Health and Social Care Administrator Review

I thoroughly enjoyed my internship with Macmillan Cancer Support. From day one everyone was warm, welcoming and made me feel like a valued staff member. At the end of my internship I felt I had achieved my objectives and managed to secure a full time role.

Macmillan were very welcoming from the start. Initially they set up an intern induction day where we were able to meet other interns, learn about Macmillan and the various departments. Previous interns that had gone on to secure full time jobs gave up their time to give us advice on making the most of our internships, which I found particularly useful. Once I started my internship I was given specific tasks and projects that were both interesting and challenging and was not left to just carry out trivial tasks.

My line manager during my internship was very good at monitoring my objectives and ensuring that I met them. We would meet on a regular basis to review my progress and my workload. The intern and placement manager at Macmillan was also very welcoming and extremely helpful during my internship, especially with regards to job applications and interview practice and maintained good contact throughout .

My line manager helped me set up a workload document which she was able to review, this enabled me to monitor my projects and helped ensure I had a good workload balance. This was also extremely useful in interview as it enabled me to remember projects I had run or worked on.

As previously mentioned I was given specific projects that I was responsible for, in addition to supporting other larger projects. This enabled me to gain valuable project and time management skills.

From my internship I gained many transferable skills including project and time management, budgeting and finance skills, communication skills (both written and verbal) and useful interview skills and CV writing tips.

The atmosphere was warm and welcoming. Macmillan staff are often friendly and happy to answer any questions or queries. The office was well organised into the various departments and teams, which made it easy to identify others in your field.

The internship was well organised and structure to my learning goals and was very flexible with working hours.

The internship was structured around my goals and objectives, so that I was able to gain valuable and transferable skills. Projects and tasks were set to meet my development goals. I was also able to attend many Inspire and Learn sessions, which taught me about other areas that Macmillan work in and often have guest speakers.

I mananged to secure a job during my internship.

Macmillan have an internal messaging service which enabled interns to stay in contact. Often I had lunch with a few other interns, but I spent a lot of time with my team.

The internship with Macmillan is in London, therefore as you would expect the cost is fairly high.

There are a few bars and pubs around Vauxhall.

Macmillan have many volunteering opportunites which are very diverse, ranging from volunteering at Macmillan Events through to bucket collecting. Macmillan also have sports teams which you are able to join.