College and Council Support Local Unemployed Through New Venture

Telford College and Telford and Wrekin Council are working together to provide help and support to the regions unemployed and those at risk of redundancy.

Prospects Corner is an innovative project that has seen both the College and the Council develop an accessible Employability Centre ideally based within Meeting Point House, located in the heart of Telford Shopping Centre.

The project will focus on co-ordinating existing local support for unemployed people, rather than looking to duplicate or be in competition with existing provision.

As a starting point, the project will use existing employer networks to fill real vacancies and those hard to fill vacancies from Jobcentre Plus.

The heart of this project sees both Telford College and Telford and Wrekin Council looking to proactively raise the economic performance of local companies by ensuring their vacancies are filled as quickly as possible with good quality candidates. They will also address the disadvantages many socially excluded adults face in returning to work by delivering activities where like minded jobseekers can get together and they will look to raise the appropriate employability skills that local people will need to get work and that employers are asking for.

Low Skills go hand in hand with unemployment, low income and deprivation, so an individual’s personal circumstances can be improved by enhancing their skills

As well as providing help, support, courses, information, advice and guidance Prospects Corner will be delivering a range of activities including:

·         Work Clubs

·         Job Seeking Skills

·         CV Writing and Video CV’s

·         Interview Techniques

·         Redundancy Support

·         Business Start Up and Enterprise Support

·         Recruitment Support for Employers

Prospects Corner is a centre for those actively seeking work – not a drop in centre for those that are currently unemployed and it runs with the support of key partners that also includes Skills Funding Agency and Jobcentre Plus.

For further details about how Prospects Corner can help you, contact  01952 384258 – you decide what’s around the corner!