At Suffolk County Council, we take pride in being an exemplar employer that offers valuable and positive work experience to a diverse range of individuals. We have previously received requests from students, refugees, and people wanting a career change.
We are committed to providing quality experiences of work that are:
- purposeful, relevant and really challenge you to think about your career goals and abilities,
- planned and supervised, so that your time is well spent,
- meet the needs of any academic program that you are undertaking that the work experience is linked to (eg T-Levels),
- clear about the roles, responsibilities and expectations of you and your placement host, and,
- reviewed at the end, providing feedback on your performance to help you to continue to develop your career and employability skills.
Work experience placements usually last between 1 and 40 days (either over a period of up to 1 or 2 weeks where it is every day, or 1 day a week over an academic year).
There are 2 routes you can take when considering submitting an application for work experience – ad hoc requests (which can be for specific placements and dates) or through Suffolk County Council's Work Inspiration week.
2025 Work Inspiration week
Our work inspiration week is running 7 - 11 July 2025, we will give Year 10 students the opportunity to learn about Suffolk County Council and the services that it offers. It will also be a great networking opportunity, mixing students from different local high schools.
Our scheme will provide students with an overview of each Suffolk County Council directorate over the span of a week. These are:
- Adult Social Care,
- Children and Young People,
- Corporate Services,
- Fire and Public Health,
- Growth Highways and Infrastructure,
- Public Health and Communities.
Click here to apply
Applications close 28 February 2025.
Ad hoc requests
We will always do our best to find a placement but unfortunately, we cannot guarantee an offer of work experience or always accommodate preferred areas for everyone who applies.
Please note that we require a minimum of 2 months notice to arrange placements.
To apply, fill out this form and the Early Careers team will get back to you as soon as possible. For further information, email Rising.High@suffolk.gov.uk.