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Unpaid work placements and volunteering which count as Curricular Traineeships for 16 to 19 year old international students. We run a free to use student traineeship programme marketplace and promote volunteering opportunities.
We have created a special marketplace where you may list unpaid work experience placements and volunteering opportunities, which count as curricular traineeships for international students aged 16 or over. You may limit your offer to over 18 candidates.
Here our first interviews with local Work Tutors who have tried our Scheme: Andy, Alex and Grace.
Our 16 to 19 year old students could do work form being a simple helping hand to a near pro graphics designer, IT specialist, chef or skilled technician, they only lack experience but are sure interested if taking part: away form home, friends and out of their comfort zone, applying to the jobs they find appeling.
For the older applicants, we get all sorts of professionals, seeking to practise their spoken English skills, but even retirees looking for different life experiences. Pure keen wisdom at your disposal.
Applicant send in their request after seeing all available options (they may send only 3 requests, to avoid spam, then you may see their profiles, message, accept or decline them.
We have worked with many nurseries and primary schools, as references: Ms Sarah Fielding and Ms Tracey Harlin. Students usually help in arranging and tidying up, in small groups or individually with the best or the worst in the class. Sure boosting curiosity, peer education and multiculturalism.
Project work may be arranged to integrate their presence with the on-going programme, be it explaining in another way the Roman Empire, local art and traditions, culture and so on. Further, students may be asked to revamp some previous topics, or prepare something more specific to their course of study or profession.
All are vetted and bring, alongside our paperwork and yours, an original criminal record check and parental consent when under 18.
We have later interviewed Work Tutors who have taken students working in Cafès, bars, restaurants and Pubs: James, Alex, Lucy, Lal and Caroline among the first.
Thanks to the wide range of choices students apply only to work placements and volunteering opportunities they wish for; please clearly specify any work which will be manual and if, according to their English and other skills, they may take orders and interact more or less with clients.
Work is unpaid and insured by the schooling system which also runs health and safety courses in compliance with European and UK laws. Furthermore Traineeships in the UK are covered by your Employers’ Liability Compulsory Insurance just like all volunteers.
If you run a charity or a CIC and students come as volunteers you must provide your volunteer form.
Students look for these opportunities and are committed as they also have to sustain accommodation, flight and transport costs, moreover your evaluation will count towards a school mark for them.
Students will be away from friends and family, thus completely responsive to requests made by the “Work Tutor”,
Last but not least they pick the workplace, with only three possibilities (we limit applications to avoid spam in our system), and send in their applications, we do not send anyone, so you know they want to do what you offer in your job description.
We warn students work will initially be easy repetitive tasks, if fast learners and proactive, they will be trained to and will be able to do and interact more with customers. Their main goal is to socialise and practise their English.
We do not “send students” like in "traditional" Work placements or "suggested" volunteering.
Here is what we have running in Nottingham. www.work-related-learning.com (filter "unpaid work experiences" to see).
To add an unpaid work experience offer, simply click on "Join Now" in our homepage and select "NEW Organisation / Work Tutor" when asked. There you will be forwarded to fill in Organisation details and provide a job description. Once approved by our Admin office you may get student applications.
We can fully assist you online or in person. Contact us for assistance.
When a student applies you will be notified via email, thereafter you may see the student’s profile, message, accept or decline the applicant.
If you accept, the system will generate all the paperwork, in compliance with EU and UK laws, precompiled ready for signature, the students will bring a hard copy signed by their Headmaster, School Tutor, and a Parent if under 18.
We are available to assist you via a convenient video call, or other media, or even in person during our next visit to your town/city.