Plan placements.
Build futures.
WorkIt connects young people, schools, local authorities, health and safety teams, and employers in one web application for planning, preparing, and managing meaningful work placements and work-related learning.
One platform for the whole placement journey
From finding an opportunity and preparing for the workplace to recording learning and reviewing success, WorkIt gives every participant the information and tools they need.
A shared digital space for work-related learning.
One platform. Every role connected.
See how WorkIt supports the people who explore, coordinate, and provide work placement opportunities.
Explore opportunity with confidence
Search employers offering placements and taster weeks, request opportunities, record achievements, and maintain a daily learning logbook from any supported device.
Coordinate every placement clearly
Use a central dashboard to manage requests, view opportunities, maintain accounts, access reports, and communicate securely with young people and employers.
Help young people discover work
Access practical guidance and resources for offering a relevant, challenging, enjoyable, and appropriate learning experience in the contemporary workplace.
From first search to lasting learning
WorkIt keeps the placement journey organized, visible, and connected from opportunity discovery through reflection.
Discover an opportunity
Explore employer opportunities and career resources, or record a placement found independently.
Prepare and coordinate
Bring requests, communication, documents, consent, and safety activity into a managed process.
Learn and reflect
Use learning logs, questionnaires, achievements, and evidence to capture what the experience delivered.
The tools behind a successful placement
Select a capability to see how WorkIt supports coordinated work-related learning.
Young people can explore available opportunities, review placement details, and submit requests through the platform.
School coordinators can manage requests, opportunities, accounts, reports, and reusable document or email templates.
Young people can record achievements, daily learning, activities, feedback, and evidence for work placement learning.
Managed communication helps schools, young people, employers, and supporting teams stay aligned throughout the process.
Authorized users can manage checks, reports, assignments, and insurance documents for placement providers and locations.
A shared process with young people at the centre
WorkIt brings the people, information, and evidence around a placement into one coordinated experience—supporting better preparation and more meaningful learning.
Clear opportunities
Make placement information easier to explore.
Managed coordination
Keep requests and activity visible to schools.
Recorded learning
Capture achievements, feedback, and evidence.
Connected support
Help every participant understand their role.
Preparation that supports safe placements
WorkIt gives health and safety users practical tools to manage checks and the documents associated with placement providers.
- Dashboard of placements requiring checks
- Searchable reports from local authority users
- Online completion of health and safety reports
- Insurance documents linked to providers or locations
- Checks assigned across authorized colleagues
WorkIt FAQs
What is WorkIt?
WorkIt is a web application for planning, preparing, and managing work placements, work-related learning, and associated activities.
Who uses WorkIt?
The platform supports young people, school and local authority coordinators, health and safety users, placement providers, and the adults helping young people prepare.
What can young people do in WorkIt?
They can explore and request placements, record self-found opportunities, maintain a learning logbook, provide feedback, record achievements, and access career resources.
How does WorkIt help schools?
School users can manage placement requests through a dashboard, communicate with participants, view opportunities, manage accounts, access reports, and use customizable templates.
Can WorkIt be used on mobile devices?
Yes. WorkIt states that young people can use it from a computer, tablet, or smartphone.
Make every placement count
Explore the WorkIt platform and see how one connected process can support placement discovery, preparation, coordination, and learning.
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