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Year 10 Work Experience Mounts Bay Academy

Ms KennedyMs Knowles

Year 10 Form Tutors

Mrs MastersCareers South West Adviser

Monday 7th July – Friday 11th July 2014

Why do Work Experience ?Gain insight into a careerGives a purpose to your educationIt can help you find a jobIt can help with your application to UniversityYou gain valuable skills for your developmentAdds value to your CVTo gain a positive reference from an employerTo put towards an end of year presentation

To get the most benefit :• It needs to be an appropriate work placement based on:

• A possible career route• An area of interest• Support a subject area or qualification

Popular placements fill up very quickly such as:Vets, Police, Cornwall Council, major retailers, First Great

Western

Do not choose a placement with:Family businesses, Sole Traders and places where you are

already working part time.

Shortage of employment skills:Work Experience provides an opportunity to show your potentialPositive attitude to work, being politeFlexibility and enthusiasmInitiative - ability to think for yourself in the

workplaceReliability – turning up on timeCommunication skills – confident to talk to

people, willing to ask for help and a good listener

Team worker – gets on well with othersLiteracy, Numeracy & Computer Skills

Work Experience – the processThe student writes a letter of application, enclosing SAE (see sample letter). Help will be available from your tutor

• Hopefully a positive reply is received from the employer:• If you’ve not received a reply within 2 to 3 weeks then

consider phoning them.

• An approval & consent form will be sent to your home address

• Fill in part 1 and send it to the employer with a SAE• Employer fills in sections 2, 3 & 4 and sends it back to you • Read employer sections and both parent/carer & student

sign section 4

Work Experience - Duty of Care

Schools retain a duty of care at all times they have responsibility for ensuring placements are vetted by – (Cornwall Education Business Partnership - CEBP)

Employer Suitability – Health & Safety and Insurance

Cornwall EBP – Placement Suitability Visits

Approval & Consent Form

Health & Safety Briefings in School

Child Protection Briefing in School

Work Placement visit during the week

What you need to do….Identify type of work you would like to do that matches your interests and abilities

Identify employers from a range of sources:a) Your own local knowledgeb) Veryan website - database of employers for work experience. All students will be given their log-in. www.learnaboutwork.net/cornwallc) Yellow Pages website www.yell.comd)Thomson local website www.thomsondirectories.come) Cornwall council website www.cornwall.gov.ukf) Local newspapers: Cornishman, West Britong) Seek advice from tutors, teachers, Careers South West Adviser, family and friends

How to Look for Work Write to local employers – example letter

available to help. This could also be sent via Email or through company websites. Try and get the name of the person responsible for work experience.

Call in direct and ask to speak to the manager.

Telephone and ask to speak to the manager

Curriculum VitaeJo Bloggs5 The StreetPenzanceTR18 1XXTel: 01736 555777Mobile: 00000000E-mail:

Date of Birth: 01/00/93 Age 15

Personal Profile

I am a hard working, polite and helpful. I get on well with others as shown in my participation in school and my work experience in a local well established hotel. I am hoping to find work in a customer service role as I feel my skills and qualities would be suited to this type of work. I am good with people, reliable and willing to learn. I am keen to work as many hours as I am able to.

EducationMounts Bay School, Boscathnoe Lane, Heamoor, PenzanceStudying GCSE’s in English, Maths, Science, ICT, History, French, Drama and First Diploma in Public ServicesGCSE Exam Date: June 2014 Predicted Grades: A-C.

Additional InformationI have been a member of the School Council and have taken part in several meetings to solve problems and to make improvements for both the school and other students.I enjoy playing tennis, and socialising with my friends at the weekend.

I am also starting a Duke of Edinburgh Youth Achievement Award with the school

Work ExperienceReceptionist – 1 weeks work experience July 2012Helped with greeting of hotel guests, giving directions to their rooms and answering their queries. I took bookings on the phone and helped out with I also helped out with additional duties such as serving tea’s in the afternoon.

Paper roundThe Shop Newsagents 2010 - Present I deliver newspapers every morning in the Gulval area. I sometimes help out with other rounds if short staffed or covering holidays. When required I also help out within the shop, tidying up and stacking shelves.

References

Mrs Osborne / My Form Tutor / Another Teacher Mrs SmithHead of Year 11 Hotel ManagerMounts Bay School Queens HotelBoscathnoe Lane Down LanePenzance PenzanceTR18 3JT TR18 1XXTel: 01736 363240 Tel: 01736 300000

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Forms to be completed by March 28th 2014

You have to make it happen