National SEND Employment Forum Supported Internship Research Project Survey

The National Special Educational Needs and Disability Employment Forum (NSEF) has been successful in acquiring support from Imperial College, London to complete a piece of research on the quality and quantity of Supported Internships across the UK. Your submission to this research would be gratefully appreciated.

Our aim is to create a database of providers from that will be accessible on our website, as well as creating a national picture of where Supported Internships are being provided and where there are gaps in provision. We will then use that information to create forums and networks of support to allow every young person with SEND access to a good quality Supported Internship programme.

We have liaised with the Department for Education Preparing for Adulthood Team and the information contained in this survey will be anonymised (apart from the region you are located in) and shared with them. By submitting a completed survey back to us you are consenting to us sharing the anonymised information contained within it with the Department for Education.

If you contribute to this survey you will receive a copy of our final report.

As we are also creating a directory of provider information that will be published on our website, if you wish to be included in the directory please fill out Question 30 of this survey. The answers you provide to Question 30 will be published on our website in full.

If you have any questions about the survey or how the results will be shared please contact jo.haswell@nsef.co.uk, louise@chance2be.co.uk or uf18@ic.ac.uk

Public Sector

Employer

Third Sector/Charity

Secondary School

Further Education College

Other (please specify)

Project Choice

Project Search

EmployAbility - Let's Work Together

Other/Own Model (please specify)

10-15 hours per week

15-20 hours per week

20-25 hours per week

More than 25 hours per week

Less than 10 hours per week

Other (please specify)

10-15 hours per week

15-20 hours per week

20-25 hours per week

More than 25 hours per week

Less than 10 hours per week

Other (please specify)

School

Workplace

College

Job Coach Qualification/Training

Highest Academic Qualification

BTECS

NVQs

ASDANS

Other (please specify)

Part-Time Work (less than 16 hours per week)

Further training

Further education

Vocational courses

Volunteer work

Not in employment or education

Micro-business

SME

National

International

Other (please specify)

ESFA Element 1 Funding

ESFA Element 2 Funding

Access to Work

Other grants

Commercial Arrangement/SLA

Other (please specify)

Contact Name

Company

Address

Address 2

City/Town

County

Postal Code

Country

Website

Phone Number

National SEND Employment Forum Supported Internship Research Project

Provider Survey

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* 1. Your name

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* 2. Your job title

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* 3. Your organisation

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* 4. Organisation Type

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* 5. Your contact telephone number

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* 6. Your email address

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* 7. Which Local Authorities are your Supported Interns financially supported by?

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* 8. What Supported Internship model do you follow?

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* 9. How many students do you currently have enrolled on Supported Internship programmes for the Academic Year 2020/2021?

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* 10. How many students did you have enrolled on Supported Internship Programmes in Academic Year 2019/2020?

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* 11. What is the average age of your Supported Interns?

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* 12. How many hours per week do your Supported Interns spend in their role with their employer?

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* 13. How many hours per week do your Supported Interns spend in education e.g. Maths, English, BTEC?

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* 14. Do your interns undertake the education part of their internship in the workplace or school/college setting?

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* 15. On average how long does your Supported Internship programme run for?

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* 16. How many students, on average, does 1 job coach support?

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* 17. How many job coaches support your Supported Internship programme in total?

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* 18. What qualifications/training do your job coaches hold/have?

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* 19. What qualifications do your Supported Interns achieve?

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* 20. How many of your Supported Interns for the academic year 2018/2019 entered employment (16 or more hours per week) within 6 months following their graduation?

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* 21. How many of your Supported Interns for the academic year 2019/2020 entered employment (16 or more hours per week) within 6 months following their graduation?

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* 22. What other destinations did your Supported Interns move on to following your programme? Please give numbers for the year 18/19.

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* 23. What category describes the employers you work with?

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* 24. What industry sectors do your employers represent?

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* 25. Where do you receive funding for your Supported Internships from?

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* 26. On average how much money is spent to support an intern per programme?

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* 27. On a scale of 1-5, with 1 being very straightforward and 5 being extremely difficult, how did you find securing Access to Work funding?

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* 28. Are you part of a Supported Internship provider network? If so, please provide details.

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* 29. If you could change one thing to enable you to deliver more/better Supported Internships, what would it be?

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* 30. We are creating a directory of Supported Internship programmes and providers around the UK. It will be available via the NSEF website. If you would like to be included in the directory please provide the following information: