Our supported internship in Staffordshire
Learners on our supported internship in Staffordshire 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 hospitality, health and
social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.
, administration and logistics.
Employers we work with in Staffordshire
Wincanton. A leading logistics business. Warehouse operative, administration and catering work experience placements available at sites in Lichfield, Trentham or Stafford.
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.
Whitemoor Lakes. Activities centre in Lichfield. Kitchen, housekeeping, maintenance, front of house and activities assistant work experience placements available.
Sanctuary Care. Leading care provider. Work experience placements available at homes in Cannock, Burton-On-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Carnell. A civil engineering company that supply fencing and barriers for the UK's roads. We can broker administration work experience placements at Carnell's Stafford offices.
Classroom learning
Learners on our Staffordshire supported internship also attend sessions at Stowe Court in Lichfield 1.5 days a week between September and July, learning employability skills. They spend the rest of the week in their work experience placements.
78% of learners who completed our supported internship in Staffordshire in 2023/24 got a paid job!
Ben's story
Ben completed our supported internship in Staffordshire in 2023/24. He completed work experience with Wincanton at their Trentham site and was offered a paid job. See what Ben had to say about his experience.
How can young people enrol on this programme?
To express an interest in joining our supported internship in Staffordshire 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 Staffordshire prospectus
You can find out more about all our programmes in Staffordshire in our 2025/26 prospectus.
Our classroom where we deliver the classroom learning elements of our supported internship in Staffordshire is at Stowe Court in Lichfield. It is a 0.5 mile (11 minute) walk from Lichfield City Station. It is also close to bus stops on the 31 and 32 routes (Tesco Store stop), the 765 and X65 routes (Maxwell Close stop), and the 105, 819 and 829 routes (Cemetery stop).
Learners on the supported internship attend sessions at Stowe Court 1.5 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 travel support before joining the pre-internship from your local council.
Travel training in Staffordshire
Travel training in Stoke-on-Trent
Mencap can also provide travel training for up to 6 weeks at the start of the supported internship programme to help learners learn the routes to their work experience placements.
If you would like to enquire about enrolling on our supported internship in Staffordshire, 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 Staffordshire, Sarah Fletcher.
07970 102 610
For general enquiries, you can also contact: employment.support@mencap.org.uk