Skills 4 Jobs :
Introduction
Skills for Jobs is a new LSC programme for unemployed adults to find sustainable employment.
EYS has S4J programmes in Stevenage, Harlow, Luton, Lowestoft, Wisbech, Peterborough, Swindon and Bristol.
Programme Content
All programmes try and deliver skills which employers want to enable participants to access real job and career opportunities. Also, training once you have entered work can be continued with Train 2 Gain, NVQ's and other skills which are delivered in the workplace
- Interview Skills
- CV's
- Computer skills
- Employability Skills
- Basic Skills (Maths & English)
- Make 'Overs'
- Benefits and Tax Credit advice
- Job Search
- Worktrials and Taster Days
- Meet employers and ask questions on jobs/careers
- Communication skills
- Confidence building
- Other short vocational courses which help you enter employment (e.g. first aid, health & safety, customer service, telephone skills etc)
Eligibility
Skills for Jobs programmes are for adults who are 19+ and
- Unemployed (unemployed on first day of course)
- Do not have a full level 2 qualifications (5 GCSE's or equivalent)
How to access Skills for Jobs
- Through your Personal Adviser at the Jobcentre
- Call Becca Wilmot on 01438 745566
- Text 'Skills for Jobs' to 07789 004 006.
- Email: b.wilmot@eys.org.uk
Employers with Vacancies
Please contact Sam Lucas on 01438 745566 s.lucas@eys.org.uk if you require help filling current and future vacancies as we often can deliver bespoke training to meet your personnel needs.
From a recent Skills for Jobs participant (Feb 2008), Female who was unemployed for 27 years with 4 children,
"This skills for jobs course has been wonderful for showing me I can get out there and do it"
Skills for Jobs - Overview
Skills for Jobs is a new LSC programme developed in response to the Leitch Report which highlighted the need to join up the education and skills agenda's to tackle 'worklessness' in Britain.
Skills for Jobs enables people to find work through an individually tailored package of support this can include Information, Advice and Guidance, activities to improve employability skills, work tasters and qualifications linked to a particular job.
Pre-employment Training
EYS Ltd is supporting Local Employee Partnerships by delivering bespoke packages of training which reflect employer needs. Pre employment training packages address skills shortages and can be linked with the employer's existing recruitment process.
Pre employment training often offers a guaranteed job interview. If appropriate we can also negotiate a work trial to provide an opportunity to try the job without affecting benefit entitlement.
