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Advice and guidance

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Ethnicity focus: Polish, Eastern European

Advice, information, guidance, befriending and accompaniment to refugees and asylum seekers from French Speaking Countries

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training
(ASIST) is a two-day, interactive workshop that
prepares caregivers to provide suicide first aid
interventions.

Quality: Investors in People, Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Ethnicity focus: English, Turkish, Indian, Polish, Somali, Pakistani, Congolese, Afghan, Iraqi, Bangladeshi, Afro Caribbean

Participants must have the right to work in the UK and leave to remain until at least 2020. They must be unemployed and not receiving any money for any work, they may or may not be receiving benefits and want to progress to training or employment opportunities.

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Basic Computing Skills.

Quality: Matrix
Ethnicity focus: English, Turkish, Indian, Polish, Somali, Pakistani, Congolese, Afghan, Iraqi, Bangladeshi, Afro Caribbean

Impact is for young people between the age of 16 to 29.
Impact helps individuals to develop self confidence and skills. It also improves young people's Participation in the labour market and improves quality and innovation in vocational education and training.
Impact only happens every Tuesday from 9:00am to 3:00pm.
If you are interested please call us on 0121 520 0234.

(Wednesday 9:00am-3pm) Free employment, traineeship, apprenticeship advice and support to 16+ years living in the Black Country. Contact 07467338683 / sas_kaur@sandwell.gov.uk.

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Brushstrokes mission statement, Welcome the Stranger, guides our work to help the most vulnerable members of our community as well as newly arrived families and individuals in Sandwell, West Birmingham and Dudley.
#SHIP

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Starting a new business?
Don’t know where to begin?

We’ll provide you with the tools and resources to help you get started and move forward.

We will be providing space five days a week- Monday-Friday, between the hours of 10am until 2.00pm with a warm and welcoming space, where they will be able to access free hot drinks- tea or coffee, (non-specialty) or a squash based drink/water. From 10am – 11am we also offer toast. Between 11am-2pm there will biscuits and fruit, available.

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The cost of living team are here to provide you with a wide range of information, advise and guidance. We can help with benefit entitlement calculations, benefit claims, budgeting advise, energy saving, employment and much much more.

Please call to book an appointment

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Provision of driver Training in the form of MiDAS. Available to schools, community groups and other organisations wishing to train staff/members to enable them to competently drive a minibus

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This service offers support to people to produce a Curriculum Vitae to improve chances of employment.

We offer ESOL courses for adults catered to your individual needs and levels that work for you. We offer part-time and full-time courses in the day. Functional skills: literacy, numeracy and basic computer skills, employment and personal development, vocational qualification, health and well being awareness activities.

Regular coffee mornings on Mondays from 10am till 12pm
Employment information, advice and guidance including CV building and education and training opportunities
Business and social enterprise support

We provide support and advice for employment.

Quality: Matrix
Ethnicity focus: English, Turkish, Indian, Polish, Somali, Pakistani, Congolese, Afghan, Iraqi, Bangladeshi, Afro Caribbean

If you’re currently employed and looking to find a job, change job or to update your CV. We can help you with advice, mentoring, support and training.

Contact SWEDA to book your appointment and discuss your options.

Support for all ages to find employment, apprenticeships or training. Based at Sandwell Council House, Oldbury and locations throughout Sandwell (look for Think Sandwell job clubs). Virtual service available via email, telephone, Skype, WhatsApp, Teams during COVID-19 lockdown - email enquiries_recruitment@sandwell.gov.uk to make an appointment

A support service for disabled people and disadvantaged groups in Sandwell. Assisting them to become economically active in terms of work, further education and training

Support and employability training and qualifications.

An employment service providing support in helping deaf people find sustainable employment.

Qualified advisors offering a free service to help you find a job.

Providing a flexible and personalised training package that will be tailored towards individuals needs, signposting to training & employment, helping with job search, CV preparation, completing job application forms, and preparing for interviews.

