Employment & Skills

Learn new skills, build your confidence and improve your chances of getting a job

Through weekly job clubs, training courses, volunteering opportunities and wellbeing programmes, we support disabled and disadvantaged people to develop their skills, confidence and CVs in order to find work or move closer towards securing employment. 

Our support is tailored to each person’s needs and aspirations, designed to help them overcome barriers to work including providing information and guidance to employers and professionals relating to the employment of disabled people.

Take a look at the difference we're making in our Employment and Skills infographic.

What we offer?

Our Employment and Skills service is free for disabled and disadvantaged people living in the Black Country who are unemployed and looking to move into work, further education or training. If required, our team can provide high level learning support including access to specialist IT equipment and software. We will check that your benefits will not be affected by accessing our help.

Our experienced employment advisers will work with you on a one-to-one mentoring basis and in groups to assist you to achieve your goals. We will produce an action plan and support you through it. This may include help with:

• Exploring different career options, understanding your strengths and interests
• Creating a CV
• Job applications and interview techniques
• Arranging work experience and volunteering opportunities
• Basic skills courses in literacy, numeracy and IT
• Personal development courses (assertiveness, confidence, anxiety management)
• Information on benefits
• Travelling to work sessions
• Opportunities to improve your independence, mental health and wellbeing
• Information on access to work (financial and equipment support for employers)
• On-going support to employers and disabled employees.

Get in touch

If you’re having difficult in finding work or would like to update your skills or qualifications, call us on 0121 558 5555 or send us an email with your details and we’ll be in touch.

Are you an employer?

We can support you to employ disabled people

Ideal for All specialise in providing employers with information and advice on recruitment, training and in-work support for disabled employees. Do let us know about work experience, volunteering or work taster opportunities you might be able to offer our clients. Get in touch with our Employment & Skills Team by email or call 0121 558 5555.

Useful links for employers

• Business Disability Forum - resources and pragmatic support for businesses
• Disability Confident – new government scheme that supports employers to make the most of the talents disabled people can bring to the workplace.

Thanking our funders

Ideal for All's Employment and Skills service is part funded by: 

BRIDGES - a Building Better Opportunities project managed by Steps to Work, jointly funded by the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund. 

Community Matters - a Building Better Opportunities project managed by Heart of England Community Foundation, jointly funded by the Big Lottery Fund and the European Social Fund. 

'Working Together' project led by Accord Group which enables us to support individuals in Tipton to become economically active.

Journey to Employment (J2E) - a peer support job club supporting disabled people and those with health conditions on their journey back into employment. Funded by the Department of Work and Pensions.