Charter Work Experience Specifics and limitations 2016/17 Please read this document carefully as it will answer the majority of questions.

Medical Work Placement Belfast Trust (RVH, City, Mater) - 2 Options for Medical placement and only available to year 13 and 14. Option 1 - There will be 4 set dates when the Belfast Trust will be offering 3 days (2 days in June) of work experience for academic year 16/17: 3-5 October, January, March and June. Between 60 & 30 places available. Option 2 - Students can secure a medical work experience via a personal sponsor – a ‘pre-arranged’ placement. No student can do both. The medical programmes are only available to students who have not had medical work experience before.

Medical Work Placement South Eastern Trust (Ulster Only) – Only option is attending one of their set dates for work experience, on 1-2nd December 2016 or 9-10 th March Approximately 70 places are available. Students must be in Year 13/14 and must have a GCSE profile suitable for medicine (grades in the region of 36 points). There are no ‘sponsored or pre-arranged’ placements permitted. Please note that the medical programmes are only available to students who have not had medical work experience before

Medical Work Placement Northern Trust – Requests process not available but “pre-arranged” is possible. Southern Trust – Medicine is not offered at the Southern Trust, they host Medical Symposiums (organised directly by Trust).

Nursing / Midwifery Belfast Health & Social Care Trust is 16 years plus – nursing is 1- 5 days and midwifery is 1 day only (on set days only). South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust is 16 years plus. Nursing timetables are available in Ulster, Downe and Lagan Valley. Midwifery is 2 days only in Ulster, likely to be Tuesday/Wednesday, max. of 2 students a week. Midwifery can also be requested for Lagan Valley & Downe (1-5 days, workload dependent – 1 student a week). Southern Health & Social Care Trust is Year 12 and above – (1 to 2 days) Northern Health & Social Care Trust is Year 12+ – timetables run every week. Midwifery is only on the timetables every other week, and is only 1 day as part of a 5 day timetable. These areas are high demand & low supply and oversubscribed; there is no guarantee of a student being placed. Flexibility in dates need to be shown.

Open days allied to Medicine Work experience is rarely offered in these areas or if it is it tends to be 1 or 2 days only. In general age limits and subject limitations may apply. Please note places will be capped per school and subject limitations may apply: Physiotherapy (16+South Eastern & Northern Trust, Yr 13+ Belfast,& Yr12-Yr 13+ Southern Trust) Speech and Language Therapy (Yr 13+ Belfast Trust and SE Trust is 16+) Dietetics (16+ in Southern & Northern Trust and Yr 13+ in Belfast and South Eastern Trust) Occupational Therapy (Yr 13+ Belfast & Southern Trust,16+ South Eastern & Yr 12 Northern Trust)

Open days allied to Medicine Work experience is rarely offered in these areas or if it is it tends to be 1 or 2 days only. In general age limits and subject limitations may apply. Please note places will be capped per school and subject limitations may apply: Biomedical Science/Labs (Yr 13+ Belfast,Yr 12+ Southern & Northern Trust & 16+ South Eastern) Pharmacy (Belfast, Northern and Southern Trust Yr 13+ and South Eastern Trust is 16+) Mental Health Nursing (Belfast & South Eastern Trust Open Days – Year 13+) Radiotherapy (Therapeutic Radiography) (16 + Belfast Trust only) Radiography (16+ South Eastern & Northern, Yr 13+ Southern, Yr 12-Yr 13+ Belfast Trust)

Company specifics Bombardier - Please note maximum of 1 or 2 shop floor placements (Yr 12 only - factory floor environment) and 1 Engineering (Yr 13 only no Year 14s) per school – dependent on how busy the week is. Subject limitations for Engineering – must be studying appropriate STEM related A-Levels. Highly oversubscribed so GCSE and year 13 Tracking profiles used in selection process. During busy times, there is no guarantees that this will be available as there becomes a max. limit on the number of students who can be accommodated. NO LONGER ACCEPT YEAR 11 STUDENTS

Company specifics Danske Bank This work experience is only available to students 16 years old and above - this is available as a Branch Level Overview only Liberty IT  Available to students Year 11+ and is a standardised 3 day programme – Tuesday to Thursday. On set weeks of the year only as chosen by Company  An insight into the Software Development process using the latest Technologies and best practices. Students will also get the opportunity to see some of the major concerns in development today. Includes coding and systems workshops.

Company specifics Charles Hurst Limited Sales/Admin placements available Workshop/Parts/Mechanic placements can be requested too National Museums Northern Ireland This work experience is available to students 16+ History or Curatorial placements are currently in short supply, due to staffing. Students must complete an application form. Available sites – Ulster Museum, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum and Ulster American Folk Park Please note there are other limitations for other employers and other occupational areas and these will be advised once requests are made.