Internships and Recruitment
Our Disability Internship Scheme recruits and onboards talented disabled interns to your organisation, while our Retained Recruitment Service fills ring-fenced roles for disabled applicants.
We run the whole recruitment on your behalf, ensure an end-to-end accessible and inclusive process and connect you to talented applicants that you’d otherwise miss out on.
Contact us today to take a positive step towards a more diverse, inclusive workplace by ring-fencing a role for a disabled candidate.
Internships and Recruitment
Our Disability Internship Scheme recruits and onboards talented disabled interns to your organisation, while our Retained Recruitment Service fills ring-fenced roles for disabled applicants.
We run the whole recruitment on your behalf, ensure an end-to-end accessible and inclusive process and connect you to talented applicants that you’d otherwise miss out on.
Contact us today to take a positive step towards a more diverse, inclusive workplace by ring-fencing a role for a disabled candidate.
The Disability Internship Scheme
Looking to hire exceptional internship candidates for your organisation?
Our Disability Internship Scheme is an award-winning programme of sponsored internships and employment opportunities.
Put simply, we find, recruit and onboard exceptional disabled interns for your business from leading universities across the UK.
We also provide onboarding support, including bespoke line manager training and help with facilitating any adjustments to ensure all parties are supported!
How it works:
An Accessible and Inclusive Job Description
We work with you to produce an accessible job description that captures your requirements.
An Inclusive Recruitment Campaign
Patchwork Hub design, manage and administer the entire recruitment campaign on your behalf.
Breaking down barriers, this includes any adjustments required to help candidates thrive in the process, from adjusted processes to alternative formats.
Screening and Managing Applicants
Patchwork Hub manages all applications, conducting screening interviews and providing a shortlist of applicants for your business.
Unless an alternative format is preferred, we will arrange final interviews for the candidate with your hiring manager as the final step.
We then provide candidate feedback and sensitively handle candidate rejections.
Onboarding Support
We provide onboarding support for both successful applicants and the line managers in your organisation.
This includes a tailored adjustments assessment with the candidate and bespoke line manager briefing, alongside support across the duration of the placement.
Why choose our Disability Internship Scheme?
Our Disability Internship Scheme connects you with talented summer interns from leading UK universities who you might normally miss out on due to barriers in conventional recruitment.
To date, our successful candidates have gone on to long-term careers with leading organisations, often with the company that they interned with!
Skilled candidates
Our talented interns come from leading universities across the UK, but face barriers in conventional recruitment practices that can prevent them from securing the internships and experience that their skills deserve.
Disability inclusion
Taking part in our scheme shows an active commitment to disability inclusion.
Not only will you secure highly talented candidates in your workplace, but our guidance and training will provide you with the knowledge and confidence to emulate best practice across your business.
Improved company culture
Beyond the benefits our talented interns bring themselves, taking part helps your company to learn and embed inclusive practices.
It showcases your organisation as a company committed to placing disability inclusion at the top of business agendas.
We’re currently registering employers to take part in our Summer 2025 intake, so get in touch today!
For more information about our Disability Internship Scheme, please contact
[email protected].
Retained Recruitment
Our end-to-end accessible recruitment service fills ring-fenced roles for disabled candidates in your organisation.
Breaking down barriers that are excluding exceptional talent from your vacancies, we can fill roles across all seniority levels.
Our Process
As with our Internship Scheme, we manage the whole process on your behalf, presenting you with a final shortlist of qualified disabled candidates.
From attraction of candidates, screening and interviews to the final hiring decision, we ensure an accessible process that breaks down the barriers disabled candidates may experience in conventional recruitment.
We can also ensure the successful candidate and their line manager are supported at the start of roles through our Onboarding Support service.
Testimonials
Ditte
Patchworker
I found a job through Patchwork Hub – a senior level position with a leading financial services company.
Throughout the process I felt supported by very dedicated people, both at Patchwork Hub and the company,
and it was really refreshing to be able to openly talk about my health condition and not feel like I had to actively avoid the subject.
Their support was simply invaluable.
Ranjeet
Patchworker
Patchwork Hub helped me land a full-time job with a renowned multinational finance brand.
Disabilities present significant challenges to daily tasks, which are exacerbated when seeking employment.
However, Patchwork Hub was incredibly thoughtful and meticulous throughout my application process, with a special focus on removing barriers.
Thank you Patchwork Hub and Beth for taking the time to connect me with this opportunity and making the entire process so smooth and efficient.
Rock
Patchworker
I applied for a job through Patchwork hub and secured a job at a FTSE 100 company.
This is so fantastic, not just for my bank account and CV but also for my confidence.
Without Patchwork Hub - both its accessibility and the support and understanding they offer - this would not have happened for me.
A platform taking a proactive approach to raising awareness amongst employers, and approaching disability inclusion in a way where we're not 'othered', is transformational
Ben
Patchworker
I secured employment with a FTSE 100 company through Patchwork Hub.
I would like to thank Beth and the team for helping me through the recruitment process and being there to give advice and support throughout my placement.
It was refreshing to be honest about my condition and know that the company was ‘disability aware’ and would be inclusive and understanding too.
This meant that I was able to focus on my job, learn from my colleagues and feel part of the team.
I would advise others to make the most of this unique platform, its placement schemes and the opportunities they provide.
Are you looking to recruit top talent and want to learn more about how we can support you to find the perfect candidate? Don’t hesitate to get in touch!