data capture and scanning organisation. • Post Room checking and sorting mail,
well as other learning disabilities, or both, centring the • With Bouygues completing checks and inspections
delivering parcels
programme around the needs of each intern. across the hospital
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Applications are now welcome. Open Days will be held when We are holding Open Days at the Civic Centre
possible in the spring and early summer with information on on 4 and 5 April 2022 – morning sessions
the skills and interview days given at the Open Days. 9.30am – 12 noon, and afternoon sessions
12.30 – 3pm. These are bookable.
Our email address is supportedinternship-london@prospects.co.uk
or call Elizabeth Ajewole on 07920 273 586. For more information
visit www.shawtrust.org.uk/what-we-do/supported-internships/
PAVILIONS SUPPORTED INTERNSHIP HILLINGDON CIVIC CENTRE
The Shaw Trust Supported Internship based at the Pavilions Centre, Uxbridge The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Hillingdon Council
ADDRESS When requesting a brochure, interested young ADDRESS They will be supported by a college tutor and a job
The Pavilions Centre, 18 Chequers Square, people will be informed about Pavilions Supported Hillingdon Civic Centre 3W/01, High Street, coach from Hillingdon Autistic Care & Support
Uxbridge UB8 1LN Internship Open Days when they can visit the Uxbridge UB8 1UW (HACS). The objective of the programme is for the
Pavilions retail centre meet the team, and find out students to secure paid employment (not necessarily
CONTACT more about this exciting retail supported internship. CONTACTS at the Council).
Stella Pakapouka Linda Kamara (Tutor) or Anthea Rowley (Asst.
Principal) 0345 402 0453 (choose option 1, and then Key vocational skills and work experience
07795 684 809 The Pavilions Supported Internship is a retail
option 1 again for Wyvern) enquiries@orchardhill.ac.uk opportunities offered on this programme include:
Stella.Pakapouka1@prospects.co.uk supported internship based 5 days a week at the
Pavilions Shopping Centre in Uxbridge. Young people EDUCATION PARTNER • Admin Assistants in School Admissions and
EDUCATION PARTNER wishing to apply will be invited to attend an Open Orchard Hill College Placements. Contacting parents and carers via
Ixion Holdings (Apprenticeship and training Day, complete the application form found in the letters, email and on the phone, data collection
provider, part of the Shaw Trust Group) application pack and send it to Elizabeth Ajewole at: SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER using Microsoft Office and Excel
supportedinternship-london@prospects.co.uk. Young Hillingdon Autistic Care & Support • Media and Project Promotion Assistants
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER people who apply will be invited for an interview working with the Inclusion Partnerships
The Shaw Trust to discuss the internship with the Pavilions team. If SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY department liaising with web designers to design
any Covid restrictions are still in place, we are fully Hillingdon Council projectsearch@hillingdon.gov.uk information templates
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY equipped to support young people and parents to • Facilities Assistant carrying out building
Hillingdon Council attend information sessions via MS Teams. PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 maintenance across the site
• SEN Advisory Service reviewing SEN resources
DATE September 2022 to July 2023 and documents, advising on their design and user-
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10-12 This is an exciting opportunity giving interns the
friendliness and the content required. Producing
opportunity to learn about the different roles in the
All applicants must hold an active EHCP, must be newspaper articles, leaflets and website pages
DATE September 2022 to July 2023 retail environment and gain the skills to obtain work aged between 17 to 24 and should be learning at offering advice & support to people with additional
in retail or related work. Entry 3 level or above. To apply you can complete an needs and their families. Research, and learn basic
ACCEPTANCE AND ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA Expression of Interest form on Orchard Hill College’s journalism skills, presentation and creative skills.
