EBP Kent - Education Business Partnership

Work Experience

Work Experience is a powerful personal development activity for a young person that is often a critical part of their preparation for employment. Work Experience is a key element in a young person's development resulting in increased self-confidence, increased maturity, a positive attitude to world of work and a better understanding of future career opportunities & employer's expectations.

EBP Kent offers a full range of Work Experience Programmes including:

	Traditional block placement
	One day per week
	Places designed around a specific vocational curriculum
	Diploma placements
	Apprenticeship placements

Health & Safety: £5.00 per student
Consultant Visit: £35 per student (high risk only)

Work Experience Programme - How we work together:

School / College

EBP Kent

Employer

	Support all students
	Communicate with all parties
	Keep to all deadlines
	Provide course outline if required
	Visit students

	Find appropriate placements
	Complete Health & Safety Checks
	Inform employer of relevant course content
	Confirm to the employer in writing
	Provide each student with a WEX Diary
	Support schools with an on-line system
	Provide Health & Safety Preparation
	In School WEX Preparation
	School WEX debrief

	Provide suitable opportunity
	Provide the RA
	Link to Course
	Provide specialist information
	Fill in risk assessment

EBP Kent has achieved the National Quality Award of standards set by the DCFS to deliver Work Experience. The standard addresses quality preparation, Health & Safety, placement content and debrief of students all of which support the generous gift of time and expertise given by the employer. Here our some sample programmes we offer for Work Placements.

	WEX Programme Name	No. of Students	Price per Student (non-partner school)	Price per Student (Platinum Partnership)
Example 1 Based on Year 10 - 180	Diploma Placements	15	Ł75.00	Ł50.00
	Apprentices	10	Ł250.00	Ł150.00
	Vocational Placement - linked to qualification	45	Ł50.00	Ł35.00
	Work Experience - 1 or 2 week block	60	Ł35.00	Ł22.50
	Employability Skills - 1 week	50	Ł35.00	Ł22.50
Example 2 Based on Year 10 - 180	Apprentices	2	Ł250.00	Ł150.00
Example 2 Based on Year 10 - 180	Work Experience - 1 or 2 week block	178	Ł35.00	Ł22.50
Example 3 Based on Year 10 - 35	Diploma Placements	3	Ł75.00	Ł50.00
	Apprentices	2	Ł250.00	Ł150.00
	Work Experience - 1 or 2 week block	30	Ł35.00	Ł22.50

EBP Kent is delighted to offer schools and colleges the opportunity of a Platinum Partnership to successfully deliver quality Work Experience to students.

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