Our Partnership team in Wales have been busy brokering relationships between Jobcentre Plus sites and local Welsh employability specialists. Daryll Jones, Partnership Coordinator, shares what the team has been up to.
Like many people working in retail, Tracy was made redundant during the pandemic. And, whilst she loved spending more time with her children, her confidence in finding work suffered the longer she was unemployed. Finding it increasingly difficult to find opportunities with flexible hours to fit around her childcare responsibilities, Tracy worked with us to hone her transferable skillset.
Despite working hard to overcome a history of drug use and time spent in prison, Joe* had low expectations of finding employment. In just eight days on the Restart Scheme Joe secured a job.
Unemployed since 2019, John* has secured skilled employment following an extraordinarily short support journey on the Restart Scheme.