Placements At Newfield
Here at Newfield we are delighted to be able to offer study placements and volunteer opportunities to enhance our community and also to enrich our school family life.
Placements
We have links with a number of regional educational establishments and take students on both short experiential placements and long-term developmental placements.
We believe that it is of great benefit for our pupils to meet new people, and we enjoy being able to offer students the privilege of working with our special children and our talented, friendly team of staff.
We are always interested in the new ideas that students bring with them and feel that we benefit from their different perspectives. Both our pupils and staff have much to offer in terms of helping students to develop an understanding of children with complex needs and how, whether training to be a social worker, teaching assistant, teacher or nurse you can develop the knowledge and skills required to make a difference in your career.
Many of our teachers and senior leaders have vast experience of supporting students on placement to develop, including formal observations and target setting where required and the feedback we receive is very positive!
Before beginning a placement, all students spend time with a senior leader and take part in an induction program including safeguarding, health & safety, practical information and a comprehensive building tour.
All students on placement are required to demonstrate that they are DBS cleared and evidence of this must be seen prior to statring with us.
Activities on placement can be any or all of the following, however, this is not an exhaustive list and we are also open to different requests:
- Pupil shadowing
- Staff shadowing
- Shadowing nurses for a day
- Supporting in a single class
- Day experiences in other areas of school
- Team teaching with a class teacher
- Leading teaching
- Attending parent meetings
- Attending annual educational review meetings
- Supporting pupils on visits
We currently take students from:
- University of Cumbria
- University of Central Lancashire
- Edge Hill University
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- University of Chester
- Blackburn College
- Burnley College
- Blackburn University Centre
- St Mary’s College Blackburn
- St Wilfred’s C of E Academy
Volunteering at Newfield
We recieve many requests from people wanting to volunteer and try to meet as many requests as possible. volunteering at Newfield is very rewarding and may help you to get ahead in your own career, or maybe just do something positive to support your community.
Our children and staff love meeitng new people and volunteers can support our work, whilst gaining experience for themselves.
There is an application form and DBS clearance is required, at your own expense.
Volunteering can take many forms - it may be for a few hours on a particular day that is mutually convenient, for example to work within a particular actiivity, or it could be one day a week over a period of time to experience all aspects of working in a special school.
If you would be interested in a voluntary placement, you can call school to discuss, or download and complete the application form below and return it to us to express an interest and a member of the team will get back to you!