If you live in a believe housing home and haven’t been working for a while, now could be a good time to look at the support available.
Our Employability Team helps residents with volunteering, job searches, CVs, applications and interviews.
It is also offering free access to a wide range of online training courses from trusted providers. These courses can help you gain a qualification, update your CV, build confidence and learn new skills for work and everyday life, and you can do them all from home.
Quick, convenient and genuinely useful
Most courses take less than two hours, some as little as 30 minutes. They’re ideal if you’re interested in working again in future and you:
• are living with a health condition but want to stay work-ready
• care for someone at home and need flexible ways to build skills
• are studying and planning for future opportunities
• stepped back from work or retired early but are considering returning
• paused job hunting because nothing suitable came up
• are waiting to hear back from a job application
• just haven’t been able to focus on work for a while but want to re-engage.
If any of that sounds familiar, you’re exactly the kind of person these courses are designed for.
Training that helps in everyday life too
These aren’t just “work courses”. Many people find they build confidence in day-to-day life as well.
Busy parent or carer? Try emergency first aid or food hygiene.
Thinking about working again in the future? Choose from health and safety, asbestos awareness, safeguarding, infection prevention and more.
And if you’re not sure what you need, the Employability Team can help you find the right course.
Real people. Real benefits.
One believe housing customer completed his first training in five years. It was a short health and safety course that was more straightforward than he expected, and it gave him the confidence to start preparing for a labouring job.
A woman who had been feeling stuck did an online food hygiene course. It boosted her confidence, gave her a current qualification and helped her feel ready to keep learning.
And a mother who is planning for work that fits around school hours, such as in a school kitchen, completed food hygiene training to improve her chances when opportunities come up.
What to do next
Even if you’re not quite ready to start working again, online training keeps your mind active and your CV up to date.
Courses are available now, and support is available if accessing the internet is difficult.
If you live in a believe housing home, you can find out more and apply for free online training at www.believehousing.co.uk/employability-and-learning/
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