Employability Programme

Employment skills help you grow personally and professionally. They are especially beneficial in the workplace, as they can help to advance your career. Understanding and improving these skills will help you achieve your full potential.

Our employment programmes are designed to prepare you for employment. And to support you in work. We offer three packages: Core, Standard and Enhanced. Each one is tailored to different employment needs. Ideal for anyone looking for their first job or those who want to try something new. We can also identify opportunities for you to develop other skills that would be beneficial at work. These could include Digital / ICT and professional courses.

The Core package (Confidence is Key)

Are you struggling to find suitable employment?  Looking for a job can be difficult with various challenges to overcome.

Our Core package is designed to:

• build confidence - improve self-belief and self-management
• strengthen resilience - reduce stress, with increased health and wellbeing
• identify ways to deal with challenges or change
• improve your communication and interpersonal skills
• develop skills you need to work as part of a team
• find and understand the core values of an employer

The Core package is ideal for those who have:

• low self-belief and / or little self-confidence
• never been in the workplace - including volunteering roles
• been unemployed for more than 24 months
• low academic skills

This course is available to all, free of charge.

The Standard package

Do you want to improve your chances of getting a job, and go on to have a great career?

There are lots of job openings in essential industries. But today’s job market is competitive. With complex recruitment processes that can sometimes leave you feeling disappointed, frustrated and demoralised.

Showing you have the right skills, and are ready for work, can help you stand out from other applicants. Our Standard package aims to get you looking in the right places. With lots of tips and guidance on how to put forward your best self, so you can get the job you want!

With this package, you’ll:

• identify your own values and merits - recognising the skills you have and how they match with suitable jobs
• improve your job searching techniques
• complete some basic digital skills to support you finding and applying for jobs from your phone
• create quality CVs and effective applications
• prepare for interviews, specific to the area of work you want to get into
• learn interview skills and techniques
• understand your own performance and be able to evaluate it

The Standard package is ideal for those who:

• are motivated and looking for work
• don’t have lots of confidence but want a new opportunity
• want to be in a better position to apply for jobs
• have been out of work for more than 12 months

This course is available to all, free of charge.

The Enhanced package (Strategies to Succeed)

Ready for a career change, but don’t know what you want to do, or where to start?

You might be looking for an opportunity to progress in your current job. Maybe you want to use your skills in a different way. Or maybe you are up for a new challenge and a change of scenery. There are lots of reasons why you might be looking for another job.

With our Enhanced package, we will help you get organised, find inspiration and unleash your potential. Helping you move up the career ladder. It’s designed to:

• give you the skills and knowledge to plan and figure out what you really want to do
• provide you with top tips on getting organised - and help you to look in the right places
• help you be more confident about moving forward and making changes
• identify your best self by assessing your interests, skills and values
• create quality CVs and effective applications
• help you ace that interview - from getting prepared to improving your presence and performance
• support you to self-reflect and evaluate yourself and your performance

The Enhanced package is ideal for those who:

• are keen to get a promotion and move up the career ladder
• want to make a career change or get a second job
• would like a new challenge
• have recently been made redundant, or are at risk of redundancy
• have been unemployed for less than 12 months

This course is available to all, free of charge.

Digital skills and volunteering

As well as employment skills, we can help you develop other skills that would be useful in the workplace.

Courses focussed on ICT and Digital Skills will show you how to use a smartphone to find jobs and apply. Then you can move on to computers, before aiming for a qualification in ICT. Find out more about our ICT courses.

We also offer courses in volunteering. They include a work placement with a charitable organisation. Providing work experience to those who aren’t quite ready to get a job. These courses are free to everyone.

Start your enquiry

If you want to make a start on your employability journey, send us an enquiry.

Use our online form or call 01924 303 302.