Author: Opportunity

Opportunity Sheffield is the employment and skills service within Sheffield City Council.

New Accredited Learning Programme for Over 50’s Employability Support with IEP and The Centre for Ageing Better

The Centre for Ageing Better and the Institute for Employability Professionals (IEP) have launched an accredited learning programme for employability practitioners on supporting over-50s job-seekers. Many over 50s have fallen out of work during the COVID crisis, and job losses are expected to increase disproportionately for this group with the ending of the Government’s furlough … Continue reading New Accredited Learning Programme for Over 50’s Employability Support with IEP and The Centre for Ageing Better →

Signs4Life 6 week sign language Course from BSL

Community BSL initiative for charities and volunteers in Yorkshire Course is 2 hours a week for 6 weeks on zoom and £60 Either: 6-8 on Wednesdays Or 2-4 on Fridays Community BSL initiative for charities and volunteers in Yorkshire A NEW initiative to encourage more members of the public to take up sign language as an extra … Continue reading Signs4Life 6 week sign language Course from BSL →

Results Day National Careers Service webinars for parents and carers

The National Careers Service is delivering a series of webinars for parents and carers whose children are receiving results this August.It has been a challenging year for students and the National Careers Service want to equip parents and carers with advice to support their children on the day. Click the links below to sign up … Continue reading Results Day National Careers Service webinars for parents and carers →

PeoplePlus & Sheffield City Trust team up for IGNITE Traineeship programme

PeoplePlus is seeking participants for its new traineeship programme being delivered in partnership with local employer Sheffield City Trust. The 8-12-week programme, available to 19-24-year-olds, will combine employability skills training with work experience for a variety of roles. Successful participants will be offered an interview for a role with Sheffield City Trust. See below for … Continue reading PeoplePlus & Sheffield City Trust team up for IGNITE Traineeship programme →

Sheffield Partnership for Jobs and Skills offers Kickstart funding support for local employers

The Sheffield Partnership for Jobs and Skills is offering local employers support with accessing grant funding potentially available to them via the Kickstart Scheme. A grant of £1,500 is available to employers for each Kickstart placement created for 16-24 year olds on Universal Credit. For more details contact kickstart@lifelonglearningandskills.org

News and Opportunities from Element Society – 14 July

Element Turns 8 Years Old! It has been an absolute pleasure guiding Element from birth to 8 years old. Over that time I have been fortunate to see over 4,200 young Sheffielders be inspired and empowered to make a positive change in their communities, raise their aspirations and become role models to their peers. I am … Continue reading News and Opportunities from Element Society – 14 July →

Sector Routeways: Construction; referrals and case study

Opportunity Sheffield's Sector Routeways: Construction training programme is up and running, giving unemployed people the opportunity to train or retrain in the building trades and access entry-level jobs within the sector. The programme continues the work and training model previously used by 'The Building Block' to deliver two-week training courses featuring CSCS and Health & … Continue reading Sector Routeways: Construction; referrals and case study →

Sheaf Digital offers local training providers free Coursedate trial

Written by Sheaf Digital Sheffield based software consultancy Sheaf Digital is offering local training companies the chance to use its new online course booking system for free. Coursedate is 'Eventbrite for training companies'. Use Coursedate to publish and promote training courses online - quickly building an engaging course directory/catalogue that is optimised for Google search … Continue reading Sheaf Digital offers local training providers free Coursedate trial →

Labour Insight for Sheffield – July 2021 (Burning Glass Technologies)

Analysis of data collated by Burning Glass Technologies indicates that, as of Wednesday 7 July 2021l, there were 13,554 job vacancies in Sheffield. The professions with greatest demand for staff were Sales (502), Other Administrative (454), Programmers and Software Developers (437), Customer Service (331) and Chartered / Certified Accountants (313), Nurses (310) and Care workers … Continue reading Labour Insight for Sheffield – July 2021 (Burning Glass Technologies) →

Advance Digital to help Sheffield employers embrace new tech

Written by Rob Walker, Opportunity Sheffield Ever wondered how you can improve your businesses productivity and sustainability through using new technologies?? Opportunity Sheffield's Advance Digital is a specialised project that helps you and your employees make the most of digital and all that new stuff! We will work with you to identify what business needs … Continue reading Advance Digital to help Sheffield employers embrace new tech →