Work Experience

Taking the first step towards your future

 At Northumberland County Council we want to prepare young people for the world of work and help them to be able to make informed choices about their future career. 

Our work experience programme is designed to give a real insight into who we are, how we work and the wide variety of opportunities we have to offer across our many different departments and services. 

We are giving you the opportunity to step outside of the classroom environment and learn about what it’s like to work day-to-day in the occupational area you’re interested in first hand from our experienced staff. 

It will allow you to build your confidence, develop your employability skills (such as: communication) and give you meaningful experience to put on your CV. 

It is important that we receive your application in a timely manner ahead of the requested start dates of the placement. Please ensure that you are flexible with your placement dates, due to demands as we cannot guarantee placements. 

Important information:

• Applications will only be accepted if you are 14 years old and above. 
• We can offer 3-5 Shadowing Work Experience, unfortunately we cannot provide this for all the service areas within Northumberland County Council.  

Placements can only be arranged 8 weeks in advance of the placement date commencing. 

For students interested in Social Care:

• They must be aged 16 and above.
• They will need to have an enhanced DBS check.
• Applications MUST be no later than 12 weeks to allow the DBS to be completed in time for the placement.

Please ensure that your work experience application form clearly states the area you are wanting your shadowing placement to be in, and your personal statement MUST highlight the reasons why you want to be placed in this area. 

This is a fantastic opportunity to find out more about our diverse job roles and consider whether a career in Northumberland County Council is right for you. 

To apply for a work experience placement please click here to complete our application form

 For any other queries please email us at; workexperienceenquiries@northumberland.gov.uk