Work placements

Inspire a young person through Work Placements

Work placements offers young people the chance to develop their confidence, communication skills and can help inform their future career choices. As a professional business, there are also many benefits to supporting a young person in the workplace.

Here at Bury College we provide our students with a range of work placement opportunities, ranging from our standard one-week placements to enhance their soft skills and give them an insight into the working world, to T Level industry placements for up to 45 days for each course.

Business Benefits of Work Placements

Work placements give you early sight of the new talent coming into your industry. They can help you with recruitment, improve innovation, and increase your organisation’s productivity. They also have important social benefits. A work placement will deliver a number of benefits to your business, including:

develop a future talent pipeline for your business
additional staff resource for day-to-day activity and projects
build a more diverse and creative workforce
attract motivated young people into your workforce bringing imaginative and new ideas
give staff the opportunity to upskill in coaching and mentoring
provide a positive experience for a local young person

Incentive Payments for T Level Industry Placements

Employers can claim £1,000 for every T Level student they host on an industry placement. Employers can claim for up to 20 students for the available T Level subject areas until July 2022.