As part of the government’s Care Leaver Internship Scheme, two new internships have been offered.
The internships, which are both paid, are for jobs working as an Administrative Officer and an Executive Officer within the Department for Education.
Other government bodies who have participated in the care leaver internships scheme include the Department of Health and Social Care, the Department for Work and Pensions, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Ministry of Justice and the Crown Prosecution Service.
You can apply for the positions if you were eligible for a leaving care support package when you left care, and are aged between 18 and 30. No qualifications are required for these positions.
The roles can be taken up in one of forty eight locations around the country.
The government’s web page for the internships offers the following descriptions for each job:
- Administrative Officer (typical salary £17,400 per annum); you will be working in a supporting administrative role with no line management responsibilities, and typically within a team structure.
- Executive Officer (typical salary £20,000 per annum); you will be involved in problem solving, business planning and policy making within Government. They usually work within a supportive team structure, under the direction of relevant team leaders. They can also hold individual responsibility for pieces of work within a programme or project. Those that apply unsuccessfully for the Executive Officer role may be considered for the Administrative Officer role.
Applications need to be submitted online through the civil service job site and the deadline for applying for these roles is five minutes before midnight, on 26th September.
If you have any questions you can email the government at leavers.care@education.gov.uk, or WhatsApp them on +44 7502 496583.
Full details can be accessed on the government’s internship page.
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I don’t think they would accept me………
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So when you are in foster care you are on the back foot within the family & when you leave foster care & go into a scheme like this, you would also be on the back foot with your colleagues with them knowing you were from foster care. You would then be indoctrinated with the views of people who are making the policies that sent you into foster care in the first place.
Whilst a proactive scheme to employ care leavers sounds like good thing it would be better if all kids in care, regardless if they are in foster care or under a special guardianship, were helped with their education before they left care & had the choice of where to work & the choice, if they want, to mention they were once in care. After all most people don’t declare who they lived with & it’s not usually a requirement of eligibility to apply for a job.
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I come from a care background and left care when I was 16 years, I am now 24. I see this as a great opportunity for Care Leavers to show what they can do and to not be left behind.
I can understand when you say about care leavers not wanting to identify with being in care, but now I am of an age, I believe we should be proud of who we are and what we have become.
No one should ever be ashamed of their background or that they have come from care. Too many people have opinions on what care leavers do or don’t do.
I have been there and lived that life. I am proud of where I am at this moment in time. Children’s Homes for people who don’t know are nothing like Tracy Beaker. They are places where staff are vetted so that they meet the needs of the individual. I have sat on the interview panels when I was younger and we the young people and the staff agreed on who we would like to hire. It goes to show that as individuals we are given a voice.
If I have learned anything, it’s to be positive that we are given opportunities to show who we are and what we can do. I have applied for the following jobs as I meet the criteria. I am happy to say I scored a solid 7 and I am excited that I have been given the opportunity to interview for these positions.
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