Supporting Your Employment Journey
We can help if you are:
- Unemployed
- Aged 18 years or over
- B&NES resident
We offer a person-centred approach to support individuals with their employment journey. Including:
- Bespoke 1:1 support sessions
- CV prep and interview confidence
- Identifying employment goals, creating an action plan to progress
- Information, advice, and guidance for employment needs
- Referrals which could include wellbeing support or financial advice
Speak to one of our team
Use our self-refer form to provide us with some details and arrange a call back.
If you are a resident in:
- Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset
- Visit Skills Connect from the West of England Combined Authority to access employment and training support in your area.
If you are employed:
- Contact Future Bright for FREE career coaching, training, and support to help you improve your skills, boost your confidence, and increase your pay.
Below are some of our referral partner organisations:
- Skills Connect West of England Combined Authority project provides search tools to begin your journey.
- National Careers Service (NCS) provides fully funded, impartial career information to support adults in work or learning. NCS advisers are professionally qualified and provide personalised support to help residents make informed career decisions.
- Citizens Advice Bath & North East Somerset (CAB) provides free, impartial advice and information on a range of issues. CAB can help with most everyday problems from employment to housing and debt.
- Community Wellbeing Hub provides services that support your health and wellbeing needs. Anyone living in Bath and North East Somerset can access these services.
- Future Bright helps local people develop their skills, increase their income, and progress in their careers. Future Bright offers 1-2-1 career coaching to plan residents’ next steps and open opportunities for funded training courses and equipment.
- We Work for Everyone is a free programme for people living in the West of England Mayoral Combined Authority region. We engage people with a learning disability, learning difficulties, and autistic people to find a way into paid work.
- Bath College offers free courses for those who want to improve their chances to find work, support their families or live independently.
- Clean Slate offers free support and training to people who want to stretch their budget, find better work, or access help online.
- Cool Ventures provides free training, support, and advice to help local people set up and run successful businesses. Support is delivered through a programme of practical webinars covering key topics as well as 1-2-1 sessions.
- Restore Trust helps residents with multiple barriers seeking a way back into work through training and mentoring.
- Salvation Army Employment Plus provides 1-2-1 tailored support to reduce the barriers for individuals getting back to work. This includes all aspects employability, wellbeing, and lifestyle support, together with further training.
- Women’s Work Lab (WWL) supports mums in receipt of benefits looking to get back into work. Over a 12-week period, the programme combines face-to-face expert training that fits around the school run with a formal work placement at a well-respected Bath-based employer.
- Youth Connect provides a range of Young People’s programs including youth work, 1-1 targeted support, alternative education, and Employability support.
Contact us
To book a one-to-one information, advice, and guidance appointment, either by telephone or at one of our drop-in sessions please email employmentskills_pod@bathnes.gov.uk or call 01225 395010 or complete our referral form.
Office hours
Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm
The Employment and Skills Pod is funded and managed by the West of England Combined Authority, led by Metro Mayor Dan Norris, and delivered by Bath and North East Somerset Council in partnership with Skills Connect.