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Springboard to Work

Springboard to Work is designed to help you get a job. It gives you 9 hours of non-accredited training in employability skills and personal development - all aimed at making you irresistible to local employers!

We can also help you with accredited learning, match-make your skills to a local employer, and provide ongoing support while you're looking for a job and when you're in the first 3 months of your new job.

Springboard also gives you 1-1 advice and guidance, mentoring, group support, help with your CV - in fact everything you need to get into work.

The Springboard course

The course is 3 x 3 hour sessions, held during 1 week, run in child-friendly hours. On the course you will:
  • Meet new people and make friends
  • Explore what motivates you and what kind of job you'd like
  • Make plans and set goals for your future
  • Find out what employers want, and how you can tailor your applications to fit
  • Learn about where to look for jobs
  • Discover what makes a good / bad application
  • Practise interview questions in a friendly, supportive environment
  • Find out how to make the best impression you can
  • Learn the key aspects of Customer Care

Eligibility

Are you:
  • Aged 19 or over?
  • A UK resident? (minimum 3 years)
  • Unemployed, or working not more than 8 hours per week
  • Living in the North Norfolk or Norwich area?
  • Ready to start a new job within the next 8 weeks?

If you can answer 'yes' to all these questions, you can apply for a place on the Springboard to Work programme.

Springboard to Work is an equal opportunities project.

TCHCWork House LtdLearning and Skills CouncilLearning for LifeEuropean Social Fund


September 2010. The Springboard to Work project has now ended, and we have no further courses running. For further information about Skills for Jobs contact TCHC

 
 
The Skills for Jobs programme in the East of England is supported by the European Social Fund
and the Skills Funding Agency and managed by TCHC.