Employment and skills

Maximising the employment prospects of Lambeth residents is a key priority for the council. To achieve this, the council works with a number of organisations in Lambeth who aim to:

• give Lambeth residents the opportunity to realise their talents, skills and ambitions
• ensure Lambeth residents have the education, skills and vocational preparation to meet employer needs 
• reduce social exclusion by reducing the barriers to employment and enterprise for our communities and local neighbourhoods.

The organisations we work with include:

• Lambeth First 
• Jobcentre Plus
• Learning and Skills Council
• London Development Agency
• Lambeth College
• Lambeth Primary Care Trust
• London South Bank University
• South Bank Employers' Group
• Various local learning and training providers

One of our key aims is to ensure greater alignment and integration of local services to meet a local target of 70% of adults in the borough are in employment by 2012.  

The Lambeth First Employment and Skills Board enables us to plan and co-ordinate our services more efficiently.

Benefits advice

If you are you looking for benefits advice the following sites may be useful:

• Lambeth Council's advice and benefits pages provide useful information to help you deal with many of the issues that we face in everyday life e.g. council tax benefit, housing benefits.
  A wide range of benefits are available to those on low incomes. These pages give advice and information to make sure you receive the benefits that you are entitled to. With Lambeth’s Every Pound Counts campaign, we aim to help make sure you claim all the benefit support you are entitled to receive.
  
• The Department of Works and Pension and Jobcentre Plus provide unemployment and sickness benefits. The links will enable you to investigate further.
• Citizen Advice Bureaux can provide impartial advice on benefits and in work benefits.  

Employment and careers

If you are looking for a job, the Employment and careers page will give you useful advice and guidance.

The organisations above can also give advice and guidance if you are looking for employment or training.

London Borough of Lambeth employment analysis

The latest release 12 June 2008, from Annual Population Survey (APS) for October 2006 – September 2007, gives new information on worklessness related indicators such as the employment rate and economically active/ inactive. There has also been update on the working benefit claimant rates, November 2007, DWP.

Adult Advancement

It has been announced that Lambeth will be one of the pilots for the Adult Advancement programs. A new adult advancement and careers service will boost the skills of Lambeth residents by giving them access to advice on housing, employment rights, childcare, finance and personal issues to help them overcome barriers to success at work. It provides a great opportunity for Lambeth residents and a great example of joint working between all sectors.