Our supported internship in south west London
Learners on our supported internship in south west London complete a minimum of 420 hours
work experience
Work
experience
Experience is when you have learned or tried something before.
is when you try out a job to help you learn new skills.
over the year. We can offer work experience placements with employers in retail, hospitality, health and
social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.
and administration.
Employers we work with in south west London
Greene King. The UK's biggest pub chain. Hospitality work experience placements available in front of house and back of house roles - waiting on tables, serving at the bar and working in kitchens.
Delfont Mackintosh. Theatre operator in London's west end. Front of house placements available - selling tickets and merchandise and showing audience members to their seats.
Travis Perkins. Building supplies retailer.
Sanctuary Care. Leading care provider. Work experience placements available at homes in Lambeth.
Work experience placements available in the youth service, South London Partnership, democratic services, mayoral services and parking teams.
Sutton
Council
A council is also called a
local authority
A local authority is also called a council. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live like schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. They are a group of people who make decisions about some of the things in the area where you live. These include: schools, social care (support for people), parks and dustbin collection.
. Administrative placements available across different teams like the regulatory and environment teams.
Classroom learning
Learners on our south west London supported internship attend sessions at Parc House Studios in Kingston 1.5 days a week between September and July, learning employability skills. There may also be trips to other sites and work experience could take place at a range of locations.
80% of learners who completed our supported internship in south west London in 2023/24 got a paid job!
Laurence's story
Laurence previously completed our supported internship in south west London and did work experience with sports equipment retailer, Decathlon. Laurence already had a passion for cycling so working with the bikes in the store proved a great fit. Laurence impressed so much that he was offered a paid job just five months in to the course.
How can young people enrol on this programme?
To express an interest in joining our supported internship in south west London and to start the enrolment process, please complete our online expression of interest form.
If you or the person you are enquiring on behalf of are eligible for a supported internship, then a member of the team will work to get in touch with you within 14 working days.
Before we can agree to enrol learners, we will need to see a copy of the young person's EHCP and to meet with them to discuss why they want to do a supported internship, as well as their skills, needs and interests.
Our London prospectus
You can find out more about all our programmes in London in our 2025/26 prospectus.
Our classroom where we deliver the classroom learning elements of our supported internship in south west London is at Parc House Studios in Kingston. It is a 0.2 mile (4 minute) walk from Kingston station. It is also close to bus stops on the 65 and 671 routes (Kingsgate Road and Kingston Station V bus stops), the 57, 65 and 71 routes (Cromwell Road bus stop), and the 111, 216 and 281 routes (Kingston Station Q bus stop).
Learners on the supported internship attend sessions at Parc House Studios 2 days a week. The rest of the week is spent in their work experience placements which could potentially take place nearer to learners' homes if needed.
We understand that some people may not have much experience of travelling on their own and may feel nervous about finding their way to our classrooms and to their work experience placements.
We encourage people to come and visit our premises before enrolling to see what it’s like and to get a sense of the journey from home. We also try to arrange meetings with employers where learners will do work experience before they start on the course so they can experience the journey to the workplace as well.
You may also be able to get some independent travel training support before joining the supported internship from your local council.
Travel training in Kingston and Richmond
We can also provide travel training for up to 6 weeks when learners start their work experience placements to help learners learn the routes to their work placements.
If you would like to enquire about enrolling on our supported internship in south west London, then the best way to start the process is by completing our online expression of interest form.
However, if you would like to get in touch with a member of the team directly, then please contact the programme coordinator in south west London, Lucinda Morgan-Evans.
lucinda.morgan-evans@mencap.org.uk
07813 363 045
For general enquiries, you can also contact: employment.support@mencap.org.uk