{"id":1484,"date":"2023-11-01T15:47:28","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T11:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/employers\/support-with-learning-and-work\/supported-internships\/"},"modified":"2024-08-08T11:57:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T10:57:54","slug":"supported-internships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/employers\/supported-internships\/","title":{"rendered":"Supported internships"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-66b4a4b1b45a8\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix no-foundation text-light\" id=\"block_acf-block-66b4a4b1b461f\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"parent-banner clearfix\" id=\"block_acf-block-66b4a4b1b4e81\"><div class=\"banner-outer\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"banner-show parent-banner-outer parent-banner-1\" data-aos=\"fade\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x banner-top\"><div class=\"medium-9 large-8 cell medium-order-1 content-1\"><div class=\"banner-content\"><header><h1>Supported internships: A guide for employers<\/h1><\/header><p>Supported internships have been running for more than 10 years and are one of the most successful ways to enable young people with additional needs to gain sustainable paid employment.<\/p>\n<p>We aim to give of an overview of the supported internship programme, how it can be beneficial to your business, frequently asked questions that employers have raised and, most importantly, how to get started.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"banner-content-buttons\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/employers\/supported-internships\/how-to-offer-someone-a-placement\/\" class=\"button\" onclick=\"dataLayer.push({ 'buttonEvent': 'Information page' });\">How to get started<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/employers\/supported-internships\/why-you-should-host-a-work-placement\/\" class=\"button\" onclick=\"dataLayer.push({ 'buttonEvent': 'Information page' });\">The benefits for your business<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><span class=\"section-shape shape-bottom shape-above\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span class=\"section-shape-2 section-shape-inner\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"page-section clearfix text-dark\" id=\"block_acf-block-66b4a4b1b4ec9\"><div class=\"page-inner\"><div class=\"grid-container\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x\"><div class=\"medium-12 large-12 cell\"><div class=\"page-innerblocks\">\n<section class=\"multi-column-cards clearfix show-border\" id=\"block_acf-block-66b4a4b1b4f36\" ><header class=\"content-header\"><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><h2 class=\"text-center\">Supported internships &#8211; what, why and how?<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/header><div class=\"grid-x grid-margin-x align-center\"><div class=\"cell small-10 medium-9 large-8\"><p class=\"intro text-center\">Currently, only 5.1% of people with special educational needs and disabilities gain permanent paid employment in the UK, compared to 80% of their peers. Take a look at how you can make a difference.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-cards text-dark\"><ul class=\"grid-x small-up-12 medium-up-2 large-up-3 grid-margin-x\"><li class=\"cell content-outer col-1\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/employers\/supported-internships\/what-is-a-supported-internship\/\">What is a supported internship<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-2\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/employers\/supported-internships\/why-you-should-host-a-work-placement\/\">Why you should host a work placement<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-3\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/employers\/supported-internships\/how-to-offer-someone-a-placement\/\">How to offer someone a work placement<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-4\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/employers\/supported-internships\/frequently-asked-questions\/\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-5\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/employers\/supported-internships\/education-and-support-providers\/\">Education and support providers<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><li class=\"cell content-outer col-6\"><div class=\"content-inner  text-dark\"><div class=\"content-details\"><header class=\"content-heading\"><h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/skills\/employers\/supported-internships\/supported-internships-at-devon-partnerships-nhs-trust\/\">Supported internships at Devon Partnerships NHS Trust<\/a><\/h3><\/header><div class=\"content-intro\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"content-image-outer\"><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":20,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-landing.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 19:14:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1484"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3814,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1484\/revisions\/3814"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/economy-enterprise-skills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}