Employability and everyday skills

Support with employability skills and courses.

Employability and everyday skills courses are currently being delivered face to face, remotely or as a mix of both. As these courses change their delivery method regularly, it is recommended that you contact your Work Coach for the latest information.

England: national support

– a 12 week online programme of employability skills for 16-24 year olds

– provides free online courses for employability, team leading and basic skills

– interactive tools, films and activities to learn employability skills for young people

– support for building confidence and learning new everyday skills

– help built around the skills required to job search and apply for jobs

– 5 day outdoor activity programme to rebuild confidence and self esteem after a traumatic event or injury

– distance learning for level 2 qualifications

– free online course about staying resilient

– provides academic qualification and life skills

– provides government funded life skills and courses to secure and maintain employment

Free courses for jobs on ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôº – how to apply for a free level 3 qualification

– free courses to improve your career prospects

– online courses for people looking for work or to progress their career

– remote employability and career skill courses

– provides distance learning level 2 courses

– a jobseeker checklist, free webinars for jobsearch in challenging times, AI practice bots for interviews and career transition tools

– A DWP and Open University training tool to help people become more employable and find a job

Peopleplus – contact your Work Coach about this 2 day personal development in employability course

– employability skills delivered online

– free employability support

Skills to Succeed Academy – contact your Work Coach about this online employability skills training platform

– provides interview training and interview clothes for unemployed women

– provides employability skills courses

– provides level 2 employability courses online

– provides re-employability coaching, CV support, interview help and everyday skills support that employers look for

– support programme for women to build new skills or set up a business

– courses for employability, everyday and career specific skills

– free courses to help learn new skills or change jobs

– funding for accredited vocational training courses up to level 3

– informal community mentoring and mutual support networks to learn new skills

– provides tailored employability and core skills training for women

– employability services for women aged 18-30

– variety of employability and career specific courses

Women’s Returners – contact your Work Coach about this programme for women looking to return to work

Avon, Somerset and Gloucestershire

- The pod is open on Mondays and Wednesdays when advisors are available to provide one-to-one assessment

- This employability course, which runs over five weeks, provides an opportunity to gain feedback on your skills, interests, motivators and some job suggestions

- designed for people who have been out of work for a while and is an easy going, enjoyable two days where we’ll look at your job goals and aspirations

- Various Employability Courses

- 121 careers advice and support over the phone and through video calls, employability courses and support in relation to getting a job

- On-going courses, contact HWV for next available dates

- Employability courses

Sovereign Housing Association – contact your Work Coach about this employability course

- Individual one-to-one support for those currently in employment who want to progress

- 5 week course for those that have been away from the employment market for some time or are looking for a new direction

– other courses available at Weston College

– see website for course details

-  project is aimed at unemployed 19+ who would benefit from help in accessing work or training

- The academy is an online, employability skills training platform

- Employment Hubs offer a wide range of support tailored to help you progress to your new job, change your career and more

- Employability programme - helping people back into work after a period of unemployment or lay-off

- Hands-on courses open to anyone in Somerset to gain connections, advice, skills, experience and walk away with tangible next steps

- Employment and Skills Hubs

– Employment Support

- helps young people access training and employment opportunities, challenges the isolation of living in rural areas, provides individual support and advice on a range of issues and encourages participation in positive activities

- A tailored package and ongoing support will be made available whether the resident needs training, a new career, advice, support, an apprenticeship and even more

- Employability course on Mondays, 10.00am to 2.00pm, for 4 sessions over a 4-week period

- Various Training Courses for ages 14 to 19 years

- Employability course and other courses available

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

- see website for details

- see website for details

Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

- Helping those who have found themselves out of work – increasing the likelihood of securing the role you want

- Online Distance Learning

– see website for details

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- Courses in Reading

– see website for employment support

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– see website for course details

Devon and Cornwall

- Marine Business Training Courses in Cornwall

- A free, highly interactive, on line training programme designed specifically to meet the needs of young people

- Employability Skills

- help with preparation for Independent Living and Work Based Learning for 16-25 years olds

