Supported Internships Questionnaire

Findings

Following a Supported Internships survey we heard from 72 regional organisations leading to the following key findings:

• 82% of respondents offer supported internships (SI) with the majority being offered through FE Colleges in the 19-25 age range
• the number of organisations offering SI has increased year on year since 2014 (28% started in the last academic year)
• 75% of organisations have job coaches, the lowest percentage being through Local Authorities
• FE Colleges and Educational establishments have a high proportion of job coaches that are TSI trained and/or have a Certificate in Supported Employment.
• Most job coaches support 5-10 young people
• Over 1000 people have benefited from Supported Internships and almost 50% have progressed onto some form of paid employment. There are currently between 570 and 770 young people on a SI with the majority through FE College or Local Authority

Note

• A total of 97 people responded during the 3 months between 5.10.18 and 2.1.19 of which 72 gave sufficient data for analysis.
• The other respondents were discounted because they didn’t provide any quantitative data, were parents or their organisation had already responded.