Work and Skills Team Manchester City Council
Over 50's Leaflet
Download the over 50's employment support booklet, packed full of information regarding support available for training, volunteering and employment and contact details for the organisations offering them.
Produced by Work and Skills Team, Manchester City Council
Digishawe Booklet
This useful resource has been created by the 'Digishawe' network, a small partnership group creating initiatives to help Wythenshawe residents get online and access digital support in the local area.
Digishawe Booklet: Helping residents to get online
Information for Jobseekers
Ambition Manchester
Are you a Manchester resident who is currently working but wants to improve your pay and skills? Do you need support to move into work in a new career, or are you seeking a promotion? Ambition Manchester can help you.
They can provide:
- Information, advice and guidance from a highly qualified careers adviser - at a time convenient to you.
- Personalised action-planning to meet your needs
- Help to identify your transferable skills
- Support with writing job applications and CV's
- Coaching to build your confidence and prepare for interviews
- Access to free training to update your skills
Contact ambition@manchester.gov.uk to find out more.
Employ GM
Employ GM helps individuals and employers who have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. They are here to support those individuals who have lost their job, want to upskill, or who are simply looking for advice on changing careers.
Find out more about the support available at the EmployGM site.
Job Centre Plus: A Good Place to Start
Their aim is to help jobseekers back into work, and put those businesses needing to recruit, in touch with them:
• jobhelp provides support to jobseekers, • starting out in your career includes advice and information on taking the first • steps to finding a job, different careers opportunities and tips on applying for jobs. • employerhelp provides links to business support and information, as well as help for those who need to recruit.
Hospitality, Leisure and Tourism Job Support Hub
CareerScope features everything you need to start or progress your career in hospitality, including useful information about the industry, practical careers advice, free skills training, financial and well-being support and access to more than 30,000 live jobs and apprenticeships.
NHS
Are you interested in an NHS career?
Dependent on your skills, experience and chosen career pathway; we can support you with
- Application and interview Workshops
- 1-2-1 sessions
- Employability programmes
- Traineeships
- Work Experience
- Work Placements
Get in touch: employability@mft.nhs.uk
Requirements
- Under 30
- Looking for a new career
- Right to Work in the UK/ able to provide ID
- Some departments require
Functional Skills Level 1
E-mail them with your details and our team will contact you to discuss further
Redundancy Support for Apprentices
Information about support for apprentices who have been redundant or are at risk of redundancy.
Redundancy Support for apprentices
Smart Works Manchester
They are now also delivering their client appointments from their Manchester City Centre site.
Smart Works GM updated client leaflet (please note large file: 13mb)
Smart Works GM new client poster
For more information or for a referral, please contact them with a name, contact details, and the desired appointment type to: 0161 974 0669 or greatermanchester@smartworks.org.uk
Are you an unemployed woman and would benefit from some free support in securing a job interview, or succeeding at your upcoming job interview? Then Smart Works Greater Manchester is for you. Smart Works is a female employment charity that provides free styling and coaching services for interview and job success.
They offer personalised one to one Career Coaching to support you in identifying tangible next steps to secure a job interview.
If you have an upcoming job interview, they offer an Interview Styling and Coaching service. You will receive a complete, high-quality interview outfit and accessories (yours to keep) and personalised one to one interview coaching to help you succeed at your interview.
On successfully gaining employment, they'll welcome you back to build a capsule wardrobe ready to start your new job (yours to keep).
All their services are free of charge and can be delivered in-person, or remotely through on-line coaching and clothing parcels directly sent to you.
For more information or for a referral, please contact them with a name, contact details, and the desired appointment type to: 0161 974 0669 or greatermanchester@smartworks.org.uk
If you’re working with women supporting them into employment please get in touch with the Smart Works Greater Manchester team to discuss working collaboratively at greatermanchester@smartworks.org.uk
Working Wardrobe is Open
The One Manchester Working Wardrobe is a free service for men, providing access to interview clothing.
Read more about Working Wardrobe Scroll down the One Manchester webpage to find out more about the Working Wardrobe offer
Appointments are available on a Wednesday between 10am and 3pm.
Make a Working Wardrobe appointment
|