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Advice and Guidance covering housing, benefits, employment and health and education.

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

Finding work and training, parent and family support.

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

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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.

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

Sandwell Consortium is the lead organisation in Sandwell for the CRF Black Country 50+ programme. We are working with eight of our member organisations to actively engage residents from all communities aged 50+ to understand their individual needs, make steps towards employment or make a career change. Our team can help you with options to gain new skills and qualifications, write CVs and apply for jobs, plus get free welfare rights advice, help to go online and join creative activities. We offer one to one support and small group activities.

The Black Country 50+ programme is a pilot programme that runs until end June 2022 funded by the Government’s Community Renewal Fund, through West Midlands Combined Authority and Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council.

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.

(Tuesdays 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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Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service - Dudley, Sandwell and Willenhall

Bridges is a project run by Lindsey who helps unemployed people who are aged 24 and above with intense employment support and help people reach their life goals through:
- One to One Mentoring
- Job Search Support
- Interview Preperation
- Confidence & Motivation
- Assistance with CV's and Application Forms
- Volunteer Opportunities

Free employment support for adults aged 25+ years - Preparing for employment and training opportunities (i.e. writing a CV, application form writing practice, preparing for job interviews , learn how to job search and apply for jobs, research training opportunities to develop skills and gain qualifications.

BSL Interpreting Services

Sandwell Consortium and its delivery partners provide employment support across the Sandwell borough through the BRIDGES and FAMILY MATTERS projects. The aim is to support the most disadvantaged and economically inactive residents in a range of community and outreach settings across Sandwell, and services are provided primarily through Consortium members.
BRIDGES and Family Matters is funded by the European Social Fund and The National Lottery Community Fund

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic all our services are delivered differently and please phone our office on 0121-500-5441 or email; info@cbo786.co.uk to find out how to access support.

Offering skills related to getting people into employment.

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.

Good quality second hand donated furniture, and new goods, both domestic and commercial for sale. Avoiding landfill, reusing and recycling goods, helping the environment

Accessible Group Transport for local organisations, community groups and clubs. Also vehicles available for self-hire, and driver training available

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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.

This project endeavours to develop our money management skils in creative ways that is good for the both the pocket and environment.

Support residents in ‘Building confidence and connecting people'

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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 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

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.

We provide support and advice for employment.

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

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

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ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) - These classes help develop speaking, listening and writing skills that are needed to progress into employment/training and/or further education. They promote confidence and interaction with people from a wide range of backgrounds.

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. English language support

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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!

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

Sport 4 Life UK supports young people (aged 11-29) to prepare for, and move into, sustained employment, education or training.

The service is centred around structured mentoring, with other follow-on activities provided on a needs-led basis, including structured sport sessions, accredited qualifications, social action, mock interviews and workshops. The intervention supports young people to transform their life skills, increase their employability - and ultimately prepare for, or move into, sustained employment, education or training.

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A service which supports people who are not confident using computers.

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

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.

Offering Short Breaks, Support Work and Promotion and supporting work with young carers, aged 5-18 in Sandwell who help care for a family member with an illness/disability, mental ill heath, substance misuse or elderly/infirm

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

Our aim is to help people to help themselves in saving money, reducing isolation, accessing services, health and well-being, dealing with everyday life choices and increasing their networks.

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Here at The Albion Foundation, we offer opportunities to participate through alternative delivery for participants who have not engaged in more traditional learning and sporting environments; enabling them to re-engage in positive activities. Our programmes are aimed at a number of different age ranges from as young as Primary School all the way through to Post 16.

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

we run courses in English language, from Beginners courses to formal ESOL. These have ranged from 6 – 12 weeks.

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

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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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•Building and maintaining long-term relationships with young people by providing programmes which address the physical, mental and emotional well-being of young people
•Offer a wide range of leisure, recreational and creative activities
•Provide meaningful involvement to young people in planning, decision-making and implementation of programmes
•Combat discrimination in services to young people and develop schemes and strategies to address the specific needs of particular groups facing disadvantage
•Celebrate ethnic and cultural diversity