Our Skills and Employability Caseworker for the Resettlement team supports refugees in their journey towards education and employment.
We provide the following:
- initial assessment of language levels and needs, skills and aspirations for work that takes account of work-readiness and creates a personal action plan with regular reviews
- translation of qualifications
- ESOL referrals to external and internal provision
- support with CV writing
- personalised job searches
- VIE’s weekly Job Club to:
– access support to complete applications
– English support for specific vocational areas, e.g. hospitality, retail, barista, cleaning
– practise interview skills
– learn about rights and responsibilities in the workplace - vocational small group ESOL on relevant topics e.g. food safety, hospitality, barista training, retail, interview skills
- 1-1 mentoring with appropriately qualified professionals in various fields e.g. medicine, teaching, engineering
- accompaniment to interviews
- tuition with qualified volunteers eg Science GCSE, driving theory
- provision of clothing and equipment for interviews and starting work, funded through grants and donations
- liaison with employers for initial weeks of employment
- close working with the DWP and priority access to relevant opportunities e.g. NHS care work
- referrals to other provision, both external and to our own group work and our volunteering programme