EHCP is required. Age group 16-24 • Retail/Customer Service Hospitality catering website. When completing the form online please Write articles which will be published
and administration state Project SEARCH 2022 in the ‘Year applied for’ • Contact Centre Assistant processing online
For young people interested in applying for the • Business Admin office-based tasks, sending box https:/workstart.me.uk/courses/project-search applications for local residents requesting Blue
Pavilions Supported Internship, the application emails, responding to telephone queries, checking Badges
process will involve the following steps. Please orders and monitoring shop product lines Completed application forms should be sent to • Library Assistant (Uxbridge Library) customer
request by email the Pavilions application pack • Warehouse stock control, processing deliveries Assessments&Placements@Orchardhill.ac.uk service, shelving items, repairing book jackets and
from supportedinternship-london@prospects.co.uk of stock, placing orders, replacing products on This course is open to applicants from outside operating library computer systems
or call Elizabeth Ajewole on 07920 273 586. the shop floor Hillingdon borough. It is a full-time course 5 days • Electoral and Registration Services Admin
a week for one academic year. Students will be based Support Officer, inc. data entry (e.g. ensuring
at Hillingdon Council offices, where they will choose entries are up-to-date), filing and scanning
different departments to work in on rotation.
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For more information and to register your interest Applications are now welcome. Open Days will be held when
please contact Tafina Davidson at Harrow College or possible in the spring and early summer with information on
Suba Dickerson at sdickerson@uxbridgecollege.ac.uk the skills and interview days given at the Open Days.
Our email address is supportedinternship-london@prospects.co.uk
or call Saimmah Ali on 07714 736 748. For more information visit
www.shawtrust.org.uk/what-we-do/supported-internships/
NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL HARROW RETAIL
The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Northwick Park Hospital The Shaw Trust Supported Internship in Harrow
ADDRESS • Admin Assistant working in a variety of ADDRESS When requesting a brochure, interested young
Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, departments tasks include data inputting, filing Harrow Youth Stop, The Twenty One Building, people will be informed about the Open Days
Harrow HA1 3UJ and scanning, photocopying, answering the 21 Pinner Road, Harrow HA1 4ES when they can visit the Harrow site, meet the
telephone, booking patient appointments and team and find out more information about this
CONTACT general admin duties CONTACT exciting retail supported internship. If any Covid
Tafina Davidson (Tutor) • Restaurant Operative restocking of food items, Fitzroy Lewinson restrictions are still in place we are fully equipped
tsimon@hcuc.harrow.ac.uk clearing and cleaning tables, refilling paper towels, 07776 041 629 to support young people and their parents and
sweeping and mopping, restocking cutlery and fitzroy.lewinson@prospects.co.uk carers to attend information sessions via MS
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER serving customers Teams. Our email address is supportedinternship-
Harrow College • Medical Library conduct functional checks on EDUCATION PARTNER london@prospects.co.uk
medical devices, clean and sterilise, configure Ixion Holdings (part of the Shaw Trust Group)
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS data displays on the machines, book and collect For young people interested in applying for this
Kaleidoscope-Sabre faulty instruments and send off for repair SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER Internship please request by email the Harrow
• Housekeeping control of stock, replenishing, The Shaw Trust Retail application pack from supportedinternship-
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY medical equipment supply, collecting deliveries london@prospects.co.uk or call Saimmah Ali
Harrow Council and transferring goods to wards SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY 07714 736 748. Application forms should be
• Domestic Stores Person picking & packing Harrow Council returned to Saimmah at the same email address.
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 domestic stock for wards. Packing cages and
delivering stock around the hospital. Keeping the PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10-12 Key vocational skills and work experience
DATE September 2022 to July 2023 stockroom tidy and helping with regular stock opportunities offered at this internship include:
takes DATE September 2022 to July 2023
Northwick Park Hospital is part of London North • Ward Host taking food orders, preparing patient • Retail/Customer Service Hospitality catering
West University Healthcare NHS Trust, one of meals, making tea and coffee, following food ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA and administration
the largest integrated healthcare trusts in the safety procedures, cleaning the ward kitchen and An EHCP is required. Age group 16-24. Travel • Business Admin office-based tasks, sending
country. Key vocational skills and work experience liaising with patient dining staff training can be provided to enable individual emails, responding to telephone queries, checking
opportunities here are: • Patient Dining Operative picking and packing travelling to and from home. orders and monitoring shop product lines
food orders for patient meals, stock rotation, • Warehouse stock control, processing deliveries
Health Care Assistant Roles these roles are on matching food order paperwork to deliveries This supported internship is for young people of stock, placing orders, replacing products on
wards and in various clinics in the hospital, including • Porter transporting patients, accepting jobs on interested in working in a retail environment. the shop floor
the Moorfields Eye Centre here. HCAs support the radio and via written request forms, moving • Maintenance repair and maintenance of
clinical staff to carry out patient observations and equipment equipment in a retail centre, ensuring equipment
checks such as for blood pressure and temperature. in the centre is in good working order
They also attend to personal care needs of patients
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Please send applications in by Friday, 25 March 2022. Open Evenings for young people, parents and
Skills Assessment and Interview Days will be held on carers to learn more about the Supported
27 & 28 April 2022. Internship at the Marriott will be held at
the Hotel, including site tours, on dates
MARRIOTT to be confirmed. Please contact us at
L O N D O N H E AT H R O W marriottprojectsearch@gmail.com for further
information and to register interest.
