Community Services
Employability Support
Supporting Employability is the single point of access for the employability projects that work alongside the Supported Employment Programme:
- Workways+
- Tackling in Work Poverty
- Local Supported Employment Initiative
- The We Can Project
- The In Work Support Service
- UKSPF Supporting Employability
Looking for work?
If you live or work in Pembrokeshire and have a barrier to employment including disability, long term health condition or additional support needs, then we will help you access advice and a wide range of support tailored to your individual needs to
- Improve your skills and knowledge to gain or retain work
- Get you into work
- Help you stay in work
Looking to recruit?
We can work in partnership with employers to support recruitment including pre-employment initiatives and funded paid work opportunities preparing local people to meet your skills and business requirements. We also support small and medium sized businesses with health and wellbeing programmes for existing employees and improvements to equality and diversity in the workplace.
For more information:
call: 01437 776609
e-mail: getinvolved@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
You can refer yourself or someone else by completing and returning a referral form, sending an email or by giving us a call.
To make a referral to any project use the Supporting Employability referral form:
- Complete the Supporting Training and Employability referral form online
- Contact getinvolved@pembrokeshire.gov.uk and we will send you the form
Find out more about some of the projects:
The details you provide will be reviewed, you will be contacted to discuss your needs and signposted to the most appropriate project.
You can find our privacy statement at Departmental Privacy Notice
Projects included in the Supported Employment Programme
Pembrokeshire Supported Employment Programme
Supported Employment Programme
The Supported Employment Programme is a group of local authority based enterprises that employs over 75 people with a disability or work limiting health condition. As well as offering paid supported employment, it also offers work experience, training and a work based day opportunities to a further approximately 75 people each week.
The programme works with people with a wide range of disabilities including
- Learning Disabilities
- Neuro-diverse conditions including Autism
- Mental Ill Health
- Physical Disability
- Sensory Disability
- Substance Misuse
- Work limiting health conditions such as epilepsy, cancer and arthritis.
We assist people to achieve greater independence and self-esteem in supported work based settings that include our factory (Norman Industries), craft workshop, shop (Station Shop, Scolton Manor), saw mill (Talog Coed) and cafes (Social Zone - Milford Haven, Caffi Cyfle @ No 5 and Edies Tearoom) and the associated administration, design and social media communication.
We Can Project. The project is designed to support people with more profound and multiple disability. The project supports people to develop independence developing social, budgeting, and living skills while providing a higher level of support. The project uses the Positive Behavioural Support model to design support for people with behaviours that challenge based on inclusion, choice, participation and equality of opportunity. The main focus is on preventing the circumstances that lead to challenging behaviours, adapting support if behaviours begin to appear and using positive reactive responses when they occur.
Paid work is offered under a supported employment scheme which provides employment linked to support and job coaching dependent on the needs of the individual. Support could include additional or specialist equipment, a support worker, job coach, job aide or communication support. The support is usually funded through a grant from Access to Work. Our paid work scheme is supported by employability projects: Supporting Employment
Work Experience offers people who are thinking about work the opportunity to gain skills for work, to complete relevant training, improve their CV and gain a reference for future employers. For people who have limited work experience, it is also an opportunity to try out different jobs to match to existing skills and interests.
Training is provided in partnership with Pembrokeshire College and Learning Pembrokeshire and people can gain an Agored qualification in a range of subjects including health and safety, woodwork, craft, essential skills, such as numeracy and literacy, and employability.
The We Can project is an ASDAN centre providing training under the My Independence programme to develop independent living skills.
Work based day service supports people with higher levels of disability to engage in work based activities design to increase their skills, confident and independence and to get them ready for work if that’s something they aspire to.
To make a referral to the Supported Employment Programme
- Complete the Supporting Training Employability referral form (opens in a new tab) online
- Contact getinvolved@pembrokeshire.gov.uk and we will send you the form
Telephone: 01437 774641
E-mail: getinvolved@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
Address: Snowdrop Lane, Haverfordwest, SA61 1JB
Key contact:
Programme Manager: Karen Davies: Karen.davies@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
Employability Manager: Eleanor Brick: Eleanor.brick@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
Training Manager: Lee Adams: Lee.adams2@pembrokeshire.gov.uk
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Pembrokeshire County Council is a Disability Confident Leader |
Norman Industries is a member of the British Association of Supported Employment (BASE) | Access to work - making work possible |
Community Services
What’s on Offer?
At each of our Library branches you will find:
- Public access PC’s with free internet access
- Printing services
- Free Wi-fi (N.B. some sites operate Wi-fi on request)
- Friendly helpful staff
- A range of: fiction and non-fiction books, DVDs, children’s books & audio books.
Mobile Library service
Pembrokeshire Libraries runs a mobile Library service which covers many parts of the County. Every stop on each route will be visited once every four weeks, at the same time.
The mobile has lift access for users with mobility problems.
Library at home service
If you are unable to access the Library Service either in branch or via the mobile you may be eligible for our Library at Home service.
For more information on our library services please visit Libraries and Culture
Dementia Cafes
Alzheimer’s Society run a number of dementia services around the County, such as Dementia Cafes, Singing for the Brain, activity groups, befriending service, support groups, advocacy and more. To find out more:
Alzheimer’s Society
Tel: 01646 692329
Befriending
Befrienders can help you socialise and stay active by taking part in activities, hobbies and learning new skills with you.There are several organisations offering befriending services in Pembrokeshire.
Pembrokeshire Mind
Provide a range of groups and activities to anyone who is experiencing the effects of loneliness including carers.
Tel: 01437 769982
hello@mindpembrokeshire.org.uk
Age Cymru Dyfed
- Offer befriending to people aged 50+ including one-to-one befriending and social/activity groups.
- Offer help and advice on a range of topics including benefits for older people. Age Cymru Dyfed can help identify the benefits you may be entitled to and can also help with form filling and applications.
Tel: 03333 447874
Reception@agecymrudyfed.org.uk
Pembrokeshire: jacqui.breese@agecymrudyfed.org.uk
Ceredigion: kim.bacon@agecymrudyfed.org.uk
Carmarthenshire: rhiannon.williams@agecymrudyfed.org.uk
Royal Voluntary Service
Offers befriending to older people.
Tel: 07585 997091
pembshub@royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
Alzheimer’s Society
Offers befriending to people living with dementia.
Tel: 01646 692329
Volunteering Matters
Co-ordinate a range of friendship groups and a befriending network.
Tel: 01437 769422