Given our learners are local to the Southend area, we are always looking for employers from the surrounding area to provide our students with opportunities to experience life in the working world.

Most of our students require work experience over the school year and ideally we look to find them opportunities that fit in well with the courses they are taking, to give real-life experience of how to use the skills that they are developing.

Our learners tend to complete one-week work experience placements consisting of 3 working days, however depending on the student they may wish to work with you for additional days if that were possible.

We will engage with you to discuss any learners specific needs ahead of the placement starting.

Our main courses are Travel & Tourism, Health & Care, Creative Media, Catering & Hospitality, Sport & Active Leisure and we would like to engage with more employers who’s job roles match these courses. However, we are keen to engage with employers that fall outside of this scope as well.

Below is a list of community business partners the college is currently working with:

Organisation Subject area
Holiday Inn Southend Catering & Hospitality

 

Travel & Tourism

PFS Group Limited Engineering
Uplands Rehabilitation Centre Health & Care
The Marigold Centre Health & Care
LWP Homes – Westcliff Health & Care
The Garden Landscaping Co Ltd Horticulture
Homemade Bakery Preparing for Adulthood and Catering & Hospitality
Southend United Academy Sport & Leisure
Indirock Sport & Leisure
Revive Digital Creative Media and The Digital Academy
Southend Theatres Travel & Tourism
3DFilaprint Creative Media and The Digital Academy
Zanshuri Creative Media and The Digital Academy
Mini Marvels Pre-school Health & Care
St Christophers School Health & Care
Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Health & Care
Smileys Pre-School Health & Care
Southend City Radio Creative Media and The Digital Academy
The Song School Creative Media
HARP Retail
We do financial services Accountancy
Southend Combat Academy Sport & Leisure
Shampooches Animal Care

In-house examples:

  • Café: making and serving food to staff, learners and general public.
  • Halloween event: marketing project, manning staff and selling goods.
  • Work experience providing classroom and learning support to other students.

Please see below our schedule of work experience dates for the current school year:

Catering & Hospitality 25.03.2024 Mon – Weds
The Digital Academy 05.02.2024 Mon – Weds
Health & Care 25.03.2024 Mon – Weds
Creative Media 12.02.2024 Tues-Thurs
Sport & Fitness 20.05.2024 Tues-Thurs
Travel & Tourism 25.03.2024 Tues-Thurs
Vocational Studies 20.05.2024 Mon – Weds
Preparing for Adulthood – Special Educational Needs 12.02.2024 Mon – Weds

Please click here to see our schedule of events

Contact Us

If you are able to offer work experience placements to our students please do reach out to us at SACC@southend-adult.ac.uk