Our supported internship in Worcestershire
Learners on our supported internship in Worcestershire 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 and health and
social care
Social care means the services that give care and support to people who need it.
.
Employers we work with in Worcestershire
Greene King. The UK's biggest pub chain. Hopsitality work experience placements available in front of house and back of house roles - waiting on tables, serving at the bar and working in the kitchens.
Tesco. Placements available in stores in Evesham, Kidderminister, Stourport and Worcester.
Travis Perkins. Building supplies retailer.
The Entertainer. Leading toy retailer.
Sanctuary Care. Leading care provider. Work experience placements available at homes in Droitwich Spa, Malvern and Worcester.
Classroom learning
Learners on our Worcestershire supported internship attend sessions at County House in Worcester 1.5 days a week between September and July, learning employability skills. They spend the rest of the week in their work experience placements around Worcestershire.
Elyse's story
Elyse completed our supported internship in Worcestershire and did work experience with Tesco. She learnt lots of different tasks in the store like stock replenishment, security taggging and
customer
A customer is a person who buys something or uses a service.
service. Her colleagues were super impressed with Elyse, describing her as "a pleasure to work with." So it was no wonder when Elyse successfully interviewed for a paid job in the Dotcom team, picking items from the store for delivery to customers who make orders online. Elyse even found time to pass her driving test while on the supported internship!
How can young people enrol on this programme?
To express an interest in joining our supported internship in Worcestershire 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 Worcestershire prospectus
You can find out more about our programme in Worcestershire in our 2025/26 prospectus.
Our classroom where we deliver the classroom learning elements of our supported internship in Worcestershire is at County House in Worcester. It is a 0.2 mile (5 minute) walk from Worcester Foregate station. It is also close to The Tything bus stop which is on the 22, 22A, 36, 39, 39A, 144, 149S, 153, 303, 355 bus routes.
Learners on the supported internship attend sessions at County House in Worcester 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 independent travel training support before joining the supported internship from your local council.
Travel training in Worcestershire
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 employer-led supported internship in Worcestershire, 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 Worcestershire, Lorna Jordan.
0779 0373 612
For general enquiries, you can also contact: employment.support@mencap.org.uk