1. Work Experience
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2. Work experience support
Work related learning
Career workshops
Preparation for work experience
Practise interviews
Enterprise challenges
Teacher and pupil workplace visits
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3. Aims and objectives Why is Work Experience important?
Work Experience case studies
Preparation for Work Experience
Skills for life and work
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4. Work Experience – why is it important?
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5. Opportunity to experience how work is different to school / relevance of school
Find out what you don’t want to do – this is just as important
Inspiration
Trial a
potential
future
career
Work Experience
Reference
Contact with employers/
employees with a range of work experiences
Be treated as an adult – extra responsibilities
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6. Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital
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7. Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospital
Responsible for the care of 530,000 local people from across North-West Birmingham and all the towns within Sandwell
Employ approximately 7,500 people
More than 350 careers in the NHS
The importance of finding one contact or the team at a company who is responsible for work experience and activities with schools
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8. Opportunities for Work Experience
Healthcare – working in a ward area
Administrative & clerical
Biomedical laboratories
Estates – grounds and building maintenance
Therapists
Facilities – catering, portering, cleaning and maintenance, driving services
Marketing & Communications
Health records
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9. Opportunities Application form for work experience Taster day sessions
Career talks
School support
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10. Lowe & Fletcher
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11. Lowe & Fletcher Specialist manufacturer of locking systems
Supply over 50 million products annually
Lowe & Fletcher Group has manufactured locks since 1889
Manufacturing and engineering, employing people from design, through production, to marketing, sales and finance
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12. Preparation for Work
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13. Taking the leap…. School Work
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14. Support and career staff
Teachers
Pupils
Support and career staff
School
Work
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15. Benefits to employers of having Work Experience pupils
Investing in the future
Fresh point of view - a young person’s opinion
Staff development
Helping young people understand how to act in the workplace – investing in future employees
Increasing people’s awareness of their company
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16. What do companies tell us about pupils they have on Work Experience?
Health and safety
Information sharing
How to behave at work
The differences between school and work
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17. Qualifications Employability Skills
Work
Experience
Employability
Skills
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18. The importance of transferable skills in a number of NHS job roles
Radiographer
Porter
Doctor
Midwife
Speech therapist
Health records clerk
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19. Health & Safety on Work Experience

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21. Emergency
Evacuation
Personal
Safety
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22. Health & Safety on Work Experience
Who is responsible for health and safety in the workplace?
Health & Safety on Work Experience
Who should you tell about health and safety problems?
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23. Aims and objectives Why is Work Experience important?
Work Experience case studies
Preparation for Work Experience
Skills for life and work
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