Our supported internship in west London
Learners on our supported internship in north 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, warehousing and logistics and health and
social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.
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Employers we work with in 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.
Bella Italia. Italian restaurant chain. Front and back of house work experience placements available.
Chopstix Noodle Bar. Noodle restaurant chain. Front and back of house work experience placements available in London restaurants and administration placements available at Chopstix's head office in Kentish Town.
BNP Paribas Real Estate. Learners can do administrative and facilities management work experience placements - working on reception desks and in the maintenance teams at properties in London managed by BNP Paribas Real Estate.
Sanctuary Care. Placements available at care homes in Harrow and Kensington.
Evri. Leading logistics company. Warehouse operative placements available at their warehouse in Feltham.
Wincanton. Leading logistics company. Placements available at their warehouse in Greenford.
Classroom learning
Learners on our west London supported internship attend sessions at Saunders House in Ealing 1.5 days a week between September and July, learning employability skills. They spend the rest of the week in their work experience placements.
How can young people enrol on this programme?
To express an interest in joining our supported internship in 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 west London is at Saunders House in Ealing. It is a 0.2 mile (4 minute) walk from Ealing Broadway tube station. It is also close to bus stops on the 112 and 226 routes (Haven Green/Ealing Broadway Station bus stop) and the 207 and 483 routes (North Common Road bus stop).
Learners on the supported internship attend sessions at our classroom 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 programme 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
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.
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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 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 west London.
For general enquiries, you can also contact: employment.support@mencap.org.uk