About us
Our company mantra is Promoting Positivity, Passion and Performance, we are dedicated to delivering a very diverse and honest service. We pride ourselves in successfully working with over 5 local authorities and 35 local schools, building excellent relationships, and delivering what we say.
We work with students from age 13 to 19 years old who are disengaged from education, young people in danger of being excluded from school, have behavioural problems through emotional and social issues, school refusers, Autism, ADHD, students with EHCP’s and students who are 16 to 19 and have become NEET.
We offer students a meaningful work placement, working with an employer in a work-based environment in their local community. Working in a vocational area of their choice.
Learning new skills and developing socially and emotionally to become a valued member of the local community. Students make their own choices and have input in the process of selecting their work experience placement. We match them with an employer, we take them along to meet the employer and show them around and explain what is expected of them. We support student through their placement to ensure they get the best experience and hopefully leads to an apprenticeship. 16 to 19 years olds do job search, job applications, college applications and can-do apprenticeship tasters with employers. We support them with their progression into employment or further education.
The packages are bespoke to each individual, start and finish times and days in placement are arranged to suit the individual, these are flexible and can change as the young persons confidence grows.
Before starting placement, all Health and Safety checks and risk assessments are carried out on the employers, all employers have an enhanced DBS prior to the student starting placement. Attendance is checked daily; monitoring is done weekly and on site every two weeks.
An evaluation form is completed with the employer and the student to track their progression or identify any support required.
Work placements have proven to be very successful in getting young people to reengage, we have a high success rate in getting young people into apprenticeships and further education.
Our key contacts
To Make a referral or request more information contact:
- Gillian Currie – gillian.currie@gandmtraining.co.uk – 07948423702
- Mandy Conway – mandy.conway@gandmtraining.co.uk – 07549163224
- Safeguarding Lead – Mandy Conway 07549163224 – mandy.conway@gandmtraining.co.uk