Informal English Classes held at BIC
Pre entry Level

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One-to-one support with Employment, Education and Training. Support provided on appointment basis

Adult and Paediatric First aid training course.

Our Functional Skills qualifications are available for registration and include an assessment at all 5 levels from Entry Level 1 to Level 2.
We offer face to face and online lessons.

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Sandwell's leading social and therapeutic horticultural project supporting people's health and wellbeing for over 20 years (an Ideal for All project - registered charity for disabled people)

Quality: Matrix

Sandwell's leading social and therapeutic horticultural project supporting peoples health and wellbeing for over 20 years (an Ideal for All project - registered charity for disabled people)

Quality: Matrix

Sandwell's leading social and therapeutic horticultural project supporting peoples health and wellbeing for over 20 years (an Ideal for All project - registered charity for disabled people)

Quality: Matrix

The YMCA provides a range of supported accommodation for young people across Sandwell through the following settings: YMCA 38 Carters Green / Western Gateway, 60 and 62 High Street, West Bromwich, Phoenix St, Stanley Lodge and 235 Hampstead Road. To find out more please contact 0121 524 1950

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If you are looking for work we will help you with IT skills

IT Training on offer includes:

Basic IT skills including mouse and keyboard skills
Introduction to IT and the internet
Job searching online
Emailing and Social Media
Microsoft Office training
How to use your Universal Credit journal
How to use job searching sites

We are a Learn My Way provider

Job Club service provides internet access for the purpose of finding employment.

Job Club every Thursday from 1pm till 3pm.

Book your 1 hour slot with us today!

Employment Support and Advice

Mental Health First Aid is a two day training
course and explores the help given to
someone experiencing a mental health
problem before professional help is
obtained.

Quality: Investors in People, Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Ethnicity focus: English, Turkish, Indian, Polish, Somali, Pakistani, Congolese, Afghan, Iraqi, Bangladeshi, Afro Caribbean

A bespoke training package service covering issues such as respect and dignity, the Equality Act, the Equality Duty…

Pre-Employment Support sessions

We provide rehabilitation and mobility training and work with people utilising their residual vision effectively and safely in order to ensure individuals can live independent lives.

Relate Education and Training offers opportunities for people to learn about sustaining healthy relationships at all stages and in all areas of their life.

Full and part time daycare 5 days a week from 7.30am to 6.00pm for children aged 0-5yrs, to enable parents to return to work, training or higher education.

Quality: OFSTED inspected, Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Ethnicity focus: Indian, Afro Caribbean, Eastern European

Volunteer service

Support, information, advice and guidance on all aspects of searching for a job. Takes place on Monday 9am - 4.30pm, Tuesday 10.00am - 2.00pm, Thursday 1pm - 3pm

Relieving stress and anxiety
Improving relationships
Creating life balances
Gentle exercise
Yoga
Pilates
Parenting
Mindfulness
Self-improvement workshops
Career Support
Trips out
Emotional boundaries
and lots more

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Ethnicity focus: English, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi

The Crossroads Carers Assistance Line is a free service which offers support and practical assistance to help unpaid carers in Sandwell.

Quality: CQC Registered

Free service providing support with job search; CV writing; interview skills; access to computers ; careers advice; apprenticeships; training courses. Open to all ages, employed or unemployed. Drop in no appointment necessary.

Training to raise awareness of Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia

The intention of this program is to provide participants with the opportunity to:

a. achieve recognized qualifications
b. raise aspirations
c. develop future urban leaders
d. professional training and mentoring
e. coached to a professional format

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service

Training volunteers to develop skills and gain experience in the work place.

Volunteering opportunities.

We welcome volunteers from all backgrounds, a chance to gain new skills and enhance their CV, to kick start a route in to employment.

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volunteering opportunities

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Every Monday, our women's group meets at Brushstrokes to provide friendship and activities to improve wellbeing and health knowledge. Themes include arts and crafts, physical activities such as walking and yoga, information services delivered by a range of health professional and well-being.

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