St George's, University of London students are invited to apply to be a part of St George’s Primary Practice programme run by the Widening Participation Team.
What is the Primary Practice programme?
Successful applicants will be placed in a local primary school with 2 other Primary Practice mentors. The school will be a 20 minute walk away from St George’s or only a few minutes away by tube. You will deliver 6 after school clubs to a group of up to 10 children which explore the many different careers in healthcare and develop a range of skills, from basic sign language to teamwork.
All sessions are pre-designed and tried and tested. You will also receive a day of paid training from external organisation The Brilliant Club to support your delivery of these sessions. You will be paid at the hourly rate or £12.60 when delivering the weekly sessions, and for training, preparation time and all other activities will be paid at an hourly rate of £11.05.
After school clubs take place on Wednesday afternoons in late February and March. You will then support with 3 campus-based activities, when the Widening Participation Team invite children and their families to St George’s to learn more about the university and the diverse work that takes place here to improve peoples' health. This will include a 1 day session in April, a 3 day summer school in late July and a graduation ceremony in November.
Please apply, if you're looking to:
- develop your experience working with primary school age children and their families
- develop facilitation experience
- have a direct impact in the local community.
At the 2022 graduation event, we received lots of positive feedback from parents who said the programme had opened their child's eyes to the many healthcare related career options out there.
How to apply
You can apply for the programme using this form. The deadline to apply is 9am by 15 December.
Find out more
For a full job description, please click here. If you have any questions about this programme, please get in touch with Kirsty Allen at kallen@sgul.ac.uk.