Communities for Work and Communities for Work Plus
Our team of Employment Mentors provide one-to-one mentoring and employment support in the community, helping people to train and upskill, empowering them to build the confidence and experience that they need to apply for the jobs they want.
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Our project is voluntary and we help people who are work ready into employment, by providing one-to-one support, guidance and training. Communities for Work Plus is funded by the Welsh Government.
How We Can Help
Support is offered one-to-one, in a local venue in your community, such as your local library or community centre. The support provided is tailor made to suit your individual needs and help you accomplish both your short and long term employment goals. We support people to upskill and gain more experience in their chosen field, with the aim of supporting people into their desired work roles.
Employment Support
- 1-2-1 mentoring to support you into work step by step
- Help to create a Universal Credit account and update your journal
- Help to identify and plan a route for your chosen career path
- Support with CV writing, cover letters, completing applications and applying for work
- Confidence building and breaking down barriers to employment
- Free training courses to increase your employment opportunities
- Volunteering opportunities and Work Placements
- Support finding paid employment
- Interview preparation
- Support to start work
- Help to find an Apprenticeship
- Light touch in work support
Additional Support
- Support with essential skills (Adult Community Learning (ACL)
- Better off calculations
- Help with confidence and motivation
- Support for individuals with disabilities and work limiting health conditions
- Help with computers and getting online
- Help from our Employment Liaison Officers to job match vacancies with local employers
- Small pot of discretionary funding available for participants to overcome barriers to work, for example support to fund work wear/PPE and travel costs
Support Available for Employers
If you are an employer, looking for staff can be a time consuming process. We provide free support for local employers to find the right candidates and cut down on the time and cost of the recruitment process:
- One point of contact to work closely with you to source the right candidates with the required skills and training, to meet your job specification
- Support to arrange interviews, interview rooms available to utilise (currently unavailable due to Covid-19 restrictions)
- Applicant pre-screening interview to ensure the candidate is suitable
- Work trials available
- In work support for both employee & employer
- Pre-employment training provided if required
- Free PPE provision
- Information and advice on funding opportunitiesTerry's Story
Get in touch
If you would like to find out more about support for yourself or someone you are supporting please call us on 01685 727077 or you can e-mail us at C4wmailbox@merthyr.gov.uk
If you would like to refer yourself or someone you are supporting into the project please complete our referral form below:
