Portland Training offers fully-funded remote courses

Written by Portland Training You don't have to put your future on hold - we now offer fully- funded remote courses! If you have found yourself unemployed and wish to strengthen your situation to go into employment, we are able to offer remote delivery of a variety of courses to develop knowledge and achieve a … Continue reading Portland Training offers fully-funded remote courses →

‘The Building Block’ secures CITB funding for Phase 2 in 2020-21

Sheffield’s flagship construction industry training programme ‘The Building Block’ will runfor a second year following a successful funding application to the Construction IndustryTraining Board (CITB). A consortium of partners led by Opportunity Sheffield – the employment and skills servicewithin Sheffield City Council – will receive £525,048 from CITB’s Construction Skills Fund tofinance Phase 2 of … Continue reading ‘The Building Block’ secures CITB funding for Phase 2 in 2020-21 →

Sheffield Council housing advice and support during COVID-19

Published by Sheffield City Council Sheffield Council housing advice and support during COVID-19 Rented Council Properties In line with current Government guidance around social distancing, we have closed our housing offices. You can still contact us by telephone on 0114 293 0000 but please be aware our telephone helpline teams are very busy and facing … Continue reading Sheffield Council housing advice and support during COVID-19 →

Council approves over a thousand Covid-19 business support grants

Published by Sheffield City Council Sheffield City Council has received nearly 4,000 applications for business support grants to aid small local businesses affected by Coronavirus. All applications are currently being processed as quickly as possible, with over 1,200 approved for payment so far, totalling over £14m. The Council is advising businesses to expect a processing … Continue reading Council approves over a thousand Covid-19 business support grants →

DWP: Coronavirus Touchbase special – 9 April 2020

Roundup of recent DWP announcements Don’t call us, we’ll call you People making new claims for Universal Credit will no longer need to call the Department as part of the process. Instead, a bolstered frontline team will proactively call claimants if they need to check any of the information provided as part of the claim. … Continue reading DWP: Coronavirus Touchbase special – 9 April 2020 →

Opportunity Sheffield Job Bulletin Mon 7 Apr: Vacancies in Care, Cleaning, Delivery, Call Centre & Warehousing

Opportunity Sheffield's job broking team is working during the current coronavirus crisis to help employers in key service areas access the people they need for business continuity. Vacancies have emerged in a number of industry sectors, in particular: Call Centre / Customer ServiceCareCleaningDriving / DeliveryWarehousing If you know of anyone who is looking for work … Continue reading Opportunity Sheffield Job Bulletin Mon 7 Apr: Vacancies in Care, Cleaning, Delivery, Call Centre & Warehousing →

PPE Equipment on its way to South Yorkshire social care teams

Published by Sheffield City Region A delivery of personal protective equipment which arrived in South Yorkshire yesterday, is now on its way to social care teams across the county. Hundreds of thousands of pieces of kits including aprons, gloves and masks were delivered to South Yorkshire Fire & Rescue’s training centre in Sheffield yesterday afternoon. … Continue reading PPE Equipment on its way to South Yorkshire social care teams →

The Source: Steps to Work – At Home

Although The Source building is closed, the training provider is still operating and delivering qualifications remotely. Therefore The Source is still accepting referrals during this time and allowing qualifications to be completed online. Please see the advert below for more information: The qualifications being offered to those who are 16+ and not in employment, education … Continue reading The Source: Steps to Work – At Home →

Element Society seeks contributions for Coronavirus information hub

Element Society is beuilding a Coronavirus hub to support young people and parents and is inviting thoughts and contributions (to be fully credited and linked back to your organisation). Coronavirus Hub - elementsociety.co.uk/coronavirushub - Support page with local and national advice and support links elementsociety.co.uk/covid19support - Online activities for young people to keep them occupied (we are … Continue reading Element Society seeks contributions for Coronavirus information hub →

PeoplePlus Academy online courses available

Written by PeoplePlus Academy We hope you are keeping safe, doing well and adjusting to this new way of life. This is a trying time for many of us and the clients we seek to support. As a skills centre we have transitioned to delivering all our courses online (see below for Sheffield course list … Continue reading PeoplePlus Academy online courses available →

Amid labour market challenges, referrals sought for care, cleaning, driving/delivery and warehousing jobs

Written by Laura Hayfield, Acting Head of Employment & Skills, Sheffield City Council "The outbreak of CORVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on Sheffield's labour market, creating a difficult situation for employers, employees and jobseekers alike. Business closures, scaled-back services and social distancing practices have exacerbated the risks to the most vulnerable people in society, … Continue reading Amid labour market challenges, referrals sought for care, cleaning, driving/delivery and warehousing jobs →

Zest for Employment: CORVID-19 update

Zest for Employment "The Zest Centre will be closed to the public from Wednesday 18th March and until further notice. We are working to ensure we can still support and maintain social contact with the most vulnerable in our community during this challenging period. Take care folks."