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MARCH 2016 WET NEWS 3 T ideway and its delivery partners are o ering paid-for internships to encourage professionals who have taken a voluntary career break back into the workforce. A number of roles will be created with the internships across Tideway and its delivery partners, and the successful candidates will start a 12-week full-time programme on April 19 with additional roles in September. Tideway chief executive o• cer Andy Mitchell has already expressed his commitment to creating a more diverse workforce and sees the returnship programme as an obvious way to attract experienced and talented individuals. He said: "It is widely recognised that one of the D rainsAid, the specialist drainage and sewer rehabilitation division of Peter Du y, has partnered with Amey to provide re-lining services to Yorkshire Water. Amey was recently awarded the contract to deliver wastewater services across the whole of Yorkshire Water's region, and DrainsAid will working with Amey on a variety of projects. DrainsAid has already successfully undertaken various sewer rehabilitation based projects for Yorkshire Paid-for internships available on London's 'super sewer' biggest pools of untapped talent is with professionals who have taken a break from their career, and then found it di• cult to ˆ nd work in their area of expertise because of the gap of relevant experience in their CVs. "Building on our successful returner programme from last year, the ˆ rst outside the banking sector, we have expanded our scheme to include our delivery partners Amey, Costain, Ferrovial Agroman and Laing O'Rourke. This, combined with our " exible working policy, provides a very positive pathway for professionals to return to a fulˆ lling career." 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Our work with Amey to support their contract with Yorkshire Water will further build our reputation as drainage experts, particularly in the area of sewer rehabilitation." part in last year's Tideway Returner Programme. She said: "I served as a Royal Engineer in the British Army before spending nine years at home raising three boys. I was convinced that with my background, restarting my career once they were all at school, would not be an issue, but when I started looking for roles it was clear that CV gaps are generally not viewed favourably. "It was so refreshing to ˆ nd that Tideway were o ering a returnship programme where experience gained whilst on a career break was truly valued and appreciated. The support to return to full-time work and balance family life has been fantastic and I hope other companies follow suit when it comes to recruiting in the "It was so refreshing to © nd that Tideway were oŠ ering a returnship programme where experience gained whilst on a career break was truly valued and appreciated" Rachel Tomkins, Tideway future." Tideway is again partnering with Women Returners, the UK experts in enabling professionals to return to work a• er an extended career break. Tideway has an independent licence last year to build London's "super sewer." DrainsAid has worked on various sewer rehabilitation based projects in the South and West Yorkshire regions

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