Employment Support
Employment Opportunities
Employment Support: our longest running programme supports people back into work at a pace that suits them, supporting them to feel ready both with skills and knowledge as well as mentally ready to take the next step.
Families and Unpaid Carers
Are you a parent with a child or children under 16 and looking for work, part-time or full-time? Or an unpaid carer looking to get back into employment?
If yes, Employment Support offers:
- Confidential one-to-one appointment with individual assessment
- On-going support
- Job search tailored to your needs
- Referrals to accredited training to enhance your job opportunities
- CV or Interview workshops
- Benefit advice and childcare calculation
For further information please contact Employment Support:
tel: 020 7732 0007 – option or 07946 236 59
email: employment.support@pecan.org.uk
New Employment Support Programmes – Employment Support for economically inactive people (economically inactive participants only)
- Offers tailored employment support to economically inactive residents with complex needs and multiple barriers to employment;
- Support targeted on residents who do not qualify for, or whose needs may not best be met by existing DWP support, including Work and Health Programme Pioneer Support;
- Support includes a mixture of outreach and engagement, community interventions, and key worker support to improve labour market outcomes to help participants move towards and into work.
Basic skills, life skills and career skills provision for people who are unable to access training through the adult education budget (unemployed participants only)
- Offers opportunities for unemployed participants to engage in learning and development, to upskill, and to move toward and into employment.
- Support targeted on residents who are unable to access appropriate AEB-funded provision, and who are not eligible for, or whose needs would not best be met by DWP funded provision.
- Deliver soft outcomes for participants e.g. building confidence, improving motivation, supporting wellbeing, personal development, improved management of health and mental health conditions.
- Support includes a mixture of outreach and engagement, community interventions, and keyworker support to improve labour market outcomes to help participants move towards and into work.
Employment Support – Training 2024
- SIA for Security Level 2
- Emergency First Aid Level 3
- Health and Safety Level 2
- Safeguarding Level 2
- Interview workshop
- CV workshops
Pop in to book an appointment with one of our advisors or email employmentsupport@pecan.org.uk
IT Sessions at Peckham Library – from 23 April 2024 at Peckham Library
- Beginners: 10am to 11am | Intermediates: 11am to 12pm
Pecan’s Employment Support are excited to offer a 10-week IT/Digital course in partnership with Peckham Library. The course is designed for beginners and intermediate learners and will be delivered by an experienced professional.
To secure your place in the first intake, please contact employment.support@pecan.org.uk
Please note that there are limited spots available, and once capacity is reached, you will be placed on a waiting list for the next available class.
Pop in to book an appointment with one of our advisors or email employment.support@pecan.org.uk
Further Information
Finally, we want to hear from you: what employment and other support would you like to see delivered by Pecan?
Please email employment.support@pecan.org.uk
