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Reference Number: 108
Placement Title: Care Assistant

  • Description:
    The Council has five Day Centres. We cater for elderly clients to give their carers a break.
  • What experience would I get? -
    Overall responsibility for day to day care of clients.
  • Who works there and what do they do?
    3 Kitchen Assistants - Serving and cooking meals.
  • What would I be doing?
    Interaction with staff and clients. Dealing on a day to day basis with the elderly.
    Socialising with clients. Shopping trips out. Bingo, singalongs. Work as part of a team.

  • DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
  • LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
  • TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement           

Reference Number: 109
Placement Title: Nursery Assistant (Parklands)

  • Description:
    Assisting in the day to day care and education of children aged 0 - 5 years.

  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Management Team - Overall responsibility of day to day running of the nursery , staff supervision and service provision
    • Nursery Officers - Provide quality day to day care and education for children predominantly aged 0-3 years .
    • Kitchen Assistant - Plan and provide childrens meals catering to individual dietary needs in respect of , religion , health , choice
    • General Assistant - Assists the Kitchen Assistant with childrenā?Ts meals and has responsibility for laundry
  • What would I be doing?
    Students will be required to assist children with a variety of tasks including play, personal hygiene, arts and crafts and feeding. Opportunities will be given to gain a greater knowledge of child development and how individual children's needs are met. You would learn about different stages of children's development and how different types of play encourages their progress and development . You would have the opportunity to work as a part of a team. Shadowing other nursery officers, working directly with the children while setting up activities and theme work.

  • DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
  • LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
  • TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement

Reference Number: 110
Placement Title: Nursery Assistant (Hilda Mason)

  • Description: Assisting in the day to day care and education of children aged 0 - 5 years.
  • What experience would I get?
    Students will be required to assist children with a variety of tasks including play, personal hygiene, arts and crafts and feeding. Opportunities will be given to gain a greater knowledge of child development and how individual children's needs are met. You would learn about different stages of childrens development and how different types of play encourages their progress and development . You would have the opportunity to work as a part of a team. Shadowing other nursery officers, working directly with the children while setting up activities and theme work.

  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Management Team - Overall responsibility of day to day running of the nursery , staff supervision and service provision
    • Nursery Officers - Provide quality day to day care and education for children predominantly aged 0-3 years
    • Kitchen Assistant - Plan and provide childrenā?Ts meals catering to individual dietary needs in respect of , religion , health , choice
    • General Assistant - Assists the Kitchen Assistant with childrens meals and has responsibility for laundry.
  • DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
  • LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
  • TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement           

Reference Number: 112
Placement Title: Administration Assistant, Sheltered Housing

  • Description:
    Provide sheltered housing for older people. Manage the schemes. Carry out repairs and maintenance.
  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Managers - Recruitment , control budgets, planned maintenance programmes, staff training
    • Administration Team - Provide all the admin support necessary to run the team. Liaise with scheme managers and contractors. Provide statistical information. Answer telephone and deal direct with the public. Varied interesting work in a busy office
    • Scheme mangers - Work on site. Manage the sheltered housing scheme.
  • What would I be doing?
    Communication skills improved. Work in a busy office as part of a professional Team. Learn about the management of properties and the special needs of older people
  • What experience would I get?
    Anything you would like to gain experience in. Shadow the managers, spend a day at one of our 24 sheltered schemes. We would plan a varied and interesting programme of work experience.
  • DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
  • LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
  • TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement          


Reference Number: 118
Placement Title: Nursery Assistant - The Dales Day Nursery

  • Description:
    Assisting in the day to day care and education of children aged 0 - 5 years.
  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Management Team - Overall responsibility of day to day running of the nursery , staff supervision and service provision .
    • Nursery Officers - Provide quality day to day care and education for children predominantly aged 0-3 years .
    • Kitchen Assistant - Plan and provide childrenā?Ts meals catering to individual dietary needs in respect of , religion , health , choice .
    • General Assistant - Assists the Kitchen Assistant with childrenā?Ts meals and has responsibility for laundry .
  • What experience would I get?
    Students will be required to assist children with a variety of tasks including play, personal hygiene, arts and crafts and feeding. Opportunities will be given to gain a greater knowledge of child development and how individual children's needs are met. You would learn about different stages of childrenā?Ts development and how different types of play encourages their progress and development . You would have the opportunity to work as a part of a team.
  • What would I be doing? Shadowing other nursery officers, working directly with the children while setting up activities and theme work.

  • DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
  • LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
  • TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement          

Reference Number: 123
Placement Title: Nursery Assistant, Doves Nursery

  • Description:
    Assisting in the day to day care and education of children aged 0 - 5 years.
  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Management Team - Overall responsibility of day to day running of the nursery , staff supervision and service provision
    • Nursery Officers - Provide quality day to day care and education for children predominantly aged 0-3 years
    • Kitchen Assistant - Plan and provide childrens meals catering to individual dietary needs in respect of , religion , health , choice
    • General Assistant - Assists the Kitchen Assistant with childrenā?Ts meals and has responsibility for laundry

  • What would I be doing?
    Students will be required to assist children with a variety of tasks including play, personal hygiene, arts and crafts and feeding. Opportunities will be given to gain a greater knowledge of child development and how individual children's needs are met. You would learn about different stages of childrenā?Ts development and how different types of play encourages their progress and development . You would have the opportunity to work as a part of a team. 
  • DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
  • LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
  • TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement         

Reference Number: 124
Placement Title: Nursery Assistant 

  • Description: Assisting in the day to day care and education of children aged 0 - 5 years. 

  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Management Team - Overall responsibility of day to day running of the nursery , staff supervision and service provision .
    • Nursery Officers - Provide quality day to day care and education for children predominantly aged 0-3 years .
    • Kitchen Assistant - Plan and provide childrens meals catering to individual dietary needs in respect of , religion , health , choice .
    • General Assistant - Assists the Kitchen Assistant with childrens meals and has responsibility for laundry . 
  • What would I be doing?
    Students will be required to assist children with a variety of tasks including play, personal hygiene, arts and crafts and feeding. Opportunities will be given to gain a greater knowledge of child development and how individual children's needs are met. You would learn about different stages of childrens development and how different types of play encourages their progress and development . You would have the opportunity to work as a part of a team. 
  • DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
  • LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
  • TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement          

Reference Number: 131
Placement Title: Support Worker - Speke Resource Centre

  • Description: Supporting people with disabilities (physical and learning) by enabling people to develop local community links, education, life skills, future job prospects etc.
  • What experience would I get?
    To be part of a busy staff team. Planning, promoting services and links for people with disabilities. Working with other agencies (social workers, occupational therapists, leisure [swimming, cinema, restaurants etc]). Supporting people who attend the service. The concept of the modernisation and future of day services. What services are available in the city generally. Basic concept of office skills, policies, procedures etc. What is expected of a person in employment (signing in, to not be late, problems affecting work etc). Also experiencing that work can be a place that is enjoyable and fulfilling for you.
  • What would I be doing?
    Supporting the support workers to support the people who attend the centre. Going out in the community with people (computers, leisure etc). The general day to day support within the service.

    YOU WILL NOT BE EXPECTED TO DO ANYTHING WITHOUT A MEMBER OF STAFF OR TAKE PART IN ANYTHING THAT YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH.
  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Manager Supporting Staff to support service users. To promote and deliver a quality service and to ensure standards, policies, procedures, regarding all aspects of the service are met. To work in partnership with other agencies and families / carers etc. General running of the service meetings, planning, ordering, finances etc.
    • Day Centre Officers Devise, plan and implement programmes. To work in partnership with service users, parents / carers, agencies etc. To link with community. Review, meetings, person centred planning, enabling fulfilling lives and modernisation of day services etc.
    • Support Workers Supporting the day centre officers to enable delivery of services of a high, meaningful quality. To support people in all other aspects of delivering a quality service supported by the DCO and manager.       


Reference Number: 134
Placement Title: Early Years Area Development Worker

  • Description
    Ensure that affordable, accessible, quality childcare is available to all children 0-14 (0-16 for children with special needs) Support existing early year's provision in their development and support the setting up of new provision where it is needed.
  • What experience would I get?
    Working with Others - Early Years Team , External groups, All Early Years Practitioners, Prospective providers Application of number - Funding applications, Audit of receipts, Budget Spreadsheets, Applying budgets Communication - Problem Solving - . I.T. - Improve own learning
  • What would I be doing?
    Planned daily events relating to the activities identified above. City centre office based to include visits to early years settings and partner organisations in line with the role of the Area Development Worker.
  • Who works there and what do they do?
    Liverpool Early Years Principle Education Officer, Sure Start Co-ordinator, Children's Centre Co-ordinator, Manager, Senior Area Development Worker Liverpool Early Years Partnership Area Development Workers, Childminder Network Co-ordinators, Training Officer, Marketing Officer, Senior Finance Officer, Senior Admin Officer, Finance and Admin staff Liverpool Children's Information Service (LCIS) Manager, Information Officer, Information Assistants, Co-ordinator, Pre-registration Officer Liverpool City Council Nursery Education Grant Team Manager, Finance Admin Officers       

Reference Number: 135
Placement Title: Childminder Network Co-ordinator

  • Description: Ensure that affordable, accessible, quality childcare is available to all children 0-14 (16 yrs with special needs)Support childminders already delivering a service and support new childminders in setting up their service. Support Childminder Networks.
  • What experience would I get?
    Working with Others - Early Years Team, Individual Childminders, Childminder Networks, External groupsApplication of number - Funding applications, Audit of receipts, Budget Spreadsheets, Applying budgets Communication Problem Solving I.T. Improve own learning
  • What would I be doing?
    Planned daily events relating to the experiences identified above.
  • Who works there and what do they do?
    Liverpool Early Years Principle Education Officer, Sure Star Co-ordinator, Children's Centre Co-ordinator Liverpool Early Years Team (LEYT) Manager, Senior Area Development Worker, Area Development Workers, Childminder Network Co-ordinators, Training Officer, Marketing Officer, Senior Admin Officer, Finance Officer, Finance and Admin staff, Business Support Officer Liverpool Children's Information Service (LCIS) Manager, Information Officer, Information Assistants, Co-ordinator, Pre-registration Officer Liverpool City Council Nursery Education Grant Team Manager, Senior Finance Assistant , Finance Assistant, Administration Officer       

Reference Number: 66
Placement Title: Nursery Assistant - Altcross Road

  • Description: Assisting in the day to day care and education of children aged 0 - 5 years.

