1. Supported Work Experience
with
TrinityLearning
My job with TL is to help improve the QOL for staff & children in Abingdon schools.
From the moment I started, almost exactly 6 years ago, I knew that work experience was one of their needs.
Took on first students in 2010 – since then, Trinity has hosted 23 work experience students.

2. “what you need is a job” What’s so important about work experience?
Alf Garnett used to say to his idle hippy of a son “what you need is a job – bring back conscription”
Work gives you a taste of real life -= responsibilities, hard work, having to do what you’re told.
Real benefits for young people in schools:
Count their blessings
Identify a Career path
Chance for less academic to get taste of success
Age leaving edn now 16 – if not in work, 18 – was 14
Edn not for alll
My plumber…..
“what you need is a job”

3. believe work experience is important in recruiting young people,
45% of employers
believe work experience is important
in recruiting young people,
in the past year only 27% of employers provided placements
(UKCES, Feb 2014).
Review slide
Why?

4. Businesses are stretched too……
Overwork & cuts – supervising does take time

5. Extra paperwork puts people off
As does the Paperwork involved
Placements precious – esp schools, as colleges & unis too.
Stess point in schools
Employers Liability Insurance

6. The children most in need of experience are least likely to succeed!
Daren’t risk offending employers.
Difficult students kept in school – but they need it most
Less able to arrange their own – why TL steps in

7. learning difficulties
social disadvantage
behavioural issues
disability

8. Churches can offer……
Structure
Appropriate tasks
Varied tasks
Intensive mentoring
Supportive environment

9. Timetable – user groups
Ongoing tasks – notices
of own choice eg ppt
Day length depends on student - transport

10. How we helped people Rosemary printing posters and leaflets Helping
schools
Photos
Church display
The church
Tom
Office
Mother and toddler
club
Stroke Club
Lads prepared this chart for me
From start – helped me.
Office work – It skills, controlled envt, printing, making leaflets, practical timesaving for me
Photo-stock of images
Displays
Wanted them to mix with wider church – seen as benefit. Trust, people came forward with jobs
Notices – very skilled
Moving things
User groups – M & T wash up
Stroke Club
Favourite – old people (message for them)
can help -
Helping impt - schools

11. Spin-offs
School learns ideas,
gets benefit
Chloe – clamer after 10 weeks!!

12. Benefits to church – help; breath fresh air; contact point
Lewis
What do students get?
- Speak for themselves

13. How Its Helped us as
Workers
It’s given us a better
knowledge of the
workplace
we know how to use
certain bits of
equipment now
People
It’s given us
experience of
working with children
and older people
It’s given us a better
knowledge of
ourselves

14. What we have gained from our work experience at Trinity Church
From our work experience we have gained:
The ability to work more independently
Teamwork
Better communication skills
Read

15. In just one week I…
I learned a lot this week I learned a bit of history, Some more maths and I learned how to use a Samsung laser printer.
got confidence, New skills and learning new words and learning the history of Trinity and the Town.

16. In just one week I… I learnt a lot of things during my week:
how to plan an event,
how to successfully make a work phone call (if asked, it is absolutely terrifying)
how to organise the church notices.
my favourite part of the week has to be the display board we (Miriam and I) made for Trinity Learning. We planned it, printed it and organised it. This was the best because it required a range of different skills.

17. Can encourage a fresh start
A positive reference
Can encourage a fresh start
Find it difficult to reflect on experiences – skill need esp diary
End week, ticky boxes
My reference
This year – tears!
Schools thrilled - refs

18. For the student…….. inclusion new experiences a sense of achievement
respect from peers
raised expectations
Go back to school

19. sense of community support classrooms more peaceful empowerment
For staff…
peace of mind
sense of community support
classrooms more peaceful
empowerment
job satisfaction
schools

20. Supported Work Experience
with
TrinityLearning