28th June – 9th July 2010

Private placements must be submitted by Friday 29th January 2010

A private placement form must be fully completed and returned to Mrs Hughes by that deadline

Forms must be signed by a parent/carer and the employer

It is also important to have the employer’s insurance details on the form

Forms will be given out in mentoring sessions

Students who don’t get their own placement will choose something from the borough scheme

This will be done in IT lessons in March You will have to make four choices from

the jobs available & will be expected to take any one of those allocated to you

You will need to be flexible: the borough can only offer jobs that employers make available

Once all choices have been submitted, the allocation software is run by the borough and jobs are allocated

You will find out what job you have been given in the summer term

You will get full details of the job you have been given

Your parents will be asked to sign a form giving their consent for you to do this job

Forms must be returned to Mrs Hughes

Once your parents have agreed the job you have been given, you will get a letter telling you to call the employer for an interview

This is really important; the job is not finally confirmed until you have had a successful interview

If you fail to contact the employer when you are asked to, you may lose your placement

At the interview, the employer will sign a form to say you have been accepted; this should be returned to Mrs Hughes

In assembly you will watch a DVD about Health & Safety in the workplace and you will be given a booklet which you should read carefully

You will go over some other things in your mentoring sessions

You can check out information on the school system

You can look at the borough work experience website: www.enfield-workex.org.uk

If you have any questions, come & ask Mrs Hughes

The most important things are: Attend every day Be on time Be willing Ask questions any time you are not sure what

to do Let the employer know if you can’t attend on

a particular day for a really good reason At all times, be positive!

Your employer will send in a report which can be really useful when you go for interviews in future

You will also get a report from the teacher who visits your placement

You will be asked to write up your own report

You will get a certificate if you attend well & complete successfully

All this will go in a folder so that you can keep it

Work experience is your first chance to try out the world of work:

Make sure you make the most of your chance!