Solent Careers Hub seeks work placements for SEND students

By showcasing the aspirations and enthusiasm of SEND students, the new inspirational video hopes to entice businesses in sectors like catering, engineering, IT and graphic design, to get involved.

Cedar School, a special educational needs institution, has reported improved career planning following their partnership with Solent Careers Hub, which they say further emphasises the potential benefits for interacting with businesses and schools alike.

The Solent Careers Hub is appealing to local businesses to offer works experience (Image: Supplied)

Solent Partners chair, Rachael Randall, said: "Local businesses getting involved with schools in their area can give inspirational young people such as these students from Cedar School, an insight into the world of work and help them utilise their skills to get their careers under way.

"This film clearly illustrates that SEND pupils are just as excited and capable of pursuing their career goals as those in mainstream education. Their enthusiasm and ambition is palpable in it, and the film buzzes with positivity about their prospects."

Solent Partners has launched an video showing the career goals of pupils at The Cedar School (Image: Supplied)

Imogen Bradfield, management trainee at Willmott Dixon said: “Through the Solent Careers Hub, we helped to organise the Enterprise Week at The Cedar School. As a business, we learned that to make jobs accessible within construction, the changes can really be quite minimal.”

Larni Harris, Solent Partners Enterprise coordinator, added: “From an employer’s perspective, coming into a special educational needs school allows them to appreciate the differences that their young people have and then be able to look inwardly at their organisation so they can be more accessible for young people with SEN or (a) disability.”