Our programmes

The programme supports families with a history of worklessness to tackle their barriers to work, improve their lifestyles and to find - or move closer to - employment. We work alongside local authorities to help entire families to break the cycle of disadvantage caused by a wide range of issues including: poor education; a lack of work experience or job-relevant skills; poor parenting skills; drug or alcohol misuse; anti-social behaviour; and domestic violence.

Support is provided by Reed in Partnership and our Support Gateway - a network of over one hundred specialist providers. Between us, our customers have access to a wide range of interventions and support, including intensive jobsearch help and training, relationship management guidance, financial management advice, supporting childcare arrangements and parenting skills courses.

We run The Families Programme in four areas across England: London East; London West; the East of England; and the North West (Cumbria, Lancashire and Merseyside including Halton).

For more information on your local programme please call:
East London: 020 8274 4245
West London: 020 8274 4407
The East of England: 01473 359 890
The North West: 0151 559 1958

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The programme is broken down into 3 areas:

West London
Supports 16-19 year-olds in Hillingdon, Hounslow, Ealing, Brent and Harrow to complete training and move into employment, education or training.

South London
Supports 16-19 year-olds in Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich and Lewisham to complete training and move into employment, education or training.

London Volunteering
Supports 16-19 year-olds across London to access and complete volunteering opportunities before moving into employment, education or training.

On each pathway, a dedicated Skills and Employment Adviser supports the young person to access opportunities that will help them develop skills for work and study using our network of training providers and relationships with local colleges.

For young people moving into employment, our our experienced Employer Team match young people to suitable vacancies in a range of sectors.

The programme provides young people with ongoing financial support to help with training costs and paying for travel, interview clothes and equipment.

Our support is ongoing so once a participant has entered in work, learning or training, our Advisers work with them to produce a career action plan and stay motivated.

For more information on Right Futures give us a call on
020 8274 4332, email right.futures@reed.co.uk or follow us on Twitter @RightFutures.

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In partnership with our network of specialist providers, we have tailored a programme that suits clients' circumstances - whether they are long or short-term unemployed, a single parent, or have a health condition.

Our training modules give clients the opportunity to learn new skills, increase their confidence, and improve their chances of finding the right job:

• Realistic Jobs for Me - explore the benefits of being in work, identify skills and job goals, increase motivation and confidence.
• Skills for Work - learn what employers expect from staff, including communication skills, reliability and basic IT skills including soft skills workshop
• Effective Job Search - understand what employers want, broaden job goals, make job applications stand out.
• Finding and Getting a Job - learn how to identify suitable vacancies, contact employers and improve job applications and interview skills.
• Job Search Support Centre - get coaching support and use computers, the internet and phones to make good job applications.
• Keeping the Job - one-to-one mentoring support to find and keep the right job, including in-work support.

The Worknet Programme can be accessed by all residents of Waltham Forest who are:

• In education or training for less than 8 hours per week
• In employment for less than 8 hours per week
• Aged 16-24 and economically inactive for 6 months or more
• Aged 25+ and economically inactive for 12 months or more
• Not in receipt of JSA or ESA
• Not participating on the Work Programme

For more information on the programme please call: 0845 604 2012 and then press 2 for our Leytonstone office or 3 for our Walthamstow office.

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The Ways into Work programme helps jobseekers from the age of 16+ who have been out of work for at least 6 months.

Participants are provided with a personal Employment Adviser who helps them find ways of improving their skills and increasing their work experience in order to access opportunities in the local labour market sourced by Reed in Partnership.

Support includes:

• Specialist employer focused training to build new skills and improve confidence in order to secure the right job
• Access to thousands of vacancies
• Support applying for jobs, including CV building, application form completion and interview preparation
• Job start support, including assistance with travel, uniform and equipment costs
• In-work support to ensure progression and happiness in a new role

For more information please call: 020 8419 8411

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