Are you unemployed with a disability and keen to find work? Our experienced Birmingham based team can provide an individual programme of support, training, work experience and job coaching. This can be day or residential.

When you join us as a client of advance2work our team of experienced trainers, employment consultants and mentors will help you move towards full-time employment and a successful future.

Your Personal Employment Programme (PEP) will be unique for you. It will bring together the support, skills development, work experience and job search which will greatly improve your chances of finding and getting the job you want.

Your Employment Consultant will work closely with you throughout your programme and will understand your employment history and current situation. They will work with you to identify the skills and experience you need and the type of work that is right for you.

Once you are in employment the advance2work team will provide help, advice and support throughout the early weeks of your new career. This can include a telephone advice line, working with your employer to ensure things go smoothly, or just someone to chat with about the way things are going.

We will support you in finding ways to manage your disability effectively at work. We can also offer help and advice on the technology you may need in the workplace, your travel to work, benefits and Access to Work entitlement. Our aim is to put you in a better financial position through employment.

In addition to the great support, advice, experience and training that you receive from advance2work there are other benefits.

While you are on your programme and for your first month in employment, you will have free use of our Feelgood Fitness Centre, library and computers at QAC, including free Internet access.

advance2work will also provide access to:

• A qualified medical team
• Counselling service
• Personal fitness trainer
• Speech and language therapist
• Orientation and mobility tutor
• Benefits adviser
• Educational psychologist

Your Personal Employment Programme can be your passport to a successful new career – why wait, call advance2work now on 0800 234 6859

Training workshop opportunities include:

• Matching yourself to job descriptions and specification
• Preparing for interviews
• Interview rehearsal (selling yourself)
• CV writing and job applications
• Careers Guidance
• Time management
• Developing coping strategies for employment
• Training linked to the area of employment you wish to work in
• Telephone techniques
• Effective personal communication
• Using numbers
• Information technology development in a range of software applications
• Using the Internet
• E-mail
• Confidence Building
• Assertiveness
• Fear of failure
• Mood management
• Dealing with negativity
• Dealing with stress
• Coping strategies for pain and pain management

We are also able to offer the following externally accredited qualifications:

• Food Hygiene
• First Aid
• Health & Safety
• Manual Handling
• Fork Lift Truck Training
• Word Processing
• Audio Transcription
• Information Technology
• NVQ units in your workplace
• Nationally recognised BTEC Employability Skills award (level 2):
• Personal Effectiveness at Work
• Developing Personal Communication Skills
• Preparation for Starting Work
• Building Positive Working Relationships
• Understanding the Working Environment