Author: Opportunity

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

Standguide ESOL courses to start Thurs 30 Nov

The next Standguide ESOL courses (Entry 3 - Level 1) will run from Thursday 30 November until Tuesday 30 January, with initial assessments taking place on Thursday 23, Friday 24 and Monday 27 November. Classes will take place from 9:30am-2:30pm Monday - Wednesday. These will be hybrid lessons and will include 6 hours of homework … Continue reading Standguide ESOL courses to start Thurs 30 Nov →

Civil Service Workforce Diversity Recruitment event to be held on Tues 28 Nov

The Civil Service is seeking to ensure that it's workforce is more representative of the communities that it serves and is holding a recruitment event on Tuesday 28 November focussed on promoting wider diversity of recruitment from ethnic minority groups. The event will take place at The Showroom & Workstation, Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX … Continue reading Civil Service Workforce Diversity Recruitment event to be held on Tues 28 Nov →

Lloyds funding for specialist small charities now open

Lloyds support charities that help people overcome complex issues that don’t have simple solutions, issues like homelessness, domestic abuse and addiction. These make life much harder for people; deepening trauma, impacting health and wellbeing, leading to poverty and destitution, and preventing people from being able to fulfil their potential.    Small, local, specialist charities play a … Continue reading Lloyds funding for specialist small charities now open →

VCSE and ICS Working Together: One Year On conference to take place on Fri 1 Dec

The Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) and Integrated Care System (ICS) Working Together: One Year On event will take place on Friday 1 December from 9:15am-4:15pm and be held at St Mary's Church Conference Centre, Bramall Lane, S2 4QZ. This event aims to celebrate the achievements of the South Yorkshire VCSE Alliance in its … Continue reading VCSE and ICS Working Together: One Year On conference to take place on Fri 1 Dec →

Reflective supervision: VAS small grant programme

Written by Voluntary Action Sheffield (VAS): https://www.vas.org.uk/reflective-supervision-small-grant-programme/ This is an opportunity to apply for grants of up to £4,000 to enable you and your staff to take better care of yourselves so you can continue to take care of others. "We continue to see an increase in the complexity of cases around mental health and … Continue reading Reflective supervision: VAS small grant programme →

Meeting the challenges of a Cost of Giving Crisis this winter

Written by Sarah Vibert, CEO of National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO): https://www.ncvo.org.uk/news-and-insights/news-index/meeting-challenges-of-cost-of-giving-crisis/ As charities across the country work towards another difficult winter, our latest research reveals the alarming scale of the challenges facing our sector. With costs climbing, income falling and demand increasing, this is no longer just a cost of living crisis. For … Continue reading Meeting the challenges of a Cost of Giving Crisis this winter →

NHS Refugee Career Education event to be held on Mon 27 Nov

The NHS is holding a Refugee Career Education event on Monday 27 November from 10am-6pm at Sheffield City Hall, Barkers Pool, S1 2JA. This NHS Careers Education event is for refugees who have made South Yorkshire their home. The intention of the event is to provide information on anything potential applicants may want or need … Continue reading NHS Refugee Career Education event to be held on Mon 27 Nov →

Clarion Futures online teaching assistant course on Tues 9 Jan

Clarion Futures Jobs and Training is delivering a free online teaching assistant course, beginning on Tuesday 9 January. The qualification is the NCFE CACHE Level 2 Award in Preparing to Work in Schools and will ready participants for further learning and training whilst developing an understanding of the teaching and learning environment in a school … Continue reading Clarion Futures online teaching assistant course on Tues 9 Jan →

Sheffield Apprenticeships Bulletin (ESFA) – 13 November

The Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) provides weekly district-level apprenticeship vacancy bulletins, broken down by region and local authority area. See below the latest vacancy lists for Sheffield and South Yorkshire. Sheffield apprenticeship vacancies copy-of-sheffield-13-nov-2023Download South Yorkshire apprenticeship vacancies copy-of-sy-apprenticeship-summary-13-11-2023Download