Work Placements & Trials

Our clients seek work of all varieties. The three most common are:

• Office administration
• Retail
• General or semi-skilled

Other popular choices are Social Care, Trades, Finance, IT, Customer Service, and Hospitality.

We can arrange the following schemes:

SHORT WORK PLACEMENT SCHEME

• Generic or basic skills level.
• 2-3 weeks part or full-time unpaid.
• Mental Health awareness training.
• Mind CV & skills match.
• Induction meeting with Mind, Line Manager and candidate involving objectives, support, advance directives, triggers, end of placement review scheduled, consent etc.
• Weekly telephone review by Mind with candidate and then Line Manager.
• End of placement interview with Mind, Line Manager and candidate.
• (Mind support available to both candidate and Line Manager at all times).

LONG WORK PLACEMENT SCHEME

• Generic or job specific.
• 1-3 months part or full-time, although usually part-time unpaid.

This is the same process as short term scheme except:

• Initiated by Mind with a candidate seeking a particular post.
• Additional meeting or communication by Mind and Line Manager before starting process to define 'role description' (job spec) for placement.
• If more than one month also have monthly review meetings with Mind, candidate and Line Manager.
• Where a paid post is possible in this role clear objectives will be set before starting and if met the candidate will finish the placement by interviewing for the post as a paid job.

WORK -TRIAL SCHEME

• Job specific.
• 1 month unpaid work-trial.
• Job interview.
• Paid post.
• Same contact and support from Mind as work placement schemes.

PLACEMENT & TRIAL SCHEMES AS A PILOT

• These schemes can be viewed as a pilot to roll out mental health support to all employees.
• They form the groundwork of raising awareness and expertise among supervisory and line management staff.

Employment Project Contacts

Jamie King
Email jamie.king@cityandhackneymind.org.uk
Phone 020 8525 2323

Michelle Njie
Email Michelle.njie@cityandhackneymind.org.uk
Phone 020 8525 2314

Sarah Oakley-Hill

Email sarah.oakleyhill@cityandhackneymind.org.uk 

Phone 020 8525 2330