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Supported employment for people who have a disability or long term health condition in Edinburgh.

We provide training in a supportive cafe and kitchen environment. Trainees get involved with a range of tasks including customer service, food preparation, baking, cleaning, dish washing and helping with outside catering orders. Our programme is great for people looking for catering experience before applying for jobs in the sector. It also suits people who are looking to build their confidence and increase their social skills through attending a structured programme.

Citadel Connect is an innovative training and volunteering programme based at the Citadel Youth Centre. The programme allows the young people to gain new skills, have new experiences, become active members of communities and make a positive difference to their lives. A 10 week training programme followed by a 10 week group volunteering project. Young people participating in the group programme get to do lots of fun team building activities, learn new skills and gain certificates and awards for your CV. Those who go on to do the volunteering project pick something that is important to them in the community such as: conservation of local areas, working with children, fundraising for their favourite local charity, working with older people, or anything else that will involve them in their local community and allow them to give something back.

Young people aged 16-19 attend our weekly Activity Agreement hub in Leith to get support with their move on to the next step in their life. We work closely with the young person to help them to decide what they need in order to move into an appropriate opportunity whether this is employment, education, training or voluntary work. Our weekly hub offers not only the support from competent staff but workshops and support with job applications, CV writing, interview preparation, as well as finding appropriate further training programmes.

CHAI’s Employability & Support Service operates in the South-West of the City of Edinburgh and works with young people and adults, who are out of work, helping to address barriers to employability.

We offer a wide range of programmes tailored to suit individual needs. With a focus on providing person centred training that is delivered locally, we help improve IT confidence, employment prospects and keeping up to date with modern technology. All our training courses are run in small, friendly groups by highly experienced tutors in convenient venues located all round Edinburgh. So whether you’re starting completely from scratch, wanting to update your skills, or improve your chances of getting a job, Create Digital Skills has a class for you. Plus, our courses are totally FREE for learners.

Cyrenians’ Foundations to Employment has been delivering an innovative and bespoke employability service to those furthest from employment across the city for the last nine years. The provision of a person-centred, relational approach to address barriers to employment is inspiring, rewarding, frustrating and, at times, challenging - often generating all of those emotions in just one day! With two dedicated Key Workers who promote active engagement and positive progression, it has proven to be highly successful. Evelyn and Karen have extensive expertise in the management of multiple and complex needs and collectively bring over twenty years related experience to the delivery of this much-needed outreach service.

Our Employability Service at Deaf Action covers Edinburgh and the Lothians and Fife.

ENABLE Works in Edinburgh is delivering the Stage 2 and Stage 3 Programmes of the Employability Fund. Candidates will work towards a Personal Development Award in Employability qualification through group work, planning and delivering a Community Impact Project and participate in a real work experience placement (Stage 3).

The Futureheads Employability project supports young people aged 15 – 21 into employment, education, training and voluntary work. Our weekly Careers Café assists unemployed young people and school leavers with job searches, college and job applications, CV writing, interview preparation, as well as finding appropriate Activity Agreements and Training programmes.

IMPACT provides free training and access to information and other resources about the adverse effect of smoking tobacco on mental health to any person working in the Third Sector who supports people with mental health problems IMPACT also provides free training to NHS staff working in in patient facilities and free CPD for Smoking Cessation Workers.

Into Work provides one-to-one employment advice and support service for people with a disability or health condition who live in Edinburgh. We can help people you if you: don’t have a job but want to find one; are struggling to keep your current job; have no idea what you want to do or simply need some dedicated guidance.

This is an 8-week employability programme for young people aged 16-21 years who are interested in gaining skills and qualifications in a wood workshop. The course is suitable for participants at stages 1 & 2 of the Strategic Skills Pipeline.

We match volunteer mentors to vulnerable young people to support them to achieve goals and reach their full potential.

We help young people into employment and then help them to achieve a Modern Apprenticeship in Business and Administration at Level 3, which is gained in the workplace. There is no studying and no exams as this is a work-based qualification. We also offer online training in the Microsoft Office Suite as well as various other job-related subjects to enhance the young person's skillset.

WorkingRite is the practical pathway to a job or apprenticeship. We help young people get their foot in the door, regardless of their academic background or previous experience. We therefore individually match young people to local businesses for work placements lasting up to six months.