  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Management Team - Overall responsibility of day to day running of the nursery , staff supervision and service provision.
    • Nursery Officers - Provide quality day to day care and education for children predominantly aged 0-3 years .
    • Kitchen Assistant -Plan and provide childrens meals catering to individual dietary needs in respect of , religion , health , choic
    • General Assistant -Assists the Kitchen Assistant with childrens' meals and has responsibility for laundry .
  • What would I be doing?
    Students will be required to assist children with a variety of tasks including play, personal hygiene, arts and crafts and feeding. Opportunities will be given to gain a greater knowledge of child development and how individual children's needs are met. You would learn about different stages of childrens development and how different types of play encourages their progress and development . You would have the opportunity to work as a part of a team.

  • DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
  • LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
  • TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement    

Reference Number: 73
Placement Title: Nursery Assistant (Pendine Close Day Nursery)

  • Description: Assisting in the day to day care and education of children aged 0 - 5 years.
  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Management Team - Overall responsibility of day to day running of the nursery , staff supervision and service provision
    • Nursery Officers - Provide quality day to day care and education for children predominantly aged 0-3 years
    • Kitchen Assistant - Plan and provide childrens meals catering to individual dietary needs in respect of , religion , health , choice
    • General Assistant - Assists the Kitchen Assistant with children's meals and has responsibility for laundry .
  • What would I be doing?
    Students will be required to assist children with a variety of tasks including play, personal hygiene, arts and crafts and feeding. Opportunities will be given to gain a greater knowledge of child development and how individual children's needs are met. You would learn about different stages of childrens development and how different types of play encourages their progress and development . You would have the opportunity to work as a part of a team.
  • DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
  • LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
  • TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement    


Reference Number: 74
Placement Title: Nursery Assistant (Belle Vale Day Nursery)

  • Description: Assisting in the day to day care and education of children aged 0 - 5 years
  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Management Team - Overall responsibility of day to day running of the nursery , staff supervision and service provision
    • Nursery Officers - Provide quality day to day care and education for children predominantly aged 0-3 years
    • Kitchen Assistant - Plan and provide children's meals catering to individual dietary needs in respect of , religion , health , choice
    • General Assistant - Assists the Kitchen Assistant with children's meals and has responsibility for laundry
  • What would I be doing?
    Students will be required to assist children with a variety of tasks including play, personal hygiene, arts and crafts and feeding. Opportunities will be given to gain a greater knowledge of child development and how individual children's needs are met. You would learn about different stages of children's development and how different types of play encourages their progress and development . You would have the opportunity to work as a part of a team.
  • DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
  • LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
  • TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement    


Reference Number: 96
Placement Title: Social Care Support Worker

  • Description: Acorn Resource Centre is an educational / training centre for people with disabilities, Physical Sensory - Learning - Mental health. The overall aim of the service is to work with disabled people to facilitate independent and inclusive living and active participation in the social and economic life of Liverpool. Specifically it aims to enable disabled and disadvantaged people to:
    • Access appropriate training and educational opportunities, either on site or via external provision, which will assist them to develop life skills and / or prepare them for employment.
    • Access appropriate information, guidance and advice in a range of key areas to facilitate independent and inclusive living
    • Access appropriate information, training and guidance to assist them to take up employment or work related opportunities.
  • What experience would I get?
    Range of community training programmes
  • Who works there and what do they do?
    • Key working supporting staff - Is the service users key support, responsible for the assessment delivery and co-ordination of client programmes. Both in-house and co-ordinating with wider community based organisations
    • Centre Manager & Deputy Manager - Overall responsibility for the development and delivery of training programmes and the care planning of client community care programmes
  • What experience would I get?
    Gain insight into the type and range of training course delivered. Gain understanding of disability and disability issues. Obtain work experience within the role of support worker, working within social care setting. Be provided with information concerning relevant NVQ Awards applicable to a career working within social care.
  • What would I be doing?
    The placement would involve shadowing designated members of staff to gain insight into their role, the trainee would not be expected to carry out the full role of support staff such as personal care or any other issues of a confidential nature. They will however be given a clear insight into this functional role. Time would also be scheduled into your placement in spending time with the manager to be given a range of information concerning social care related vocations.    

DRESS CODE - Smart and tidy
LUNCH - Bring your own lunch or buy lunch from local shops
TRANSPORT - You must make your own travel arrangements to and from your placement