Covid 19 – Work Experience Placement Update

All work placements, including week-long work experience and JET placements, will also be cancelled.

JET :  

• JET placements are cancelled for this session effective from today.
• The DYW/JET Team are updating employers today
• We would ask school JET coordinators to update pupils and parents/carers.
• Pupils should attend school on Friday instead of their placement.  The team are trying to arrange virtual links with employers and more information will follow.

JET Parent/Pupil Information sessions :

• These are cancelled.
• DYW/JET Team have produced resources to share with parents via school websites such as Information Sheets and Ppts.
• These will be emailed to school JET coordinators and we would ask for these to be uploaded.

Flexible Work Placements :

• These are cancelled.
• All pupils on flexible work placements should attend school instead.
• Schools should update relevant employers
• Schools should email DYW/JET Team DYW@edinburgh.gov.uk with pupil names so that these placements can be cancelled on WorkIT

Week-long work experience:

• These are all cancelled
• The DYW/JET Team will communicate with employers over the coming days.  
• We would ask schools affected to please update parents/carers.
• The DYW/JET Team will also follow-up directly with relevant schools.

Week long work experience calendar :