Work experience

[Sophieworral]

Iam joining Kingston university in september and Iam doing a criminology course for three years. However in my spare time i want to do work experience in any of the following fields
EMT
Funeral director
Mourge assistant
Iam just not sure how to go about it and even connexions and other sites cant help. If any one has ever been in a similar situation or if by a miracle one of you work in a mourge :D then please help
Sophie

[CheekyChops]

Err.... trying contacting all the Funeral Parlours / Morgues in the local area offering your services?

[Tups]

CheekyChops has given you the obvious - and only - answer! But I'm intrigued to know why the morbid stuff? Are you wanting to see the victims of crime before studying the perpetrators ...?

[squarebear]

You might want to learn how to spell "morgue" before contacting these people...

[Tups]

Another thing; I used to date an undertaker and helped out in the funeral parlour from time to time. Seeing people (the bereaved) at their most vulnerable and needy very quickly gets to you. It's hard to detach yourself. Yo also become attached, in a strange way, to the deceased because you know they were loved by these bereft people. I found myself talking to them and saying 'goodnight' to them when I closed up in the evening! I wonder if working in a morgue, without the contact with the deceased loved ones is different??

[JonnyBoy12]

I would love to help you, Sophie, but I think you will find this is a "dead" issue!

[Tups]

Is that JonnyBoy or Jon Dow??

[Sophieworral]

No I dont WANT to work with victims before hand but experience is everything and thats what i have been advised to do. Its not easier if anything its harder but some one has to do it Iam only 18 but have worked in a funeral parlour for a year and at first it affected me but I have learnt to seperate myself from work and home. Thanks for your answers I actually found a placement yesterday.

[Tups]

Hope all goes well for you