BRENT COUNCIL / WEMBLEY PARK LONDON HEATHROW MARRIOTT HOTEL
The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at Brent Council The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at the London Heathrow
and Wembley Park Marriott Hotel
ADDRESS Parents/Carers must share the aspiration for ADDRESS Marriott offers a range of benefits to interns, including
Brent Civic Centre, Engineers Way, Wembley HA9 0FJ employment and attend regular Employment Planning Bath Road, Harlington, Hayes UB3 5AN uniform, free lunch and free use of the hotel’s gym
Meetings to discuss progress etc. and swimming pool.
CONTACT CONTACT
Maureen McHugh Applicants should be aged 17-24 on 31 August Maxine Simpson Key vocational skills and work experience
07860 753 986 2022, and hold a current Education Health & Care 07842 309 879 opportunities offered at the hotel include:
maureen.mchugh@cnwl.ac.uk Plan (EHCP). All applicants should be able to travel msimpson@meadowhighschool.org
independently or be willing to undergo travel training, • Leisure Club greeting guests, tidying gym
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER must be eligible to work in the UK and aspire to EDUCATION PARTNER equipment and changing rooms, testing pool water
College of North West London secure paid employment on the completion of the Meadow High School, Hillingdon quality, checking memberships on computer system
course. Ideally candidates should be currently learning • Food & Beverage clearing tables, keeping the
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNERS at Entry 1 – Level 1. SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER restaurant clean, restocking drink and snack areas,
Tottenham Hotspur Foundation Prospects, part of the Shaw Trust Group polishing cutlery and glasses, setting tables for next
and Kaleidoscope-Sabre Key vocational skills and work experience service
opportunities offered on this programme include: SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Lobby Host greeting/directing guests, making wake-
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY Hillingdon Council up calls, delivering messages/packages to guest
Brent Council • Customer Services provide a professional first rooms, filing guest paperwork, tidying lobby
point of contact for all customers of Brent Civic PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 • House Keeping Porter removing used linen from
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 Centre. Help, guide or signpost visitors to the guest floors, restocking housekeeping cupboards,
relevant service or department DATE September 2022 to July 2023 removing room service items, cleaning guest floors
DATE September 2022 to July 2023 • Registrations data inputting, checking accuracy, • Engineering/Maintenance completing site patrols,
preparing for events such as Citizenship Applicants should meet the following criteria: room checks and basic maintenance tasks, moving
Please contact Maureen McHugh for an application ceremonies, attending ceremonies and helping the items within the hotel, assisting the Duty Engineer
form. You can also contact Maureen McHugh for public • Be aged 18-24 at the start of the programme, • Goods Receiving checking deliveries, labelling
details of our Open Days and for more information • Digital Post Room collect, open, sort, prepare, in September 2022 and storing food items, rotating stock, cleaning
about the programme. scan and index incoming post and documents and • Have a current EHC Plan food storage areas, delivering parcels to hotel
process outgoing post for delivery externally departments
• Want to move into paid employment on
Applications can be sent to Maureen McHugh at • IT prepare laptops, tablets and phones for new • Conference & Banqueting setting up and clearing
completion of the programme
129 Elgin Avenue, London W9 2NR. users, help explain how to use equipment to the refreshment breaks, waiting on guests during breaks,
new users, keep accurate stock records • Live within the local area refreshing meeting rooms, preparing rooms for
Work experience opportunities take place within and • Council Inclusion Team edit content for the events
close to Brent Civic Centre. Please note that work website, track work using a spreadsheet Marriott hotel internships provide a supportive, • Kitchen Assistant setting out breakfast grill trays,
experience opportunities/placements vary from term • Housekeeping work as a team, manage hygiene disability-confident environment. We have a wide preparing cold food platters, vegetable preparation,
to term, with new employers joining regularly. and cleanliness for a designated area, work safely selection of internship placements where interns using industrial dishwasher and restocking clean
and meet deadlines learn transferrable skills and our graduates are now items
employed in many different employment sectors.
