The Foundation for Conductive Education

Students working in the holidays

In all professions there is a long tradition of students working in their holidays, not just for money but also to broaden their experience and to see something of the world. There is no reason why students training to be conductors should not do the same.

As well as those opportunities open to all students, possibilities also arise for CE students to work in holiday schemes providing conductive experiences for children and adults with disabilities. Students may find working in such holiday schemes a stimulating and rewarding extension of their studies.

Both students and those who employ them should, however, take reasonable precautions to safeguard their own positions, the welfare of those who use their services and the good reputation of Conductive Education.

It should be made clear and explicit to everyone concerned in the scheme that students are not conductors (this should include not only to service-users but also to anyone who might look in on what is being done, including local media, supporters, outside professionals and researchers).

Students and organisers of schemes should make it very clear to each other what students' courses have covered up to that point and what not. Students should provide potential employers with a written reference from someone teaching on their course.

The level of responsibility for students working in holiday schemes should be clearly defined in advance and agreed by all concerned, especially for the conductors working on the scheme and users of that service. Appropriate reservations should be made for any opinions or accounts of the Conductive Education given by students. Students should not offer unsupervised professional opinions to service-users.

Students working on holiday schemes should not be described as 'conductors' but by a term such as 'assistants'.

Payment should be at a level appropriate to an assistant, not at the same level as a qualified conductor.

For the sake of everyone concerned (students, organisers and users), the scheme should ensure proper insurance (professional indemnity) and this should explicitly cover liability for the actions of untrained staff.

Student conductors should never work without the supervision of a qualified conductor who is fully aware of the student's limits and the responsibilities of supervision.

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Students working in the holidays In all professions there is a long tradition of students working in their holidays, not just for money but also to broaden their experience and to see something of the world. There is no reason why students training to be conductors should not do the same. As well as those opportunities open to all students, possibilities also arise for CE students to work in holiday schemes providing conductive experiences for children and adults with disabilities. Students may find working in such holiday schemes a stimulating and rewarding extension of their studies. Both students and those who employ them should, however, take reasonable precautions to safeguard their own positions, the welfare of those who use their services and the good reputation of Conductive Education. It should be made clear and explicit to everyone concerned in the scheme that students are not conductors (this should include not only to service-users but also to anyone who might look in on what is being done, including local media, supporters, outside professionals and researchers). Students and organisers of schemes should make it very clear to each other what students' courses have covered up to that point and what not. Students should provide potential employers with a written reference from someone teaching on their course. The level of responsibility for students working in holiday schemes should be clearly defined in advance and agreed by all concerned, especially for the conductors working on the scheme and users of that service. Appropriate reservations should be made for any opinions or accounts of the Conductive Education given by students. Students should not offer unsupervised professional opinions to service-users. Students working on holiday schemes should not be described as 'conductors' but by a term such as 'assistants'. Payment should be at a level appropriate to an assistant, not at the same level as a qualified conductor. For the sake of everyone concerned (students, organisers and users), the scheme should ensure proper insurance (professional indemnity) and this should explicitly cover liability for the actions of untrained staff. Student conductors should never work without the supervision of a qualified conductor who is fully aware of the student's limits and the responsibilities of supervision. Most holiday schemes employ assistants. Organisers should regard students who spend a working holiday on their scheme as assistants who have, according to the stage of their training, additional understandings and advantages. Organisers should not think of students as 'conductors on the cheap'.
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