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Work Experience
Presentation to Parents
Work Experience Team
Colinda Brown
Work Experience Manager
Teresa Price
Senior Work Experience Coordinator
Elly Pharoah
Work Experience Coordinator
Vibeke Gardiner
Work Experience Coordinator
What is BEP Group?
• Previously known as Havering and Redbridge BEP
• Came together in May 2011 and changed name to BEP Group
• Act as a broker (link) between Business and Education
• OUR MISSION
To develop and enhance the skills and potential of the local business
community and their future workforce through structured education,
training and enterprise initiatives
What is Work Experience?
• An unpaid opportunity for young people to experience working
life whilst they are still at school
• A chance for students to develop and practice new skills and
become more confident in your abilities
• Can be non – vocational : it’s an experience of work!
Placements
There are 2 ways in which students can be placed:
Own Placements
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Source their own as they are more likely to get exactly what they want
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Placements can be anywhere in the country
The employer must have Employer Liability Insurance (ELI)
Pass a Health & Safety check carried out by an approved Health and Safety
Officer
All forms must be fully completed and signed by the employer and yourselves
as their parent, guardian or carer
Placements
Online Selections
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Students must provide selections (even if they are finding their own placement)
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We will aim to ensure all students are allocated a placement – where possible
this will be from the choices made online
Students are usually placed anywhere within the London Borough of Havering or
Redbridge (based on their selections online)
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Relevant medical and special needs information should be listed on the Initial
Consent Form
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It is essential that you check and approve the choices made
Webview
(Online Work Experience System)
Getting Started
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To access the site students must go to www.bepgroup.net and click on :
Students will be issued with a pin number on the ‘getting started’ information
sheet
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The students are to follow these steps to log on to the system
Webview cont.
Student home page
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When students have successfully logged in they will be directed to the student
home page where they’re able to tick if they are thinking of finding their own
placement
Making Selections
Webview cont.
• Student must put their choices in order of preference
Webview cont.
• Provide information on what areas they can travel to
and their method of travel
Webview cont.
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Once they have finished making their selections they will directed to
the Own Placement screen. This is where they can enter the details of
their placement and print off the form to be signed by the employer
Pre Placement
Provisional Job Description (Yellow)
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A provisional job description will be issued to the student approximately
10 weeks before their work experience is due to commence
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Students will then have 1 week to raise any concerns they may have
with the school coordinator
If they refuse a placement, they must have a good reason to do so
BEP Group will endeavour to meet the students needs by offering an
alternative placement if one is available
Webview cont.
Once students have been placed the system allows them to :
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See the employer details, job description and health and safety information
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Plan their journey to work and see a location map for their work experience
placement
Deadlines
• Work Experience is normally a 6 month process from start
(student briefing) to finish (first day of placement) and all
parties involved have critical dates to adhere to.
• All choices need to be made and own placements found by the
dates shown on the online system
• All forms must be given to the school coordinator by the
deadline given
• Forms will not be accepted after these dates
Agreement Form (Blue)
• Students will receive the ‘blue’ form approximately 6 weeks prior
to their placement commencing
• This needs to be signed by you as their parent, guardian or
carer and employer to indicate the job description and risk
assessment has been read and understood
• The ‘blue’ form must be returned to the school before the
placement can start
Interview
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On receipt of the ‘blue’ form students must contact the employer to
arrange an interview.
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Employers will expect the student to arrange the interview and attend
by themselves.
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This is an important part of the Work Experience Process, however if
they have found their own placement, employers may not require a
further interview or meeting prior to placement.
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In many cases – no interview, no work experience!!!
During the Placement
• Whilst on placement students will be treated as an employee by
the company.
• Employers must be contacted if they are ill, running late or
attending an appointment.
• They will be expected to work business hours. This is anything
up to a maximum of 40 hours per week!
• BEP Group will be advised if they do not attend placement and
in turn will contact the school to find out where they are.
After the Placement
Student Evaluation
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On completion of Work Experience evaluation forms are sent to both
the students and employers.
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Feedback from employers is passed onto the school.
Students will be issued with a certificate on return of their feedback
form to BEP Group.
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No evaluation form completed – no certificate!!!
Feedback
Employer Feedback
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‘Sam is a credit to his school. We have employed him as a weekend worker’
‘Fantastic student! He made a great impression on my team. He had a very positive attitude
and was very customer focused.’
Student Feedback
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‘I always thought I would be cutting hair on my work experience in a hairdressers, but
instead all they got me doing was folding towels, making tea and sweeping the floor. That’s
too much hard work.’
‘I gained confidence, but best of all I knew they trusted me and had belief in me and the
work I did for them.’
Finally
• www.bepgroup.net