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Our email address is supportedinternship-london@prospects.co.uk
or call Saimmah Ali on 07714 736 748. For more information visit
www.shawtrust.org.uk/what-we-do/supported-internships/
COPTHORNE TARA HOTEL ROYAL BOROUGH OF KENSINGTON & CHELSEA
The Shaw Trust Supported Internship in Kensington The Kensington Town Hall and High Street SI
ADDRESS When requesting a brochure, interested young people ADDRESS Interviews for this SI programme will be held
Scarsdale Place, Kensington, London W8 5SY will be informed about the Open Days when they Based at Kensington Town Hall, Hornton Street, in May 2022, and the 12 interns selected for
can visit the hotel, meet the team and find out more Kensington, London W8 7NX September entry will be notified in June. For
CONTACT information about this exciting retail supported more information, and if you would like to make
Elena Dragonova internship. If any Covid restrictions are still in place we CONTACT an application please contact: Milly Lapikens
07584 205 020 are fully equipped to support young people and their Oyinda Malafa (Supported Internship Coordinator), at m.lapikens@
Elena.Draganova@prospects.co.uk parents and carers to attend information sessions via
o.malafa@wlc.ac.uk wlc.ac.uk to whom application forms should be
MS Teams. Our email address is supportedinternship-
submitted.
EDUCATION PARTNER london@prospects.co.uk
Ixion Holdings (part of the Shaw Trust Group) FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER
For young people interested in applying for this West London College • Central Library providing a full librarian
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER Internship please request by email the Copthorne Tara assistant experience
The Shaw Trust Hotel application pack from supportedinternship- SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER • Bellrock Admin the security services provider
london@prospects.co.uk or call Saimmah Ali 07714 Action on Disibility for RBKC welcomes interns to an administration
LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITIES 736 748. Application forms should be returned to role: filing, photocopying, scanning and general
City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Saimmah at the same email address. PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 admin duties
Kensington and Chelsea • Registrars at Chelsea Old Town Hall: booking
• Concierge (Front of House) responding to guest DATE September 2022 to July 2023 people in, answering customer questions,
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10-12 enquiries, taking luggage and guests who are general admin duties
checking in or out, supporting the successful running ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA • Design Museum a customer services role.
DATE September 2022 to June 2023 of the reception area
Aged 18-24. An EHC Plan is required, with Meeting and greeting and other duties
• Housekeeping preparing rooms for guests, cleaning
eligibility to work in the UK. Working around • RBKC’s Local Offer an office-based role offering
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA the public areas, brasserie and breakfast rooms
An EHCP is required. Age group 16-24. Travel training including hoovering and cleaning
Entry 3 English and maths. Capable of travelling administration team experience with full Excel
can be provided to enable individual travelling to and • Kitchen preparing food, cutting, chopping fruit independently to their workplace (with travel training and other ad-hoc duties
from the hotel. and vegetables; setting up and clearing of food training). Real aspirations to progress into paid • Cleaning RBKC’s cleaning contractors Atlas offer
