Supported Internships Education, Health & Care Plan (EHCP)
We are pleased to offer a programme of Supported Internships, specially designed for people with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). The programme helps to build confidence, gain valuable skills and offers work experience placements.
EHCP Work Experience
The Supported Internship programme is specially designed for people with an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). The programme can last for up to a year and includes work experience with an SEN-friendly employer.
During your work experience, we will provide you with a workplace mentor who will attend work with you. This is to make sure that you are introduced to a work environment that is suitable for you, to make you feel comfortable and to help you understand what you are doing.
We will also help you with travel training, so you can get to the work experience placement.
The Supported Internships programme focuses on:
Building Confidence
Employability Skills
Social Skills
English & Maths
Work Experience
IT Skills
Travel Training
Work Environment
Providing Total Support
Whilst with us, you will have tutors and classroom assistants to help you, access to an adviser to give you information and guidance, and someone who will help find the work experience placement for you. We will also arrange transport, so you can get to us.
We also have access to Education Psychologists, Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and Occupational Therapists to help, if you need it.
We will work with the Local Authority and other professionals to manage your EHCP Annual Reviews in a truly person-centred way.
To be eligible for a Supported Internship you must be:
Supported Internships are available at these campuses:
We also have access to a mobile classroom which means our Supported Internships can be delivered on a peripatetic basis.
