Work experience: employer guide
How Jobcentre Plus can help employers provide a positive experience of work for jobseekers and develop local talent and skills.
- From:
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Published
- 1 July 2012
- Last updated
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Documents
Work experience skills sheet
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Work experience reference template
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Details
Work experience organised by Jobcentre Plus enables young, unemployed people to volunteer for placements lasting between 2 and 8 weeks, or longer (up to 3 months) for some young people. It’s open to young people who are aged 16 to 24 years old and, in some cases, people aged 25 and over who don’t have any recent work history.
This Jobcentre Plus guidance for employers includes:
- an introduction to work experience organised by Jobcentre Plus
- why you should get involved
- how it works
- how to become a work experience host through Jobcentre Plus
- how to support work experience participants
- where to get further information
The work experience skills sheet is for employers and participants. Use it to note any skills demonstrated and developed during a work placement. There is also a column for skills that the participant wants or needs to continue developing.
The work experience reference is a template for employers to fill out after a placement. This is to give the participant a reference to use.
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2025-10-09 13:14
Textphone details removed and Relay UK details added to ‘Work experience: employer guide’ and ‘Profiad Gwaith: Canllaw i gyflogwyr’.
2024-09-18 13:11
Added work experience skills sheet and work experience reference template. Updated Work experience: employer guide attachment.
2024-02-14 07:52
Updated guidance to remove out of date references to 3 month work experience placements under the ‘Youth Obligation’.
Details
Work experience organised by Jobcentre Plus enables young, unemployed people to volunteer for placements lasting between 2 and 8 weeks, or longer (up to 3 months) for some young people. It’s open to young people who are aged 16 to 24 years old and, in some cases, people aged 25 and over who don’t have any recent work history.
This Jobcentre Plus guidance for employers includes:
- an introduction to work experience organised by Jobcentre Plus
- why you should get involved
- how it works
- how to become a work experience host through Jobcentre Plus
- how to support work experience participants
- where to get further information
The work experience skills sheet is for employers and participants. Use it to note any skills demonstrated and developed during a work placement. There is also a column for skills that the participant wants or needs to continue developing.
The work experience reference is a template for employers to fill out after a placement. This is to give the participant a reference to use.
Updates to this page
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Update history
2025-10-09 13:14
Textphone details removed and Relay UK details added to ‘Work experience: employer guide’ and ‘Profiad Gwaith: Canllaw i gyflogwyr’.
2024-09-18 13:11
Added work experience skills sheet and work experience reference template. Updated Work experience: employer guide attachment.
2024-02-14 07:52
Updated guidance to remove out of date references to 3 month work experience placements under the ‘Youth Obligation’.