Employment and Training team  

We start by getting to know our clients

This is skilful ongoing work and usually uncovers information that others may not have been told;  we then put together a personalised programme of activities.

We work with a wide range of providers and employers and know of many opportunities, including training, volunteering, work placements and jobs.  We help hundreds of people every year to move into a wide variety of jobs. 

We are based at 33 Rushworth Street, London, SE1 - just five minutes from Southwark tube station. Contact us on: 020 7902 7948.

Our services include:

Job search

• Supervised job search in a drop-in area
• One-to-one job coaching
• Into work benefits calculation and budgeting
• Literacy and numeracy support
• Career counselling
• Workshops to increase self-confidence
• CV writing. This is more than just the written document.  Done correctly and this leaves clients feeling very good about themselves and with a clear idea how to present themselves at interview
• IT training
• Interview training
• Advice on disclosing convictions to employers
• Help and advice to set up a business or social enterprise
• Access to specialist legal advice
• Collecting I.D, how to get a bank account and gather references

Access to a wide range of vocational training, including:

• British Institute of Cleaning Science (BICSc) Qualification
• The Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card training
• First Aid training
• Warehouse, health and safety, manual handling, recycling, tail lift, reversing vehicles etc
• Security
• Catering
• General employability training to suit
• The wide range of training available elsewhere in the organisation
• Access to social enterprising
• Work placements and volunteering

Help in getting work:

• In work benefits advice and support
• Practical and financial help during first weeks at work
• Assistance with resolving employment related issues
• Ongoing telephone support
• Assistance when contracts end

We are proud to say that of those who are ready to work, we get the majority into employment.

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