Bring Your Teenager to Work

Construction Helpline are collaborating with BITA on an exciting new project for April 2022.

The Bring Your Teenager to Work scheme will run during the Easter holidays next year, allowing 16–18-year-olds to gain work experience with an employer for the day. Parents who would like to get involved can either bring their teenager into their own workplace as part of the scheme or allow them to join a friend or family members workplace. The scheme is also open to all businesses which are willing to accommodate one or more teenagers for the day, in all remits of the workplace including manual labour, administration, technology, finance and more.

Teenagers were severely disadvantaged by the COVID-19 crisis. They missed out on educational learning, socialising with peers and conversations about careers and opportunities. In some cases, parents have seen a negative effect on their child’s mental health. Our aim for Bring Your Teenager to Work is to give 16–18-yearolds the opportunity to experience a real-life work setting where they socialise, learn and improve their overall mental health. As the future workforce, we believe that we and other organisations should take responsibility in helping and guiding teenagers prepare for their futures. 16–18-year-olds in particular, have gone from school to college or sixth form without correct preparation or conversations with peer groups.

The teenager can be registered by an adult such as their parent or guardian, to take part in the scheme which shall run through the 2022 Easter break so there is no disruption to term time learning. To register your interest as an employer or parent/ guardian with a teenager, email us at bringyourteenager@constructionhelpline.com