27.01.2012 From the Cote D’Azur to Congleton –
A free international helping hand for local businesses.
Local business woman, Jane Ash of Optimum Social Care Initiatives Limited together with Future Focus is helping Congleton by offering European vocational students into local businesses for unpaid student placement work experience.
The students are aged between 19 – 25 years of age and are studying specific vocations. In their home country they are in full time education, English speaking and the free work experience placements run between 3 to 12 weeks. The students stay with local host families who offer them a warm insight in to the British way of life.
Recommending the programme to local companies Jane says, “In today’s economic climate, businesses often cannot afford to pay for an extra pair of hands, but could really do with some short term help. The great thing about our student placement programme is that they can now get that help simply in exchange for offering a European student experience in a local business.”
Jane is also thrilled about promoting Congleton itself and comments “Of course they will also be helping demonstrate Congleton as a wonderful market town with friendly people and a great cultural place to visit.” The programme also brings European tourists to Congleton as families often visit their relatives who are on placement here.
On Friday MP Fiona Bruce welcomed 3 French students to Congleton; they are the first of several students who will be staying and working in Congletone. The students are on a 4 week student placement with a local accountancy firm and web design company. Next month sees 2 Norwegian students arrive for a 12 week placement in a local hotel and a school. Whilst 2 Italian science students arrive in March.
The next step for Optimum Social Care Initiatives is to offer Congleton young people the chance to experience a work placement in the occupation of their studies with Future Focus in Malta.
If your company would like more information about registering with Optimum Social Care Initiatives to be considered for a European student please contact Jane Ash on janeash.optimum@hotmail.co.uk or on 0788 239 1334.
Note to Editor:
Jane Ash of Optimum Social Care Initiatives Limited is a businesswoman based in Congleton and is passionate about promoting Congleton and it’s cultural history. Working in conjunction with Future Focus, she is promoting Congleton to European Vocational Colleges as a great place for their students to gain international work experience in their chosen subjects as well as a great town to visit for it’s history.
Photo call: MP Fiona Bruce, Jane Ash Optimum Social Care Initiatives Director,
3 French students – Oceane Demessance, Nadia Ichchou and Laura Imbert.