East London

Deaf Umbrella – employment search support for deaf British Sign Language users in Kent

Kent

Deaf Umbrella – employment search support for deaf British Sign Language users in Kent

– provides a range of employability and starter courses for different sectors in Kent

– provides a range of employability and starter courses for different sectors in Medway

Orbit – contact your Work Coach about this employability and life skills course selection across Kent

– provides back to work support for people in Ashford, Chatham, Dartford, Dover, Gravesend and Margate

– provides jobsearch and CV courses

– provides employability support for Ashford, Canterbury, Chatham, Dover, Folkestone, Margate, Ramsgate, Sheerness and Sittingbourne

Swale Community and Voluntary ÌìÃÀÓ°Ôº – contact your Work Coach about this mentoring and employability programme for people aged over 45 in Chatham

The Education People – contact your Work Coach about this employability support for jobseekers aged 16 and over with a disability in Kent

– provides employability and starter courses for different sectors in Kent

– provides distance learning for people with previous work experience to learn a new profession or skill in Kent

North London

Deaf Umbrella – employment search support for deaf British Sign Language users in Kent

Empower4success – contact your Work Coach about this employability opportunity for people in Kentish Town, North Kensington and St Marylebone

MLB Learning Solutions – contact your Work Coach about this employability opportunity for people in North London

North London Partnership Consortium - MLB Learning Solutions – contact your Work Coach about this employability opportunity for people in North London interested in construction, child care, rail engineering and health and social care

Peabody Trust – contact your Work Coach about this employability opportunity for people in North London

Spear Camden – contact your Work Coach about this employability opportunity for young people aged 16-24 in North London

South London

Deaf Umbrella – employment search support for deaf British Sign Language users in Kent

Cheshire

- Find the right course

- Skills end employment

North East Yorkshire and the Humber

- Various programmes

- Employment education and skills

- Training, skills and opportunities

- help you find or return to work.

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

- Gain confidence, improve your skills and make changes in your life.

South Yorkshire

- programme of services aimed at supporting individuals to bridge their skills gaps and find work.

West Yorkshire

- learning various subjects

- Various courses

- Community hubs

- support women back into employment

- Course in improving confidence and employability skills in the local community

- support women back into employment

- employment and skills service

Birmingham and Solihull

– offers employability support

– provides Employability Skills Training

- provides Employability Skills Training

– offers employability support to young people across Birmingham

Black Country

– offers Employability and Life Skills Support

– offers Employability Skills: Preparing for an interview, Job Search, Applying for Work

– offers Entry and Level 1 General vocational life and employability skills

– offers support to over 50s in using a phone, tablet, laptop or PC

East Anglia

– offers employability courses at Norfolk Community College for people in West Norfolk

Clarion Housing Group – contact your Work Coach about this employability course open to anyone in East Anglia regardless of whether you are a Clarion resident or not

DIAL – contact your Work Coach about this letter reading service in Great Yarmouth

– offers employability courses for East Anglia except for Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough devolved areas

– provides everyday skills and employability courses for West Suffolk

Longman Training Consultants – contact your Work Coach about this employability course for people in Cambridgeshire

– provides employability courses for people in Norfolk

– provides employability support for people out of work for longer than six months in Suffolk

– employability support, primarily aimed at homeless people in Kings Lynn

Qube Learning – contact your Work Coach about these employability and team leading courses for most of East Anglia

– provides employability courses for people in norwich

– provides everyday skills and employability courses for people with disabilities and additional support needs in St Neot

– offers employability courses for Cambridge, Fenland, Huntingdon and Peterborough

Voncap – contact your Work Coach about these online employability courses in

West Suffolk College – contact your Work Coach about the employability courses available to people in Bury St Edmunds, Haverhill, Stowmarket and Sudbury

Leicestershire and Northamptonshire

- provide bespoke employment and skills training services

- offers Employability Skills training

Positive Communities - offers Employability Skills training

Work and Skills - skills, training, employment – provides 121 and group services of support, advice and information

