Work Experience in Spain with Spark
We have a special year round programme adapted for teens (16-19 years old) who are still at school and wishing to learn Spanish and develop vital first work experience whilst staying with a Spanish host family.
Main Features of Programme
- Family Stay with family with a child of same gender and of similar age. All families vetted and work with us year round with school parties.
- All meals, although lunch may be picnic.
- Own room. Bathroom may be shared.
- Family vetted and experienced.
- Host partner of apx. same age.
- Spanish Classes: a private or closed group with another work+study teen for 1.5 hours a day Monday to Friday if on own and 2 hours if in a micro group.
- Work Experience: all our work experience is in our office and academy. This means students can learn vital work skills from highly experienced personal as usually their tutor is Spark’s general manager. See list of example tasks below.
- Transfers from Jerez Airport included. Add on option Sevilla.
Example Timetable
08.00-09.30: morning with host family.
09.30-13.00* : work experience in Spark.
13.00-14.30: private or closed group class with native teacher.
15.00-22.00: afternoon and evening with Spanish family, including all meals.
Weekend: spending time with family.
*timetable is subject to change. Classes could be at the end of the work time and work experience at the beginning. Some work experience may take place in the afternoons or weekend.
Requirements
- Age 16-19.
- Maturity and independence for age (note this is an important aspect of this programme). Due to staying with a Spanish family and taking on work tasks it is important for the student to have a natural level of autonomy for their age. Also it is important all candidates realise this programme is normally provided on an individual set up, meaning there will not necessarily be other students of the same age on the programme at the same time.
- Desire to learn and develope.
- Set work experience time is 3-4 hours per day, although it could be at times more hours on one day and less on another. On occassion it could cover some afternoon or weekend time.
Unique Perks
- Tutor to push professional development throughout.
- ***Often this tutor is our general manager, meaning the capacity for learning is high.
- Training in personal professsional development, a vital starting point for any young learner.
- Work Reference reflecting performance.
- Experienced family. Also family coordinator in Spark to help when needed.
- Attentive caring, qualitfied native teacher.
Example Tasks
All our work experience tasks are done in house in our company, meaning the personalisation and opportunity for learning and feeling a special part of a small team are high.
- Translation of website or commercial material.
- Interior design and decorating in Spark.
- Marketing or blogging.
- Working with children and support assistance with our school groups. Can include serving food and helping out with logistical coordination and set up.
- General admin office support.
- Helping out with English classes on Fridays or Saturday game days.
- Video creation.
- See more on the type of work done here.
Prices and Conditions
- Due to nature of this programme there is a minimum stay of 2 weeks.
- Two Week Price: 1349€. Three week 1899€. + 629€ for any extra week above the 3 week amount. This includes:
- Family Stay.
- Full Board.
- Spanish Classes.
- Tutor + Family Coordinator throughout.
- Appraisal, Development programme + reference.
- Transfers: pick up and drop to Jerez airport. + 100€ per journey for Sevilla*. We do recommend arriving into Jerez when possible as although it may be more internal travel in own country, this is usually better alround for a smooth arrival.
- On request, it may be possible to do the work experience programme staying in one’s own accommodation. For example with a family member in a hotel. For this set up the pricing would be: 849€ for 2 weeks, 1199€ for 3 weeks and 379€ for each week thereafter. All parts of the programme would be exactly the same as indicated above with the exception that no family time is provided, also meaning no meals nor pick ups are included in this programme option.
*Flights to Seville should be checked first with Spark to ensure a pick up at the flight arrival time can take place.
