YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
7th to 11th July 2014
YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
Procedure for obtaining a placement
There is a 4 phase procedure for gaining a work
experience placement:
Phase 1
 Students should start looking now for their own
work placement.
 If you receive a positive response from a company,
ask them to write to confirm to you and hand this
letter into me.
YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
Procedure for obtaining a placement
Phase 2
 Week commencing 11th November, the Central
Sussex Work Experience Database will be opened
to you.
 The database will provide details of placements
who have previously had work experience students.
 These placements are suggestions, they are not
guaranteed!
YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
Procedure for obtaining a placement
 Please choose three placements from the database.
 There are no restrictions on the type of placements.
 For example you can choose a building company, a shop
and an office placement.
 But they should be in an industry that you are
interested in finding out more about!
 I will supply forms to your tutors for you to complete
with the job numbers that you are interested in.
 This form should then be returned to me.
YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
Procedure for obtaining a placement
Phase 3
 I will then contact the placements to determine
whether a place is available.
 You will be notified via your tutor if the placements
are unavailable.
 Placements are allocated 1st come 1st served.
So the quicker you provide your selections the more
likely you are to get something you are interested in.
YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
Procedure for obtaining a placement
 All students must provide details of an own
placement and choices from the database by 6th
January.
 All students must have a confirmed placement by
30th March. Placements arranged after this deadline
with incur a penalty charge for parents.
YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
Procedure for obtaining a placement
Phase 4
 Once a placement has been agreed you will receive
a Work Experience Agreement Form for signature by
yourself & your parent.
 This must be returned by 13th June without it your
placement will not go ahead!
 Any placements requiring a Health and Safety Risk
Assessment will not be confirmed until the
Assessment has been received.
YEAR 10 WORK EXPERIENCE
Procedure for obtaining a placement
 Any requests submitted for work experience
outside of West Sussex will be subject to a charge
by the Local Council for the Health & Safety
Assessment to be carried out.
 This charge will be between £30 & £80 dependent
on the Local Authority.
 Parents will need to fund this prior to the
Assessment being requested.