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The School Work Experience Policy 2023 is available below in a downloadable format:

School Work Experience Policy 2023

Work Experience/Placement Policy Guidance and Procedures, from section 4 of this Policy, should be used to support schools in the delivery of safe work experience placements as part of pupil learning. Further details of these can be found on the following linked pages:

1. Work Experience Safeguarding Policy Procedures (Appendix 1)

2. Work Experience Letter of Understanding (Appendix 2)

3. Work Experience Risk Assessment and Consent Forms templates (Appendix 3a – Employer Placement Template & Appendix 3b – Parent/Carer & Student Placement Template)

4. Arrangements for Block Work Experience (less than 10 days) (Appendix 4)

5. Arrangements for Extended Work Experience (more than 10 days) (Appendix 5))

6. DBS Check Requirements (Appendix 6)

7. Types of IOM work placements offered for different stages and ages (Appendix 7)




More in the section Work Experience Policy 2023:

1. Work Experience Safeguarding Policy Procedures (Appendix 1)
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All Work Experience /Work Placements should be safe for the child or young person undertaking them. There are different Safeguarding aspects linked to the Health and Safety and the Welfare of the child or young person in the workplace that any school arranging work experience will need to consider.…

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6. DBS Check Requirements (Appendix 6)
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6. DBS Checks There is an online eligibility checker that helps to determine if a DBS is required. Generally, any student placement over 10 days may require any employer who has regular contact (regulated activity) with a student to have a satisfactory DBS check. The online eligibility checker can…

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