courts, preparing cold meals such as salads and fruit employment (and this is a realistic outcome after a cleaning role based in the Town Hall. Covers a
The Copthorne Tara Supported Internship is a cocktails for serving; cleaning cutlery and floors; the 11 month programme). Able to commit to the full range of cleaning services
hospitality supported internship based 5 days a week making and serving hot and cold drinks, preparing full length of the programme (September 2022 – • Frestons Cafe an independent café providing
at the Copthorne Tara Hotel in Kensington. This is an sandwiches and other cold foods July 2023), and to demonstrate a positive attitude a full behind-the-scenes work experience
exciting opportunity to learn about the different roles • Maintenance repair and maintenance of equipment to gaining new skills, receiving instructions, and including cleaning, washing up, preparation and
in the hospitality environment and gain the skills to in the guest rooms and around the hotel, ensuring following host organisations’ rules. general health and safety checking
obtain work in hospitality or related work. equipment in the hotel is in good working order • Petra’s Place an inclusive nursery and early-
including plumbing, painting and decorating, simple intervention therapy centre that provides
electrical tasks cleaning and food preparation work experience
18 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022 19SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022
Enfield
Barnet
24
Harrow Waltham
Haringey Forest Redbridge
10 32
26
9
Havering
Brent 20
19 Hackney
Hillingdon 11 Camden Islington 23 Barking &
31
Dagenham
18 Newham
7 Tower Hamlets
Westminster
8 Ealing Kensington City 27 28
Slough 16 25
2 & Chelsea 22
29 Hammersmith
15
& Fulham 14 13
1 Southwark
1 GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)
2 West London NHS Trust 32 6 4 5 Greenwich
12 32 5 17
3 Charing Cross Hospital 3
4 Hammersmith Supported Internship
Hounslow Bexley
5 Chelsea & Westminster Hospital NHS Trust
Lambeth
Wandsworth Lewisham
6 Hounslow Council Richmond
7 Pavilions Supported Internship upon Thames
8 Hillingdon Civic Centre 21 30
9 Northwick Park Hospital
10 Harrow Retail
11 Brent Council / Wembley Park Merton
12 London Heathrow Marriott Hotel Kingston
13 Copthorne Tara Hotel upon The Royal Mencap Society’s
14 Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea ‘Interns & Outcomes’
15 Berkeley Homes
Thames 32
Bromley programme will be available
16 University of West London in Ealing
17 King’s College Hospital, Lambeth
in the following boroughs:
18 Westminster Kingsway College
Sutton Croydon
19 Royal Free Hospital Barnet
20 Whittington Hospital Brent
21 St George’s Hospital Tooting Camden
22 Westminster City Council
City of London
23 Homerton University Hospital & Hackney Council
24 North Middlesex University Hospital Enfield
25 St Bartholomew’s Hospital (Barts Health NHS Trust) Hackney
26 Whipps Cross Hospital (Barts Health NHS Trust) Haringey
27 Queen Mary University of London Islington
28 Newham London Kingston
29 COINS Global Slough
30 Phoenix Community Housing, Lewisham Redbridge
31 Transport for London’s ‘Steps Into Work’ Richmond
32 NEW – Opening in 2022, see page 37 Waltham Forest
20 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022 21We are holding an Open Event on Thursday,
3 March 2022. Please contact Daren or
Laura, below, for more details.
BERKELEY HOMES UNIVERSITY OF WEST LONDON
The new DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship in Woolwich The new DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship in Ealing
ADDRESS Key vocational skills and work experience ADDRESS All applicants must be aged 18-24 and have a
5 Station Way opportunities offered at Berkeley Homes include: UWL, St Mary’s Road, Ealing, London W5 5RF current EHC Plan and a UK National Insurance
Woolwich, London SE18 6NJ Number.
