Education, Training and Employment
Do you want to learn new things?
Do you want to find a new job?
Going to college, training or work can be good for you.
It can help you feel happier and healthier in your mind.
It can:
- give you things to do
- help you meet other people
- make you feel proud of what you have done
Sorted Supported has put together some services that might help you.
Learning Disability Resources
Mencap Cymru – Work and Skills
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Who this is for:
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People with a learning disability looking for a job
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Parents and carers
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Employers who want to hire people with a learning disability
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How Mencap can help:
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Guides and Info: Easy information about working, finding a job, and getting benefits.
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Work Programmes: Projects that support people with a learning disability, autism, or other needs to get job-ready and find work.
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Find Support:
Use the advice tool below to search for resources and work programmes near you.
Mencap – Finding Work
Mencap have made some Easy Read guides about how to:
- look for work
- apply for jobs
- go to interviews
- start work
Support Services
Better Jobs Better Futures
Better Jobs Better Futures
This service is run by Gower College Swansea.
It helps people in and around Swansea to:
- get a job
- keep a job
- do better at work
Careers Wales
Careers Wales can help you to:
- plan your career (the job you want to do)
- get ready for a job
- find and apply for courses and training
- find and apply for apprenticeships (a job where you learn new skills)
Restart Scheme
Do you get Universal Credit? (Money from the government to help you live.)
Do you want to find a job?
A company called Serco runs the Restart Scheme. It can help you find work.
Swansea Working
Swansea Working can help you with:
- a plan to find work that is made just for you
- training
- writing your CV (a paper about you and the work you have done)
- how to do well in an interview
- filling in job forms
- work experience (trying out a job for a short time)
- apprenticeships
- finding jobs
- support when you start work
Phone: 01792 57 86 32
Email: swanseaworking@swansea.gov.uk
Facebook: Swansea Working on Facebook
Twitter: Swansea Working on Twitter
Cyfle Cymru (out of work service)
This service is for people who are not working.
Is your life affected by drugs or alcohol?
Do you have a mental health condition?
Do you want to learn skills to get a job?
Cyfle Cymru has peer mentors. These are people who have been through similar things and can support you.
Peer mentors can help you to:
- feel more confident
- find volunteering (working for free to help others)
- find training and courses
- get work experience
Open: 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday
Phone: 0300 777 2256
Email: ask@cyflecymru.com
Poppy Factory
The Poppy Factory helps veterans (people who used to be in the armed forces).
It is for veterans who have health conditions.
It helps them to find work and to get past things that make work hard.
Support to Stay in Work
Able Futures
Able Futures gives mental health support to people who have a job or an apprenticeship.
Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service – ACAS
ACAS stands for the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service.
ACAS gives free advice to workers and bosses.
It can tell you about:
- your rights at work (things you are allowed to have and do)
- the rules at work
- how to sort out arguments at work
Working Families
Working Families is a charity.
It helps people who look after someone, like a child or a family member.
It gives free advice about your rights at work.
RCS – Lles Ar Gyfer Gweithio / Wellbeing For Work
(In Welsh: Lles Ar Gyfer Gweithio)
This service gives free support for your wellbeing at work.
It is for people who work for a boss and people who work for themselves.
Phone: 01745 33 64 42
Email: hello@rcs-wales.co.uk