This factsheet by Preparing for Adulthood provides information on supported internships.
Supported internships are personalised study programmes based primarily at an employer's premises. They are designed to better enable young people with severe learning difficulties and/or disabilities to achieve sustainable paid employment by equipping them with the skills they need for the workplace.
Supported internships are an effective route to progress towards paid employment for many young people with Education, Health and Care (EHC) plans (or equivalent).
This factsheet covers:
- why the Government is introducing supported internships;
- who supported internships are for;
- who can offer supported internships;
- what supported internships are;
- how supported internships are funded;
- how to set up a supported internship; and
- examples of supported internships.
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