Work shy - are you anxious about finding work?
Do you feel like your confidence has been knocked and you need a boost to help you get a job? Support services in Lambeth can help you focus on your strengths and build up your confidence to tackle interviews and get the job you're after.
Ibtisam's story
"I had no confidence – offices seemed like scary places to me. Through volunteering at
Stockwell Community Resource Centre, I’ve gradually built up my confidence and I now have a full time job at the centre." Ibtisam Adem – Advice and Guidance officer, Stockwell Community Resource Centre.
Where can I get support and advice?
The organisations below can support you to build your confidence and get a job.
Stockwell Community Resource Centre offers employment advice and basic training to residents in the Stockwell area. The centre specialises in English language courses and IT courses to get people back into work.
They offer:
- basic skills courses
- courses to improve your English
- advice on changing career
- support with your job search
- advice on the support available while you're looking for work.
Contact
Stockwell Community Resource Centre
1 Studley Road
Stockwell
London SW4 6RA
Phone: 020 7501 2501
Email: info@stockcr.co.uk
Website: www.stockwellcommunity.com
Gain helps people who have been out of work for a long time find their way into employment. Gain advisers will help you find the route that suits you best whether that is training, volunteering or employment. Gain has a specialist adviser who works with lone parents to provide support and assistance. They run confidence boosting courses to help you get a job, and provide ongoing support once you get work. They offer:
- support to rebuild your confidence
- advice about how to improve your skills
- help with writing your CV
- help with completing application forms
- support with interview preparation
- work experience placements
- financial support for training courses
- ongoing support once you’ve got a job.
Contact
The Gain Project
9 Brighton Terrace
London SW9 8DJ
Phone: 020 7924 0137
Email: admin@tomorrows-people.co.uk
Website: www.thegainproject.co.uk
Waterloo Job Shop
Waterloo Job Shop helps residents in Lambeth, Southwark and Wandsworth into work.
They offer:
- advice about how to improve your skills
- support with your job search
- training to help you get a job
- work experience placements
- help with writing your CV
- help with completing application forms
- support with interview preparation
- support to rebuild your confidence.
Contact
Waterloo Job Shop
114 – 118 Lower Marsh
London SE1 7AG
Phone: 020 7926 8760
Lambeth Aftercare Team
Lambeth Aftercare Team supports Lambeth residents who are in stable drug or alcohol recovery to live independently and move towards work and training. ACT - the Aftercare Team - is a partnership between Lambeth Social Services and Lambeth Drugs and Alcohol Team.
They offer:
- careers advice
- voluntary placements
- work preparation skills
- links with local training providers and colleges
- links with employment agencies.
Contact
Phone: 020 7926 5121
TBG Learning Lambeth offers a range of training courses to residents in Lambeth and work in partnership with Lambeth College and Learndirect to provide quality learning. They also provide specialised support to people who have been out of work for a long time and those who have recently been made redundant.
They offer:
- intensive support for people who have been out of work for over a year (Flexible New Deal)
- support for people who have recently been made redundant (Response to Redundancy)
- support for people who are under threat of being made redundant (Response to Redundancy)
- support to develop your career with government-funded NVQs through Train to Gain
- maths and English courses
- courses to help you improve your English
- basic skills courses – including maths and IT (beginners to advanced)
- help with completing application forms
- support with interview preparation
- help with writing your CV
- support with your job search
- work experience opportunities with local employers.
Contact
You can contact TBG Learning through the contact form on their website or through the contacts below.
Phone: 0800 374237 or 020 7274 4106
Email: 4u@tbglearning.com
Spires is a day centre in Streatham offering support for homeless people in everyday maths, writing skills and IT. The centre offers support to people with mental health needs and drug dependency.
Contact
8 Tooting Bec Gardens
London SW16 1RB
Phone: 020 8696 0943
Email: info@spires.org.uk
Website: www.spires.org.uk
