BY Sam Walker | Monday 3 March 2025
Hull City Council has a new video on Supported Internships and which highlights the benefits a Supported Internship can bring to local businesses.
The council has been working hard to increase the number of young people accessing Supported Internship programmes locally.
Working with a range of partners including, Hull College, Bishop Burton College, Wilberforce College, DFN Project Search, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and employers such as Asda, Humberside Police and the City Health Care Partnership, they have managed to increase the take up in Hull to over three times the national average.
To continue this growth, the council have published a new information video on Supported Internships to help more young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) move into work.
Supported internships are structured, work-based programmes for 16 to 24-year-olds with an EHCP (Education Health and Care Plan) who want to get into employment but need a bit of extra support.
A supported internship programme includes a work placement, facilitated by a job coach and tutor, with additional support from workplace mentors and managers. They offer young people the chance to gain meaningful experience of the workplace and transferable skills that can lead to sustained paid employment.
This video has been commissioned by Hull City Council’s Connexions service with funding from the Department for Education ‘Internships Work’ initiative.
The aim of the video is to raise awareness of supported internships amongst the local business community, hearing from employers and young people who are already involved about the benefits it has brought to their business and to encourage others to participate.
For more information surrounding supported internships, please contact Hull City Council on supported.internships@hullcc.gov.uk or visit the ground floor of Princes Quay on Wednesday 26 March, between 10.00am and 6.00pm for the council’s latest Post-16 Options and Preparation for Adulthood Event.
This annual event aims to inform young people with SEND from year 9 upwards about their options after they turn 16 and help them with their preparation for adulthood.
Post-16 education and training providers will be in attendance, including adult social care providers and key agencies that support transition. Colleagues from health, the DWP and the voluntary sector will also be on hand. This year’s event will feature information on Supported Internships to raise awareness of this option as a route into employment for young adults with an EHCP.
View the video below, or access
it directly on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8AhDtsE6E0
