Work Experience for 15 year old wanting to become Paramedic

Hi

At the end of Y10, my school are making us do work experience - although I do not think it is a good idea to be doing work experience this early, especially with COVID, aswell as 15 year olds being heavily restricted with what they can do. I was wondering what would be useful work experience for someone looking to become a paramedic in future. I can get to London, if this helps. Also, in terms of my future career path, what A-Levels do I take, if any? And if so, would my BSc be in Paramedical Science?

Hi

At the end of Y10, my school are making us do work experience - although I do not think it is a good idea to be doing work experience this early, especially with COVID, aswell as 15 year olds being heavily restricted with what they can do. I was wondering what would be useful work experience for someone looking to become a paramedic in future. I can get to London, if this helps. Also, in terms of my future career path, what A-Levels do I take, if any? And if so, would my BSc be in Paramedical Science?

Doing work experience in Year 10 is very common... Year 11 is way more GCSE focused to be doing this, while Year 10 is easing into the course. The NHS Teaching Hospital near me are doing things for Year 10-Year 13 (I'm in Year 10), work placements as well as virtual zoom calls

Also work experience in Year 10 doesn't really matter, universities won't really care what you did in secondary pre-GCSE, my teachers have even suggested working in fields I may never get the chance to again!#

As for A-Levels, UCAS says biology is most important!
https://www.ucas.com/explore/subjects/paramedic-science

I wonder if you could spend time in an ambulance service contact centre? Might be worth exploring whether this is possible?

I love your ambition. Yes I think that'd be a great to gain important skills such as patience, good communication skills and remaining calm under pressure.
I believe you may need a DBS to do that however I'm not sure how you would access such an opportunity. I am aware that ambulance call handlers require specialist training however I think that shadowing, talking to and learning from call handlers experiences would also be very beneficial.

Best wishes.

It was more in the context of being exposed to the environment whilst being supervised (admin, shadowing people etc), I wouldn't be expecting them to become call handlers in a two week work experience slot, that would be incredibly ambitious!

I was just wondering if it would be a better opportunity to explore as they won't usually take on 15-16 year olds in clinical environments for a couple of weeks work experience.

The volunteering in a care home would also require DBS checks and would probably require them to be 16+ or even 18+ depending on individual policy. One hospital I trained at did take on A level age students in voluntary roles (dishing out teas and meals etc), many of whom were hoping to apply for med.

Oh great, I just didn't want to mislead you or anyone that's all. You could also look at volunteering at a school with disabled children, although I didn't get chance to do it, as that was something highlighted by my careers advisor.

Your dedication to gaining experience at such a young age is admirable.
Best wishes

Hi

At the end of Y10, my school are making us do work experience - although I do not think it is a good idea to be doing work experience this early, especially with COVID, aswell as 15 year olds being heavily restricted with what they can do. I was wondering what would be useful work experience for someone looking to become a paramedic in future. I can get to London, if this helps. Also, in terms of my future career path, what A-Levels do I take, if any? And if so, would my BSc be in Paramedical Science?

Hi

At the end of Y10, my school are making us do work experience - although I do not think it is a good idea to be doing work experience this early, especially with COVID, aswell as 15 year olds being heavily restricted with what they can do. I was wondering what would be useful work experience for someone looking to become a paramedic in future. I can get to London, if this helps. Also, in terms of my future career path, what A-Levels do I take, if any? And if so, would my BSc be in Paramedical Science?

Hi

At the end of Y10, my school are making us do work experience - although I do not think it is a good idea to be doing work experience this early, especially with COVID, aswell as 15 year olds being heavily restricted with what they can do. I was wondering what would be useful work experience for someone looking to become a paramedic in future. I can get to London, if this helps. Also, in terms of my future career path, what A-Levels do I take, if any? And if so, would my BSc be in Paramedical Science?