The college is also committed to supporting its local community and its businesses; work experience can help fill skills gaps in the short term and it will allow you to see how potential employees suit your organisation culture.
As a college we are dedicated to supporting our students to develop the confidence and skills they require for their future careers, which we achieve with employer support. First-hand experience of the work place is vital to a student’s training and development and we do hope you will be able to support our work experience programme in the coming difficult months to enable our students to achieve their qualifications.
What Are We Looking For?
Employers who are prepared to support the initiative by offering work experience placements to our students. We have a dedicated team of work placement officers who can support and guide you through the process.
What Does it Cost Your Business?
Absolutely nothing! It only requires a little of your time and minimum administration – and could make a real difference to the life of a young person. And who knows they could potentially even be your next star recruit.
What Support Will My Business Get From the College?
You will be given a named contact within The Work Experience Team to answer any of your queries.
The toolkit has been designed to support employers who agree to offer work experience placements to students with special educational needs, learning difficulties and/or disabilities.
Why Should my Business Get Involved?
Immediate Benefits
• Corporate Social Responsibility impact: share with stakeholders how your business has supported local young people into placements, improving their employability and progression opportunities.
Long Term Benefits
• Inspire the next generation to work in your industry
• Address current and future skills shortages in your industry
• Strengthen your recruiting pipeline and increase diversity
• Shared value: benefits for business and society are correlated – increased social inclusion leads to new business opportunities.
What do I need to do?
• Provide a safe environment for the student to work in and opportunities to develop their technical skills and knowledge within your industry
• Contact Stamford College to arrange a meeting to discuss work experience and industry placements further.
Kidney Research UK has benefitted from work placement students since October 2014, hosting 5 students to date. Each student has worked well and supported our Finance Team. This work has included banking reconciliations coding bank statements and scanning of invoices. All this work is important and shows that we trust students with essential work, not work staff do not want to do themselves. Bringing in students to support the team has seen staff develop their own management skills and mentoring skills whilst the student learns, making the whole process a win win for all concerned.
Christian Comforth – Volunteer Programme Manager
Kidney Research UK
Frequently Asked Questions
There are a few things which you will need to commit to, which include:
- Providing at least 45 days’ work placement.
- Agreeing a work plan with Inspire Education Group and the student. These will include relevant learning objectives that are linked to the sector and the student’s area of study.
- Making sure the working environment is safe and allow the student to develop their practical skills in a safe way.
- Having a dedicated member of staff to mentor and supervise the student, and provide feedback on their progress.
Providing feedback at the end of the placement.
Students on industry placements bring with them enthusiasm, good subject knowledge and skills to support your business.
- Flexibility: take placement students to fit your business needs. Placements can be one or two days a week through the year; one or two weeks at a time; a month at a time, or longer.
- Develop staff management and supervisory skills: supervising or managing placement students can help to develop your employees’ leadership skills, boosting job satisfaction and retention.
- Foster future talent: get to know students and identify talented individuals who you may wish to offer employment to in the future.
- Extra help at no cost: industrial placement students carry out real work while developing their skills and knowledge.
- Boost your company’s reputation: people completing placements with you talk to their friends and family, and mention their experiences on social media.
We are looking for employers to provide industrial placements in the following sectors and roles:
- Nursing
- Health & Social Care
- Child development and well being
- Animal Care & veterinary science
- Engineering
- Manufacturing technologies
- Building & construction
- ICT practitioners
- Hospitality & catering
- Hairdressing & beauty
- Crafts, creative arts & design
- Media & communication
- Publishing and information services
- Business administration
- Accounting
We will support you at every stage of the process, from making sure that students are ready to go on a placement, to checking in with you to see how students are progressing, and making sure you have everything necessary in place for the student.
The placement is part of a young person’s Study Programme, so there is no requirement to pay them. However, employers can optionally pay students or support with costs if you wish.
If there are other costs that you incur for a student on an industry placement, such as providing personal protective equipment, specialist equipment, training or DBS checks we can help cover the cost of these. Please contact us for more information.
It’s simple to become an industrial placement employer. All you need to do is contact us:
Peterborough – work.experience@peterborough.ac.uk or call 01733 863080
Stamford – work.experience@stamford.ac.uk or call 01780 484362
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