DFN Project Search
Humberside Police are pleased to announce they are hosting further DFN Project SEARCH supported internship cohorts for 2026/27.
Humberside Police first collaborated with DFN Project SEARCH in 2022 to set up a programme on the North Bank, based primarily at Priory Road Headquarters, Hull. Due to the success of this programme, Humberside Police extended the programme the following year to the South Bank, based in Grimsby, with additional placements offered within departments at North East Lincolnshire Council.
DFN Project SEARCH is aimed at young adults with a learning disability, ADHD and/or autism. During the programme, selected interns spend 9 months within a host business providing them valuable employability skills and experience to help them apply for and gain full time employment.
The North Bank DFN programme, led by a designated Course Manager / Tutor (Bishop Burton College), is in its 3rd year and has supported over 20 young adults in gaining these valuable skills and experience. An on-site Job Coach provides interns with specialist job coaching whilst in their departments to help them learn new transferable skills and work-based tasks, alongside the Course Manager / Tutor delivering classroom-based curriculum.
The DFN programme involves interns working within 3 different departments, known as ‘rotations’. The North Bank programme is based primarily at Priory Road Headquarters and neighbouring police stations and has included rotations within People Services, Legal Department, Criminal Justice Unit and Catering. Rotations for the DFN programme based in Grimsby have included the Police Evidential Property Store, the Fishing Heritage Centre and Parks and Environment teams, based within North-East Lincolnshire Council.
To find out more about the Humberside Police DFN programmes, Interest and Information events are due to be held next month;
DFN North-Bank (Hull and East Riding):
Date: Thursday 12th February 2026
Time: 5 pm – 7pm
Location: Bishop Burton College
Details: To register your attendance, please click on the link DFN Project SEARCH | Bishop Burton College
Application process*: Supported Internships | Bishop Burton College
DFN South-Bank (Grimsby):
Date: Wednesday 11th February 2026
Time: 4pm -6pm
Location: Grimsby Town Hall
Details: To book a place, please email: askannie@nelincs.gov.uk
Application process*: DFN Project Search - Learning4Life-Gy
*NB: Applicants must have a desire to gain full time employment, live in the corresponding local authority area, be aged between 18-24 years and have a current Education, Health and Care Plan.