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Richard Thanks for your advice. I was thinking of a volunteer/ placement to help out on a session by session basis. It would be for two-hours, three or four times a month (6 hours a month). Is this illegal? Also, the length of time could be 2 or 3 months only. I am the paid Education Officer for the site, but due to the special nature of the windmill I am going to find it difficult to cope with a group of 30 children. I can obviously fundraise for a sessional worker (and this is something that I would prefer to do). Best wishes Lisa ________________________________ From: Richard Ellam [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: 29 June 2011 15:42 To: Rigg,Lisa Subject: Re: Education Internships - some advice Dear Lisa I'd suggest that what you are proposing may well be illegal, and is certainly politically unwise given that there are large scale cutbacks in local authority funding and staffing, with redundancies all over the place. You MUST get advice from your council's HR dept as to whether offering such a long-term unpaid placement is actually legal under current UK employment legislation, particularly but not exclusively under the rules governing the minimum wage. I suspect that unless the Trades Unions in Lambeth are asleep on the job when news of this plan leaks out they'll make hay with it, and therefore you will be at the centre of a storm of protest. This won't make you many friends in high places in Lambeth Council. IF you absolutely insist on going ahead with this scheme make sure that its signed off at the highest levels in the council so that they, not you, get the flak. I certainly would not go ahead with this plan - if you want someone to work as Assistant Education Officer for six months and there's a real job for them to do, then common decency demands that they be paid the rate for the job. If the money isn't there to pay for the work to be done it is better that the work remain undone that than it be done under such expolitatove terms. Regards Richard Ellam L M Interactive Science Shows and Hands-On Stuff [log in to unmask] On 29 Jun 2011, at 14:47, Rigg,Lisa wrote: Dear Gemmers We are thinking about offering a 6-month unpaid internship/placement for an Assistant Education Officer at Brixton Windmill. Has anyone in a local authority museum managed an intern before? Was it a positive experience? What are the pitfalls? I look forward to hearing from you. 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