Careers Support
There are a number of agencies offering support in Brighton.
National Careers Service Careers advice - job profiles, information and resources | National Careers Service
The National Careers Service provides high quality, free and impartial careers advice, information and guidance. Our service is available to anyone aged 13+ no matter what stage of the careers journey you’re at.
Get support from Jobcentre Plus to help you prepare for, find and stay in work, including:
- training, guidance and work placement programmes
- work experience, volunteering and job trialling schemes
- help with starting your own business
- help combining work with looking after children or caring responsibilities
- extra help for specific problems
You may also be able to keep getting some benefits once you start working. Our local office in Brighton is in Queen’s Square. We also have Youth Work Coaches based at the Youth Employment Hub in Kemptown.
Supporting 16-29 year old young people that are not in education, employment or training into positive destinations. Offering 1-1 mentoring and support plus small group work. Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund.
Connect To Work https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/people-and-communities/work-and-skills/connect-work
Connect to Work is a voluntary programme which provides personalised one-to-one support to people who face challenges in securing or staying in employment. Participants who are not currently working will receive:
- Help to identify their personal skills, strengths, and aspirations
- Support to address barriers that are holding them back from achieving their employment goals
Support will also be provided with job searching and interview preparation. When work is found, we'll provide help to prepare and settle clients, to ensure the best chance of success in their new role.
Participants who are already working and are at risk of losing their jobs will receive support to help them retain their employment.
Our team understands that starting on a new journey can be challenging. They will get to know a client, work at a pace that suits them, and make the clients' goals their own, providing support at all stages of the journey.
Who is eligible for Connect to Work
To be eligible for in and out of work support, clients must:
- be living in Brighton & Hove
- be aged 18 or over
- have the right to live and work in the UK
They also must be in one of the following groups:
- Disabled people, people with a disability or long term health condition
- Members of a group that may need extra support (see web page for details)
https://www.brighton-hove.gov.uk/people-and-communities/work-and-skills/connect-work
Employability and Skills - Grace Eyre
Grace Eyre’s Employability and Skills team supports people with a learning disability and/or autistic people on their journey to paid work, further training and/or volunteering.
Work and Wellbeing - Southdown
The Work and Wellbeing service provides specialist employment support for people living with mental health challenges across Sussex. We will not only support you to achieve your vocational aspirations but also explore other issues that are affecting your ability to secure or sustain employment.
Other support - Brighton and Hove Recovery Service
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is an evidence-based service that matches people with work that they want to do.
Support is available if you are aged 18 - 65 and if you are in treatment at Change Grow Live.
Workability - IMPACT INITIATIVES
Workability helps people with disabilities who live in Brighton and Hove and West Sussex and carers in West Sussex only, to find the right employment for them. They work with individuals to identify their skills and match these to employment they are interested in. They then provide support through the application, interview and induction process.
Mind’s Employment Advice service provides a range of support, advice and information to help people manage their work and learning needs. The service supports people currently working or who are off sick from work who may want help to manage their health issues in the workplace. Mind also support people who are interested in starting work or who want to identify opportunities for volunteering, or undertaking taking up learning or skills based activities. The service can also link people to the most relevant and helpful organisations to help them resolve their difficulties and move forward with a work and learning plan of action.
Get Set Opening Doors Brighton and Hove - Possability People
The project runs across Brighton & Hove and East Sussex. It works with anyone with a long term health condition or impairment (including mental health conditions) who wants to move back into work. It provides ongoing coaching and support alongside a range of courses. The support offered is long term, supporting people not only to get a job, but to thrive in it once they do.
Work, Learning & Employment - BHT Sussex
BHT Sussex's Accommodation for Work project aims to help homeless people off the streets and into employment and independent accommodation.
Youth Employment Hub (brighton-hove.gov.uk)
The Youth Employment Hub is a resource for young adults aged 16 to 25 who live in Brighton & Hove.
We can support you to find opportunities, explore your options, help you plan for your future and reach your education, employment and training goals.
To get face-to-face support from the staff at the Youth Employment Hub, visit our centre in Brighton.