Employment Support for Carers
Employment Support
If you need to change your employment or start working, we are here to support you. Your skills as a carer are readily transferable, and we can help you write your CV and support you in your job search. Contact us on admin@harrowcarers.org.
Some carers find it useful to start with a volunteering opportunity, so please check out the volunteering roles we have available on our job opportunities page . We are a friendly bunch, ready to help you adapt, refresh, or enhance your skills.
Additional support is available at Xcite, a free training and employment service for unemployed people in Harrow, run by Harrow Council. Visit: https://www.harrow.gov.uk/jobs/volunteering/2.
Motivating, inspiring and informing you
Looking for a new job starts with a positive approach. Our experienced advisors listen to you carefully in a confidential and non-judgmental atmosphere. We aim to give you access to free support, designed to meet your individual needs and delivered in your local area.
Creating opportunities for carers
In an effort to create flexible and sustainable employment, training and volunteering opportunities for carers, we engage with local businesses. We highlight them the benefits of employing carers and help them understand the need for carers in the workplace.
Download our factsheets for carers seeking work and training
We appreciate that as a carer you may have been out of the job market for a while and may need the support to boost your confidence and update your job searching skills. Download our factsheets for carers seeking work and training. They have been developed as part of the Working for Carers project.
Working for Carers
It’s always rewarding to see an unpaid carer gaining confidence and positivity during the programme and secure a job that fits their schedule.
We have several success stories where carers are employed by smaller local or larger national companies, like Mehrdad Azadisoleimanieh who secured a job as a Selling and Service Partner at the high-end department store, John Lewis in Westfield White City.
“They could see transferrable skills I already had that I would be able to take to any industry.”
– Rob
“They could see transferrable skills I already had that I would be able to take to any industry.”
– Rob
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