Community Services

Connect to Work - supported employment

Supported employment focuses on placing people into work at the earliest opportunity and providing ongoing support to help them succeed.

Supported employment combines job-seeking and employment support, ensuring that you can start working quickly while receiving the necessary assistance to overcome barriers. This will not only help you find employment but will also empower you to maintain your job and thrive in the workplace.

 

How it works

1. Engagement - you let us know that you want to take part and we set up a meeting with you to see if supported employment will work for you
2. Vocational profiling - finding out about skills and abilities, what you want to achieve and plan how to get there
3. Job finding - we support you to look for a job that suits you and meets your goals
4. Employer engagement - you work out a plan with the employer about how they will support you in the workplace
5. On and off job support - you learn about the new job, and if needed take part in any training or coaching that you may need as well as on-going workplace reviews to support you

 

What support you will get

1. Learn more about supported employment to decide whether it is right for you
2. Get help to identify what you want to achieve and create a plan to get there
3. Get help to find vacancies by matching your skills to a role that meets your employment goals
4. Learn about the job and work out a plan with the employer on how you can best be supported through recruitment and in the workplace
5. Get support while you learn the job and on-going to help keep you employed - this may include job coaching, training and support from an employment specialist and workplace reviews

 

Who can apply

• People who have a disability as defined in section 6 of the Equality Act 2010 or the Social Model of Disability
• People who meet the definition of one of the specified disadvantaged groups with additional multiple and complex barriers that would benefit from support
• An offender (someone who is serving a community service) or ex-offender (someone who has completed a custodial or community sentence)
• A carer
• An ex-carer
• A homeless person
• A former member of His Majesty's (HM) Armed Forces (AF), a member of HM AF reserves, or a partner of current or former Armed Forces personnel
• A person for whom a drug or alcohol dependency, including a history of dependency, presents a significant barrier to employment
• Care experienced young person or a care leaver
• A refugee, a resettled Afghan
• A person on the Ukrainian scheme
• A victim/survivor of domestic abuse
• Young people identified as being involved or at risk of being involved in serious violence
• A victim of modern slavery

 

How to apply

Apply for supported employment (connect to work) 

After you have completed the online form, we will contact you within 3 working days to set up a meeting with you.

Contact us for more information

If you want more information or help then please contact us:

01437 776609

connect2work@pembrokeshire.gov.uk