• Work in Estate Management CONTACTS
CONTACTS Milly Lapikens m.lapikens@wlc.ac.uk Key vocational skills and work experience
Daren Nunn daren.nunn@shc.ac.uk • Work in Property Management Ailish Byrne (Tutor) a.byrne@wlc.ac.uk opportunities which we aim to offer on this
Laura Ashton laura.ashton@shc.ac.uk Sajada Sajid s.sajid@wlc.ac.uk programme include:
• Marketing & Communications experience
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER • Reception at UWL meeting and greeting staff,
Shooters Hill College • Work with Social Value West London College students and visitors, using the booking systems,
answering the phone and signposting visitors
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER • Administrative Support SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER • Hospitality & Catering making and serving
Unity Works Kaleidoscope-Sabre hot drinks, preparing and serving food, keeping
food preparation areas clean and tidy and
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY clearing the customer area
Royal Borough of Greenwich Ealing Council • Office Administration filing and using the
Sharepoint, data entry
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 • Customer Services meeting and greeting,
answering queries
DATE September 2022 to July 2023 DATE September 2022 to July 2023 • Domestics cleaning, hoovering and sweeping
• Caretaking moving light furniture, preparing
ELIGIBILTY CRITERIA This new supported internship offers an excellent classrooms and working in the Post Room
Applicants will need to hold a current EHC Plan host business with the University of West London • Café / Catering serving food and drinks
and be aged 18-24. in a great location in South Ealing, with great • Student Union customer support and
support offered by Ealing Council, West London admin work
Please contact Daren or Laura on the email College, Kaleidoscope-Sabre and DFN Project • Study Support administration, with some
addresses above for more information and an SEARCH specialists. exam invigilation
application form. • HR physical and Cloud filing with some
An application form can be obtained from Milly Excel work
Lapikens, m.lapikens@wlc.ac.uk and emailed back • Finance working with Excel spreadsheets
to her at inclusive-learning-admin@wlc.ac.uk or by and data entry
post to her at Supported Internship Applications,
West London College, 9 Gliddon Road, Barons
Court, London W14 9BL
22 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022 23KING’S COLLEGE HOSPITAL WESTMINSTER KINGSWAY COLLEGE
The new DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship in Camberwell WKC’s Supported Internship for Camden
ADDRESS There will be one or possibly two Assessment Days MAIN SITE ADDRESS Interns should be around Entry level to Level 1 English
King’s College Hospital (dates to be confirmed) at which applicants will Westminster Kingsway College and Maths and capable of travelling independently to
Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RS be asked to complete a series of tasks and have an 211 Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8RA their workplace (with Travel Training if needed), with the
informal interview. aspiration to progress into paid employment (and this
CONTACT CONTACTS is a realistic outcome) after the 10-month programme.
Abu Shaid Lambeth College A DFN Project SEARCH supported internship is Aklima Bilkis (SI Programme Coordinator)
020 7501 5163 suitable for students with learning disabilities and supportedinternship@westking.ac.uk The programme includes 2 days a week on site
AShaid@lambethcollege.ac.uk autism spectrum conditions who are approaching Employability, literacy and numeracy lessons between
readiness for the world of work. The assessment day Gisele Jumpp September and December. From January 2023, on
FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER will identify the most suitable candidates for our 020 7974 3061 site lessons will be one day a week and the rest of the
South Bank Colleges (Lambeth College) available places. Gisele.Jumpp@Camden.gov.uk week spent in work placements. Weekly one-to-one
tutorial sessions take place to review individual targets
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER Key vocational skills and work experience FURTHER EDUCATION COLLEGE PARTNER and progress. Termly meetings with parents/guardians
Unity Works opportunities offered at the hospital include: Westminster Kingsway College are held to review interns’ progress. An Application
form is available from Aklima at supportedinternship@
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY • Customer Service guiding people to the correct SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER westking.ac.uk
Lambeth Council department within the hospital and answering Options via Westminster Kingsway College (WKC)
basic queries Key vocational skills and work experience opportunities
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 12 • Stock Management organising and counting SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY offered on this SI include:
food stock for the café Camden Borough Council
DATE September 2022 to July 2023 • Administrative Skills emailing patients • Activity Support Services working in adult day
information and appointment times PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10, more at WKC service to prepare rooms, materials and equipment
ELIGIBILTY CRITERIA • Telephone Skills calling patients to check and for activities
This supported internship is open to residents in rearrange appointment times DATE September 2022 to June 2023 • Office Administration preparing materials for
Lambeth who have a current Education and Health • Financial Skills handling payments and giving training sessions, maintaining a social media
Care Plan. the correct change at the till in the staff café All applicants will be shortlisted and then invited to presence
• Data Input using Excel and Edge to input data attend an assessment day where they will take part in a • Play Worker assistant based in children centres,
Applications should be made by mid-March. An onto the hospital systems short informal interview. Parents and carers must share assisting to set up play activities, sanitise toys and
application form is available from Abu Shaid, • IT Skills updating and loading computer software in the aspiration for employment, and help to give books, meeting and greeting
Curriculum Operations Administrator at Lambeth • Design Skills using Photoshop to create posters support during the internship. • Customer Services Assistant based in libraries,
College AShaid@lambethcollege.ac.uk and submitted and signs processing new and existing stock, using the library
back to him. Applicants are offered a guided tour of the College management system, tidying books and audio
and where practical offered an opportunity to observe items on shelves
Employability Skills lessons. • Working in the Restaurant taking orders and
serving customers
This internship is for young people aged 18-24 with an • Working in the Kitchens preparing and
EHC plan and is for Camden residents only. making dishes
24 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022 GUIDE TO SUPPORTED INTERNSHIPS 2022 25Project Choice
ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL WHITTINGTON HOSPITAL
The Project Choice Supported Internship at the Royal Free Hospital The DFN Project SEARCH Supported Internship at the Whittington Hospital
ADDRESS Through the highly supported internship they develop ADDRESS If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact
The Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, Hampstead, independence skills and increase their employability. The Whittington Hospital, Magdala Avenue, admissions@ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk for an
London NW3 2QG We prefer applications to be submitted before May but Archway, London N19 5NF application form.
