What we do

EMPLOYABILITY

Our caring, approachable and professional staff will work with you to find the employment solution that gets you moving towards your life goals and independence. We work with young people leaving school and college, as well as people who are long term unemployed, people with disability and mental health conditions and people returning to the community after leaving prison.We work with thousands of employers to find new talent for their vacancies – so we can match to you the right employer and the right role. Our employability programme is targeted at ;

Pre-ESOL

Refugees and Migrant Integration

Employment support

Ex-Offenders

Older Workers

Youth

ESA transitions

Lone Parents

Care Leavers

Long Term Unemployed

Autism and Asperger’s

Digital Upskilling

Universal Credit Full Service Support

Mental Health

Woman Returners

Long Term Unemployed

Our Courses are normally delivered in a Community Centre based near the local JCP and can last from 4 to 12 weeks. They are tailored made to each group, but broadly cover helping individuals to break down barriers that might be stopping them from working; giving individuals support which recognises their skills, attributes and assets help them progress towards employment;Confidence building communication and teamwork skills out of a classroom environment; health and well-being, hands-on support including 1-1 and group work

SKILLS /TRAINING

Our Skills training is specifically created with learners in mind, We aim to create conducive learning environments, which is comfortable and welcoming. Our goal is to make our learners’ experiences unique through focus on emotional targeted care and wellbeing that will enable learners get the best out of our training.

Most of our learners are long-term unemployed and our referrals come directly from Jobcentre Plus, Work Programme partners and a small number are self-referrals from the community. Our training venue is welcoming and we have a friendly and supportive staff who are experienced in changing a negative attitude into a positive outcome for the learner.

We deliver a wide range of courses ranging from qualifications in

Health and Social Care,

Retail, Security,

Warehousing and Distribution,

Forklift Truck,

Customer Service,

Engineering,

Hospitality and Catering,

Maths and English (Functional Skills),

IT and Employability/

Personal Social Development