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title: "Supported Employment"
url: "https://workconnections.london/apply-with-confidence/supported-internships"
school: "Local London"
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# Supported Employment

### **What are Supported Internships?**

#### Supported Internships are work-based learning placements for people with learning disabilities who have a need for support to access employment.

#### “*With the right support everyone who wants to work can work!*”

#### The supported employment model works on the premise of place and train.

#### **Repetition** - Individuals are given placements and are given time and support to learn the job and, in many cases, becoming an invaluable resource to a workplace.

#### Placements can be paid or unpaid and should last over six months and normally would be at least 20 hours per week.

#### For more information see this[ guide](https://www.ndti.org.uk/assets/docs/What-are-Supported-Internships-Easy-Read.pdf)

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### **How to apply for a Supported Internship?**

#### Whether you are an employer or a resident, the easiest way to apply for the supported internship programme is to speak to your local council.

#### Did you know that our sub-region has London’s best performing supported employment outcomes for residents and businesses in the capital?

#### **Get in touch!**

#### Whatever your query, our colleagues have the expertise to assist you.

#### **Supported employment contacts where you live:**

- #### Barking &amp; Dagenham - <supportedemployment@lbbd.gov.uk>
- #### Bexley  - [Bexley Twofold](https://www.bexley.gov.uk/about-council/jobs-and-careers/career-help-people-learning-disabilities/bexley-twofold)
- #### Bromley - <enquiries@bromleymencap.org> Tel. 020 8466 0790
- #### Enfield - <EQUALS@enfield.gov.uk>
- #### Greenwich - <gllab-info@royalgreenwich.gov.uk>
- #### Havering - <havering.works@havering.gov.uk>
- #### Newham - <ournewhamwork@newham.gov.uk>
- #### Redbridge - <workredbridge@redbridge.gov.uk>
- #### Waltham Forest - <SupportedEmployment@walthamforest.gov.uk>

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