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Support for Individuals

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Response to Redundancy is a new initiative to support individuals under notice of redundancy, those recently made redundant, and those that are unemployed and need support to re-enter the current labour market.

You can receive support if you:

  •  Are under notice of redundancy
  •  Have been made redundant in the last 6 months
  •  Have been unemployed in the last 6 months 

Linking this initiative with an existing service called Skills for Jobs and other support available through Job Centre Plus and Next Step, we offer you a one-stop shop to get you back into employment.

A typical package combines aspects of information, advice and guidance, training and links to employment destinations.

Information, advice and guidance

  • Flexible information, advice and guidance sessions
  • Legal advice
  • Financial advice
  • Counselling
  • Where appropriate, a variety of tests for literacy, numeracy and computer skills
  • The development of an employment and skills plan

Training

  • Interview and CV writing support
  • Building confidence and interview skills
  • Job search assistance
  • Career development workshop
  • Successful report writing
  • Sharpen your maths
  • Professional and Executive Outplacement training
  • Individual and group professional coaching
  • ICT courses - Business IT, Web design, Photoshop, Excel (beginners to advanced)
  • Microsoft Office (beginners to advanced)
  • PRINCE2 2009 Project Management - Foundation and Practitioner
  • SIA - security training
  • Sage Line 50
  • Vocational skills, available in a range of industry sectors

Destinations

We offer links to employment in some of the following vocational areas:
  • Assessor’s
  • Business administration, Personal assistants, management and supervision
  • Childcare
  • Hospitality
  • Passenger transport
  • Retail
  • Security
  • Travel and tourism

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Fergus Watson

I loved the film-making aspect of media and the people I've met in group work across all my subjects. My performance in College is a testament to how good my teachers are, says Fergus Watson, who achieved straight As in all his AS-Level subjects: Biology, English Language and Literature, Media and Psychology.