always remain open to enquiries. Travel training can be
CONTACT provided where needed. CONTACTS Completed application forms can be scanned and
Sam Brown 07867 191 262 Gemma Mullan (Programme Tutor) emailed to admissions@ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk
Sam.Brown1@hee.nhs.uk To apply for this programme a link to the Maytas Hub gmullan@ambitiouscollege.org.uk or posted FAO Admissions, The Pears National Centre
can be obtained from Sam Brown (Sam.Brown1@ for Autism Education, Woodside Avenue, London
EDUCATION PARTNER hee.nhs.uk) who can also supply further details and Ambitious College Admissions Team N10 3JA.
Project Choice Independent Specialist Provider College to whom you can register your interest. Applicants admissions@ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk
will be invited to an assessment day and an informal Key vocational skills and work experience opportunities
SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PARTNER interview. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT PARTNER offered at the hospital include:
HEE Project Choice Ambitious College
Key vocational skills and work experience opportunities • Administration in a variety of departments across
SPONSORING/LEAD LOCAL AUTHORITY offered on this programme include: PLACEMENTS PLANNED 10 the hospital. Duties include data entry, filing,
London Borough of Camden reception, booking appointments and general office
• Communication reception, meet and greet, DATE September 2022 to July 2023 support
PLACEMENTS PLANNED 14 appointment booking, directions giving, • Grounds Maintenance supporting the facilities
encouraging communication Ambitious College is working with The Whittington team to clean and maintain the hospital site
DATE September 2022 to July 2023 • IT/Organisational Skills booking offices, data Hospital to support interns to develop workplace • Portering transporting patients and equipment
processing, process driven tasks e.g. data inputting, skills. The programme will run from September 2022 around the hospital
Our priority is providing a secure, uplifting experience patient correspondence, medical records retrieval for one academic year. Supported internships benefit • Clinical Engineering auditing and repairing hospital
for our interns, ensuring they develop academic, work • Science Pathology Labs sterile services, using employers to learn what young people with additional equipment
and life skills throughout the Internship. Our staff are practical skills to support the scientific staff to needs can contribute and achieve. More information • Pharmacy Assistant supporting the pharmacy
dedicated to the welfare of interns, providing skilled, produce test results is available on Ambitious College’s website: https:// team, data entry, picking and packing medicines for
informed support and working closely with family • Pastoral Skills, Ward Assistant child care nursery, www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk/what-we-do/ wards
members and other professionals to ensure the work helping patients with non-medical aspects of employment/supported-internships which provides • Health Records Assistant selecting and filing
experience is positive and skill-enhancing. We support hospital stay, assisting with child play activities eligibility details and notice of our Open Events. patient health records
the interns in their journey to employment, and • Food Handling in cafés and kitchens, preparing • Patient Dining Services picking and packing
continue that support for 5 years post-programme food and serving customers Open to autistic young people and young people with patient meals and delivering them to wards
if needed. • Retail working in hospital shops, serving customers, a related learning difficulty aged 16-24 with a current • Catering and Retail assisting in the hospital
stocktaking, ordering and receipt of goods Education Health and Care Plan, capable of travelling canteen and shop
Project Choice is a work experience and Supported independently to the workplace (with travel training)
Internship programme for young adults with an EHCP interested in spending a year learning new skills or
aged 16-24 with learning difficulties, disabilities and/ developing existing skills in the workplace and with
or Autism and an aspiration to enter employment aspirations to progress into paid employment.
either full or part time, as an apprentice or employee.
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