Here you can find information on how to arrange an unpaid work placement within Bradford Metropolitan District Council.
We cannot arrange paid placement experience requests.
This service is aimed at supporting placement requests for people living in the Bradford District area.
Each year the placement service arranges high volumes of placement requests.
Placements are arranged for pre 16 placements (year 10/11 students) and post 16 placements (any other placement) with Bradford Council.
What the work placement service can provide:-
- General clerical work
- Reception
- Libraries
- Social work
- Child care
- Sports & recreation
- Marketing/events
- Graphic design
- Horticulture
What the work placement service cannot provide:-
Unfortunately the work placement service cannot help to provide:-
- Job vacancies
- Paid work placements
- Traineeships
- Apprenticeships
We are not able to provide placements in retail, manufacturing and trades such as joinery, plumbing or electrical work.
The work placement service does not deal with requests for the above areas. All paid work, job vacancies, traineeships and apprenticeships that are currently available within the Council are advertised in the Telegraph and Argus and on the Council Vacancy Website: www.bradford.gov.uk/jobs
Please note:- You will be referred onto the Telegraph and Argus and Council websites if you contact the work placement service as we cannot support requests for the above.
The role of our Work Placement Service:
- To arrange placements for schools and other organisations/individuals.
- To provide a central point of co-ordination between organisations requesting placements and the various council teams and departments receiving them
- Help local people to develop work related skills
- Seek to encourage people to consider a career in local government
We try very hard to accommodate requests but the procedures below must be followed:-
Pre 16 placements (year 10/11 students)
School placement requests for year 10/11 students must go through Education Bradford.
Independent schools must liaise with Education Bradford
Please do not contact the Work Placement Service directly to arrange individual Pre 16 placements, as requests must be received from Education Bradford/School Co-ordinators. You will be referred back to your appropriate co-ordinator.
Post 16 placements (any other placement)
To request a post 16 placement a pro-forma must be completed and a detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) provided to outline the specific experience required for the placement, stating what contribution the individual can also make to the department in terms of knowledge and experience. The pro-forma and CV should be returned by email. If you cannot return the documents by email, then please send them by post.
*Please also state if you are on a training course with a local training provider and need specific experience to support G/NVQs etc.
Bradford Council receives a high demand for placement requests from schools and other organisations and it is not always feasible to host all placement requests. To assist the team in placing work placements within the Council, the pro-forma and CV should be sent to the team 3 weeks before the placement request start date. Placement requests received at short notice cannot be accommodated.
Due to high work demands the departments listed below are currently unable to take placements:
- Finance Unit
- Legal Services Department
- IT Department
