Mencap supported internships
On a Mencap supported internship, young people aged 16-24 with education, health and care plans (EHCPs) are supported to move from education into employment.
Over an academic year starting in September, young people on the programme complete:
- classroom learning about the world of work and skills needed for the workplace like how to make a CV and prepare for interviews, time management, and communication skills.
- 420 hours of work experience. This can be with employers in lots of different sectors. Employers we work with include Greene King, Mitie, Delfont Mackintosh, Guinness World Records, The Financial Times and Sanctuary Care.
For learners who are not yet ready to complete the required number of work experience hours, we also have a study programme option. This is a year-long programme in which learners focus more on classroom activity, with some more limited work experience and other forms of employer engagement. The aim for learners on the study programme is to move on to the supported internship the following year.
We run a supported internship programme in Islington which is open to eligible young people from the borough and other neighbouring/nearby boroughs. Our classroom is on Holloway Road, while work experience will take place in a range of other locations in the community, potentially out of borough.
The programme starts each year in September and we are open to discuss potential enrolment throughout the year so please get in touch if you would like to find out more.
Who to contact
- Contact Name
- Tito Gbadamosi
- Contact Position
- Programme coordinator, central London supported internships
- Telephone
- 07813 723165 07813 723165
- tito.gbadamosi497@mencap.org.uk
- Website
- Mencap supported internships
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- Notes
Secondary contact email: employment.support@mencap.org.uk
Location
- Address
-
80 Holloway Road
London
- Postcode
- N7 8JG
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