– provides support to overcome barriers to training, employment, and well-being across rural Leicestershire

Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire and Rutland

– offers employability For Adults sessions

- offers regular one-day employability workshops

Mercia

- provides help to local people to overcome their barriers to work with a range of personal support available for up to a year

- offers specialist support for women who need support to search for work, education or training

- offers employability support

- provides migrants and others a range of employability and everyday skills

- provides support to individuals to find work, improve skills and build confidence through tailored support

- offers employability support for 18 to 24 year olds

Staffordshire and Derbyshire

- offers Personal Development for Employability Level 1

- offers Employability E2 and E3 courses

- offers employability and vocational skills courses

- offers Step into Employment a 6 week course for 18 to 24 years

- offers customer led employability support - as much or as little as the individual needs

- offers course in Employability Training

- offers 2 week confidence building and employability programme for 16 to 24-year-olds not in Education, Employment or Training

- offers employability support to customers in the Meir area

- provides support for anyone in the High Peak who is looking for work

Scotland: national support

– a 12 week online programme of employability skills for 16-24 year olds

– provides free online courses for employability, team leading and basic skills

– interactive tools, films and activities to learn employability skills for young people

– support for building confidence and learning new everyday skills

– help built around the skills required to job search and apply for jobs

– 5 day outdoor activity programme to rebuild confidence and self esteem after a traumatic event or injury

– offers employability skills and training across Scotland

– offers an employability service to those who are blind, partially sighted, deaf or hard of hearing

– free online course about staying resilient

– provides academic qualification and life skills

– runs a women’s returners programme in Scotland for women aged 25 and over who have been out of work for more than 6 months

Fair Start Scotland – contact your Work Coach about this employment support service in Scotland

– provides government funded life skills and courses to secure and maintain employment

– free courses to improve your career prospects

– online courses for people looking for work or to progress their career

– remote employability and career skill courses

– provides distance learning level 2 courses

– a jobseeker checklist, free webinars for jobsearch in challenging times, AI practice bots for interviews and career transition tools

– provides free online and in person training courses for Scotland’s emerging markets such as digital and green technology

– the strategy for placing people at the centre of the design and delivery of employability services

– A DWP and Open University training tool to help people become more employable and find a job

Peopleplus – contact your Work Coach about this 2 day personal development in employability course

– employability skills delivered online

Skills to Succeed Academy – contact your Work Coach about this online employability skills training platform

– provides interview training and interview clothes for unemployed women

– provides employability skills courses

– provides level 2 employability courses online

– provides employability and learning opportunities for people aged 16-65 affected by mental ill health

– provides re-employability coaching, CV support, interview help and everyday skills support that employers look for

– support programme for women to build new skills or set up a business

– courses for employability, everyday and career specific skills

– free courses to help learn new skills or change jobs

– funding for accredited vocational training courses up to level 3

– informal community mentoring and mutual support networks to learn new skills

– provides tailored employability and core skills training for women

– employability services for women aged 18-30

– variety of employability and career specific courses

– offers a variety of entry level courses that are required before applying for jobs in certain industries

Women’s Returners – contact your Work Coach about this programme for women looking to return to work

Central Scotland

City of Glasgow College – contact your Work Coach about this confidence building course

Glasgow Works – contact your Work Coach about these employability courses in Parkhead and Shettleston

– employability courses available in Springburn and Maryhill

East Scotland

– offers employability skills courses in East Lothian

– offers employability support with a job board for disabled applicants to be matched with inclusive employers across East Scotland

– employability support for people with disabilities or long term health conditions in Edinburgh, Lothian and Midlothian

– employability skills through internships for students with additional needs at Borders College

– offers employability skills courses in Edinburgh

– runs an employment support service to learn new skills to enter the workplace

– employability support for young people in East Lothian

- offers employability support for young people in the Borders

North East Scotland

– offers employability skills and personal development for people in Angus

– provides employability training for people in Dundee

Brag – contact your Work Coach about this employability and coaching service for people in Fife

