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Supported Internships - Lessons from the pilot &
moving forward
Bev JessopVice Principal - Academic
Queen Alexandra College
Supported Internships - Lessons from the pilot
• The college perspective
• The learner perspective
• The employer perspective
• Moving forward under the new funding arrangements
• Guidance & Pathways
The College Perspective
CHALLENGE 1
Employing the ‘right’ job coach
The ideal job coach !• Experience supporting and
championing people with a range of disabilities
• Can handle rejection & has resilience to keep going
• Salesperson skills• Trained in systematic instruction• Excellent organisational skills• Experience of assessing and
recording progress
The College Perspective
CHALLENGE 2
Employer Engagement
Employers• Supportive attitude and values • Looking to match the intern’s career
aims with their needs• Need to be sold the benefits of
‘win/win’• Be prepared to listen• Getting to the right person
important!
The QAC Solution?
An external salesperson was employed who established 27 new leads with new employers over 5 months
The College Perspective
CHALLENGE 3
Intern
recruitment
Recruitment•Motivation to want to work is key (from intern and parents/carers!)•Making the process as real as possible – setting up interviews, job descriptions, CVs submitted...•A good option for a final year programme (restart)•Connexions promoted for NEETs•Understanding an internship is not just another college course!
The Employer Perspective
“Staff have commented on how pleasant and enthusiastic he is and I have observed that he
interacts well”
“We are so impressed by the intern!”
“It is a job that needs doing and we are happy to give someone an opportunity to get on”
Moving Forward
Element 2: Additional
support funding
Element 3: Top-up funding
“Top-up” funding from the LA to meet the needs of each student placed
Contribution of £6,000 to additional support
required by a pupil or student with high needs
For example: Job coach support; mobility; mentoring
Element 1: Core
education funding
Qualification costs £4000+ For example – Workskills Entry to L3
Contribute to LSA support as needed
Supported Interns at QAC 2013-2014
• Supported Internships are now part of the curriculum offer
• Part of the Employment Pathways at QAC• Job Coaches are on 52 week contracts so Internships
do not ‘do’ college weeks (work through!)• Different models for delivery possible – flexibility is key!• SI is a study programme –Workskills/employability
qualification, functional skills, employment and job preparation skills
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