Work Placement Success Stories

Lucas came to Centre of Wellbeing, Training & Culture for work placement as part of his T level course the Oldham Sixth Form College in September 2023. He needed to build his confidence and skills in IT Skills, media, business admin and customer service.
AT CWTC, Lucas learnt how to record podcasts, produce, record and edit blog tips. research and produce topics PowerPoints, filming, using various of social media platforms, office skills and setting up workshops. He was also able to participate in on-going cost of living sessions, networking events and health awareness sessions.

Lucas confidence grew when he was helping other volunteers with knowledge gained.

This is Lucas’s feedback:

“I have learnt a range of different skills such as Premiere Pro Skills, Presentation Skills, Creative Design, Facilitation workshops and events, Management skills and how to delegate tasks along with confidence building.

It was a good stepping stone between the College world and the working world, and I would recommend it to anyone.”

Lucas is now attending Manchester University to do a degree in Geography.

He was awarded for best work placement at CWTC through the OSFC at the Oldham Business Awards in September 2024 at Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Diogo Barbosa came from the King’s Trust Oldham Team for his two week work placement looking to gain knowledge in the work place environment and build his confidence while using his understanding of social media to make a difference.
This is Diogo’s feedback:
“I have just complete my two week work placement at the Centre of Wellbeing, Training & Culture. During my time here I have learnt good communication skills in the workplace, Basic IT skills, Administrative Skills, Help collect and distribute the Greggs free food collection, understanding how to setup and record podcast and correctly use Canva for Blog Tips. The staff here have been extremely helpful and really helpful in building my confidence and skills. Guiding me through tasks and treating me like a member of staff. These skills are going to be really beneficial for my career, especially that I am know thinking of having my own company and these skills have given me the foundations of running my own company. I would absolutely recommend CWTC for any Volunteers or Work Placement looking to gain skills in employment and especially for confidence.”
Diogo is now on his way to completing his King’s Trust qualification and to continue his dream of having his own organisation.”

Ruben Debrah is at Oldham College studying Law & Business and wanted to expand into Cyber Security and IT. During his time and CWTC, We saw a great difference within his confidence, understanding and ability to help with him taking part in the CWTC Community Networking Event helping Organisations setup and also record Feedback videos with the External Audio Recorder and Camera.

“I engaged in learning how to use Podcast equipment such as the External Audio Recorder, Rodecaster Pro and Cameras. I have also enjoyed learning key office and admin skills such as Filing, Evidence and Facilitating. I look forward to going further into my career as I go into CyberSecurity. Thank you to Mohammed and the CWTC staff for all the support.”

Chelsea Mcloughlin joined CWTC as part of her 240 hours of Work Placement with her course Helath & Social Care Level 3.

During Chelsea’s work placement she took part in becoming a crucial member of the team helping with large scale events such as our Disability Awareness Event in which she introduced the Health & Safety to the audience along with distributing refreshments, food and answering any questions to service users. Her role in the Eid Celeberation Party was crucial with taking registrations and helping when needed.

Chelsea learnt how to create, record and edit her own Podcasts on topics such as Autism. We saw a great change in Chelsea’s confidence throughout her two weeks which warranted for Chelsea to choose to stay for an extra 3 weeks for work placement.

Chelsea’s feedback consisted of:
“Hello my name is Chelsea. I am here at CWTC for voluntary work placement from Oldham College doing Health & Social Care level 3. I would like to thank the staff at CWTC. They are all amazing to work amongst. I have learnt so much over the past 3 weeks I have been here. I was taught about IT, Podcasts and editing by Rebin. Adam taught me about admin work, safeguarding and risk assessments for events and trips also he taught us all how to be respectful, inclusive and calm during Events. I learnt so much about other religions and culture within the CWTC. We had an event for Disability Awareness, where I learnt so much about how life every day is affected and what support someone will need. I did a podcast on Autism, where I was, shown what ASD is and how autistic people must adapt to it. We had a trip to Manchester’s Science and industry museum, where I learnt responsibility and understanding of why risk assessments are important. CWTC and the staff here got me out of my comfort zone, making new memories and having fun while learning helped me get out of isolation and into a community I never knew existed. CWTC support everyone and teach new things like IT and English lessons. Although my work placement is now finished this isn’t the end of my journey at CWC and I would most definitely recommend CWTC to others.“

Mia Hughes is at Oldham College studying in Health & Social Care Level 3 to become a Paediatric Nurse to help others. During her time she worked closely in helping manage events, podcast recordings, admin tasks and marketing to promote CWTC events. She also volunteered to stay an extra 3 weeks after her 2 week work placement finished.

Mia’s Feedback consisted of:

“Hello, my name is Mia and I am currently studying level 3 health and social care at Oldham College and I  have been doing my work placement at CWTC. This work placement has helped me building my confidence by socialising with more people who I am not familiar with, which was something I struggled with. At CWTC, I got to learn basic IT, How to manage and plan events, prepare risk assessments for trips such as the trip to Manchester Science Museum and basic Admin work such as weekly plans. These skills will help me if I ever need to organise events, trips, meetings or community gatherings. They are beneficial for me if I get the career in Health & Social Care that I would like in the future. I would recommend CWTC to anybody who is looking to do volunteering or work placements in the future, they are very supportive and all of the staff are easy to get along with and are incredibly helpful.“