– signposting and support services for people in Edinburgh looking to move into and progress in employment

South West Scotland

CEIS Employability and Skills Programme - contact your Work Coach about this employability programme for people in East and South Ayrshire

Community Learning and Devlopment – contact your Work Coach about this employability and training programme for people in South Ayrshire

– a directory of places to go in North Ayrshire to basic skills and employability support

ME2U Grange Academy - contact your Work Coach about this employability programme for people in Kilmarnock

Parker Enterprise Onwards and Upwards – contact your Work Coach about this employability programme for people in East Ayrshire

Rural Academy – contact your Work Coach about this training academy for people in Lanark

– support for young people in Dumfries and Galloway to get a career in agriculture

WG13 Find Your Future - contact your Work Coach about this employability and vocational skills programme for young people in East Ayrshire

West Scotland

– variety of employability courses for people in East Dunbartonshire

– runs a range of employability courses for people in Renfrewshire

Spark Your Purpose – contact your Work Coach about this pre-employment programme for 16-24 year olds in Argyll and Bute

Wales: national support

– a 12 week online programme of employability skills for 16-24 year olds

– provides free online courses for employability, team leading and basic skills

– interactive tools, films and activities to learn employability skills for young people

– support for building confidence and learning new everyday skills (also known as BOOST in Wales)

– help built around the skills required to job search and apply for jobs

– information to access further education, training or employment

– 5 day outdoor activity programme to rebuild confidence and self esteem after a traumatic event or injury

– free online course about staying resilient

– provides academic qualification and life skills

– provides government funded life skills and courses to secure and maintain employment

– free courses to improve your career prospects

– online courses for people looking for work or to progress their career

– remote employability and career skill courses

– training and personal development programme for 16-18 year olds

– provides distance learning level 2 courses

– a jobseeker checklist, free webinars for jobsearch in challenging times, AI practice bots for interviews and career transition tools

– A DWP and Open University training tool to help people become more employable and find a job

Peopleplus – contact your Work Coach about this 2 day personal development in employability course

– online learning accounts for people with low incomes

– employability skills delivered online

– free employability support

– practical guide for employers and employability information for people with disabilities

Skills to Succeed Academy – contact your Work Coach about this online employability skills training platform

– provides interview training and interview clothes for unemployed women

– provides employability skills courses

– provides level 2 employability courses online

– provides re-employability coaching, CV support, interview help and everyday skills support that employers look for

– support programme for women to build new skills or set up a business

– courses for employability, everyday and career specific skills

– free courses to help learn new skills or change jobs

– funding for accredited vocational training courses up to level 3

– informal community mentoring and mutual support networks to learn new skills

– provides tailored employability and core skills training for women

– variety of employability and career specific courses

Women’s Returners – contact your Work Coach about this programme for women looking to return to work

– work advice, funding for training, help for childcare and specialist support

– employability services for women aged 18-30

North and Mid Wales

– apprenticeships and pre-apprenticeship programmes for fitness, leisure, sports coaching and teaching assistants

Adult Community Learning North East Wales – contact your Work Coach or local authority for the latest courses in Flintshire and Wrexham

– gain confidence in IT through video learning

– work based skills training project based in Newtown

– programme for women looking at team leader roles as a next step based in Gwynedd, Conwy and Denbighshire

Communities for Work – contact your Work Coach about this project to offer tailored support from local services to help you into work

– LEGO Education courses around team building, working with others and increasing confidence

– help people looking for work who also experience mental health challenges and is available for all North Wales except Powys

– employability service and upskilling programmes to help people back to work

– runs courses for essential skills, confidence building, interpersonal skills and interview skills

– self referral for getting support to return back to work or progress further

South East Wales

Bridges to Work – contact your Work Coach about this employability support specifically for the long term unemployed

Hafan Cymru – contact your Work Coach about this personal development and employability opportunity for the long term unemployed in Torfaen

– provides employability support through work placements for 16-24 year olds who have experienced the care system or youth offending services