Work experience placement options

Community Services provides a range of services and functions that support individuals to live independently at home and within their communities. It also develops services, activities, and facilities within communities and enhance community safety via the community alarms service and CCTV surveillance within the borough.

Community Services responsibilities include

• Delivery of Day Centre, Social Prescribing, Meals at home, Community Transport and community alarm services
• Delivery of Safer Runnymede CCTV network, and 24/7 control room, including additional services such as community alarm monitoring and out of hours services
• Development of play spaces and other 'free at the point of access' community assets for children and young people (e.g. skate parks)
• Delivery of school holiday activity programmes for children and young people
• Coordination of Surrey Youth Games, working in partnership with schools and local sports clubs
• Lead on the Councils Safeguarding responsibilities
• Provide the Chertsey Museum facility to the community

Skills & experience you could obtain

• Organisational skills
• Events coordination skills
• Customer service skills
• Interpersonal skills
• Communication skills
• Knowledge of the services provided to the community in the Runnymede borough

This placement might not be based at the Civic Centre and could instead be at the community day centres or the Chertsey Museum depending on your interests.

Work experience - testimonial

The work experience that I completed with the Community Development Team at RBC was incredibly helpful, it gave me an insight into a different aspect of the working world that I wasn't previously aware of.  As a direct result of my work experience I also applied and was successful with a summer job which showcased the skills I had gained.

Ollie