Supported Internships - Alex's story
"Changing Futures Together" supports a wide range of post-16 SEND young people looking to further their skills and gain employment in Coventry.
With a wide range of employers, including Amazon, Coventry City Council and University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire (UHCW) offering supported internships - up to a year of working within an organisation supported by a job coach - there are many opportunities for young people with an EHCP to experience life in the workplace.
Watch Alex, who was the first to gain employment at UCHW through the programme over 10 years ago, talk through his experience. Alex found work as a therapy assistant through the the programme with UHCW , which is one of the biggest providers of these invaluable opportunities for young people.
Alex feels as if it was important to engage in experiences like this and believes the internships are “one of the best things to have an impact on the lives of people with special needs”.
Watch the video below to hear more from Alex.