Creative Industry Placements 2023 Application Form

Find out more about our Creative Industry Placements

Application deadline Tuesday 29 November 2022 at 10.00.

Your full name *

Organisation/Business name *

Email address *

Phone number *

Companies House Registration Number (If applicable)

Registered Charity Number (If applicable)

Job title *

Can you commit to employing a participant full-time for a minimum of 6 months? *

Yes

No

If successful, will you be the participant’s line manager? *

Yes

No

If the answer to the above question is no, please state below the name and job title of the participant’s line manager *

Placement's job title *

Is the placement role a new job role? *

Yes

No

How many days will the role be on site at Somerset House? *

Full time onsite

3 days a week onsite

Are you able to provide your placement with all technology needed to work on and off site? Eg. Laptop, mobile phone *

Yes

No

I confirm that the placement will not cause existing employees, apprentices or contractors to lose work or reduce their working hours *

Yes

No

Do you have more that three employees in your business/organisation? *

Yes

No

How many employees do you have? *

If the Creative Industry Placements programme by Somerset House was not available, would you be able to fund these job placements? *

Yes

No

I understand as a host that the line manager of the participant and the participant will need to be made available for training, recruitment, reflection and evaluation sessions throughout the programme (more information about dates can be found on the FAQ page).*

I understand as a host that the line manager of the participant and the participant will need to be made available for training, recruitment, reflection and evaluation sessions throughout the programme (more information about dates can be found on the FAQ page *

Yes

No

I understand that the participants are on the programme for 12 months and that the period in which they join my organisation (January-June or June-December) is dependent on what is available. *

Yes

No

Please let us know if you have a preference in a particular period (January-June or June-December). Please note we cannot guarantee that we will be able to offer that time.

I understand that there will be a £4k (+VAT) contribution per placement with the rest of the salary and programme costs fundraised by Somerset House. *

Yes

No

Please provide some information about how you will support young people to become more employable through a placement with your organisation/business *

(250 words max)

If we are oversubscribed with hosts to placements, would you consider yourself or a member of your organisation applying to be a mentor? If you answer yes, we will share further information *

Yes

No

We are asking all applicants to meet for an informal 30-minute chat on Thursday 01 or Friday 02 December 2022. Please confirm you are able to attend, and note any times that you are unavailable below *

Job description

Please fill in the requested details in the Job Description section below.

Role Title: *

Reports to: *

Working Hours:

Full time - 37.5 hours per week excluding a 1-hour unpaid daily lunch break 

Monday to Friday (exact hours to be discussed with your line manager).   

Working patterns will be subject to change depending on the projects and deadlines you work on so flexibility is important. Space will be given for training, development, reflection and evaluation of the programme.

Rate of pay:

London Living Wage (£11.09 Jan-Mar, £11.95 April-Dec) plus 8% pension contribution subject to tax and NI deductions as appropriate.

Overview of Role (500 words max) *

Use plain text only. Do not use, for example, bullet points or tables to lay out this information. Summarise the job, to give an overview of the main responsibilities and key activities that the person will be carrying out. It is not necessary to give lots of background about your company.

Essential skills, experience and qualifications (250 words max) *

Use plain text only. Do not use, for example, bullet points or tables to lay out this information. Are there any essential skills, experience or qualifications the person needs to do this job? For example, a driving licence. Bear in mind that lots of essential criteria may result in fewer applications.