Seeking Vet Placement Birmingham, Black Country & Surrounds · Happy to travel

On Fridays,
I want to be
in scrubs.

I'm a first-year T-Level Animal Management student at Halesowen College, looking for the vet practice placement that will carry me through the rest of my course — 2026 and 2027. My required general animal-care hours are already complete (nine months at a local stables), so I can now give this placement my full focus. And earlier, during my Year 10 school work experience, I was inside Orchard Veterinary Centre where I sat in on five operations. Now I need the long-term vet placement that takes me from observer to trainee.

Offer a placement About Lucy
Lucy Hadley working in a science lab, wearing safety goggles and a lab coat
In the lab
9mo
Recently completed
at a local stables
5
Operations already
observed in clinic
315+
Hours offered
over two years
3A*
A-level equivalent
at top grade
§ 01 — The Ask

What I'm looking for, precisely.

i.
Duration
Two years
A long-term placement spanning both years of my T-Level course.
ii.
Hours
315+ hours
Minimum required. I'll gladly exceed it by working summers and college holidays.
iii.
Day
Fridays, ideally
Fridays fit my college timetable. Other days negotiable where helpful.
iv.
Start
Immediately
No notice to serve, no waiting. I can start the Friday after you say yes.
§ 02 — A Note
To the practice manager reading this,

You'll see a lot of placement requests. I know mine needs to earn its place in your inbox, so I'll keep it short.

My goal is to become a vet. I'm aiming for Harper Adams University in 2027, and a long-term placement with a practice like yours is the clearest path there. I won't pretend to arrive half-qualified: five days observing at Orchard Veterinary Centre in Year 10 showed me what a clinic looks like, nine months at a local stables proved I can turn up reliably, and my T-Level is filling in the theory. I know how much I still have to learn. That's exactly why I'm asking.

I have a car and a clean driving licence, so I can travel to you. I'm happy to work through summer and college holidays to go well beyond the 315 minimum hours my course requires. And I can start the Friday after you reply.

What I'd most value is a practice willing to let me watch, help where I can, and keep learning. If that sounds like something you could offer, I'd be grateful for a conversation.

Lucy Hadley
T-Level Animal Management, Halesowen College · lucy@lucyhadley.uk
§ 03 — Background

I'm not coming to a practice cold.

Until recently I spent nine months at a local stables, turning up week after week, working with horses, learning the rhythm of animal care outside a classroom. I chose to end it so I could give my full attention to finding the right vet placement, but the point is already on record: the unasked question every supervisor has, will she actually show up? has a nine-month answer behind it.

Before that, my Year 10 work experience put me inside Orchard Veterinary Centre. I sat in on five separate operations, attended every appointment during my placement, and saw how a good practice runs, the clinical precision and the quieter work in reception, triage, and the waiting room.

"I don't need persuading that this work matters. I need the chance to be useful inside a practice doing it well."

Before Halesowen, I completed my GCSEs at Q3 Langley, where I was featured in the school's 2023 promotional video, a small detail, but the kind of thing that gets offered to students who turn up and can be trusted.

Since the age of ten I've pursued qualifications outside of school under my own steam, CPR training, online safety certification, and others. I'm not waiting for an education to be handed to me. I'd rather go and find it.

Lucy Hadley speaking on a microphone at a Q3 Langley assembly
Q3 Langley · 2023 Speaking on the mic at a school assembly of 600. Composure, on the record.
Lucy Hadley outside Orchard Veterinary Centre
Year 10 work experience · 2024 Outside Orchard Veterinary Centre, where I observed 5 operations.
2027
Harper Adams University Goal
Applying to Harper Adams University to continue into veterinary training. A long-term vet placement now is the most direct route there.
Now
Ready for vet placement Available
Fully available. Car, clean licence, immediate start. Happy to travel across Birmingham, the Black Country and surrounds.
'25–'26
Stables placement
Nine months of weekly work with horses — the general animal-care portion of my required hours. Recently concluded by choice, to clear the decks for the vet route.
2025
GCSEs → T-Level
Passed all GCSEs at Q3 Langley in the summer. Accepted onto Halesowen College's T-Level in Animal Management in September — one of only 15 students on the programme.
2024
Orchard Veterinary Centre
Year 10 school work experience. Sat in on 5 operations and attended every appointment across the placement.
2023
Featured in Q3 promo video
Chosen to represent Q3 Langley in the school's official promotional video — the kind of thing offered to trusted, hardworking students.
2020
Early CPD certifications
Animal Care Introductory (Merit), CPR Training (Merit), Online Security (Distinction) — all completed independently at age 10.
2020
Early CPD certifications
Animal Care Introductory (Merit), CPR Training (Merit), Online Security (Distinction) — all completed independently at age 10.
§ 04 — Evidence

The receipts.

Credentials, placements, appearances on record — verifiable things, not claims.

Animal Care Introductory Level 2 certificate, Merit grade, March 2020
CPD CERTIFIED · 2020
Animal Care Introductory
Level 2 · Merit
CPR Training Level 3 certificate, Merit grade, March 2020
CPD CERTIFIED · 2020
CPR Training
Level 3 · Merit
Online Security Level 3 certificate, Distinction grade, March 2020
CPD CERTIFIED · 2020
Online Security
Level 3 · Distinction
YOUTUBE · 2023
Q3 Langley promotional video
Featured student

Note: all three CPD-certified courses were completed independently at age 10 — years before any school required them.

§ 05 — The Course

A T-Level designed for clinical environments.

The T-Level in Animal Management at Halesowen College accepts just 15 students per cohort. The highest grade carries the same UCAS weight as three A*s at A-Level, it's a serious, employer-facing alternative to the traditional academic route.

Teaching covers animal health, anatomy, physiology, behaviour and biology. Alongside the clinical foundations, the course builds the wider skills a placement supervisor actually values, biosecurity, health and safety, stock and supply chain management, customer service, and financial literacy.

70/30
70% classroom · 30% hands-on
The placement is not an add-on. It's a third of the course.

What this means in practice is that when I walk into a clinic, the vocabulary shouldn't be entirely foreign to me — biosecurity, sterile procedure, basic anatomy — because these are exactly the things my coursework covers. I know I still have an enormous amount to learn, and I genuinely want to be taught. But I hope I won't need absolutely everything explained from first principles, which means I can start being useful sooner rather than later.

Curriculum
What I'm actively learning right now
  • Animal anatomy & physiology
  • Animal health & welfare
  • Animal behaviour
  • Animal biology
  • Biosecurity protocols
  • Health & safety practice
  • Stock & supply management
  • Sustainability practice
  • Customer service
  • Financial literacy
  • Business organisation
  • Clinical terminology
Contact

Ready when you are.

One Friday a week for two years, with summers and holidays on top. Immediate start, car parked outside, waiting for a reply.

lucy@lucyhadley.uk →
or connect on LinkedIn
Available immediately
Car & clean licence
CV on request