Employment and Volunteering Support

Southwark Works

Southwark Works is a free employment service that supports anyone living in Southwark. They offer one-to-one support for all ages, backgrounds, and experiences.

Support includes:

• CV writing
• Interview skills
• Help in finding and applying for jobs
• Help in accessing training
• Confidence building
• Online resources to build your key skills.

Visit the Southwark Works website

St Giles Trust's Employment Service

St Giles Trust provide specific employment support for people who have experienced barriers such as homelessness, time spent in prison, mental health, and addiction issues. Their focus is on helping people overcome these barriers, working at their pace to build their confidence and skills.

The service typically offers:

• Help CV building
• Preparing for interviews
• Support with job searching
• Accessing skills
• Accessing financial support for employment related costs tools

Visit the St Giles Trust website

AS Monitoring

AS Monitoring works with employers and job seekers to place autistic job seekers into permanent roles and/or paid fixed-term work placements.

They can support with:

• Job opportunities
• Pre-employment support
• Workplace support
• Mentoring
• Recruitment
• Management
• Workshops

Visit the AS Monitoring website

Leonard Cheshire

Leonard Cheshire helps people with disabilities and long-term conditions to find and remain in employment. Whether it’s support with your CV or getting access to the latest tech, their different programmes are there to help you showcase the best version of yourself.

Visit the Leonard Cheshire website

Pecan Employment Service

Are you a parent with a child or children under 16 and looking for work, parttime or full-time? Or an unpaid carer looking to get back into employment?

If yes, Employment Support offers:

• Confidential one-to-one appointment with individual assessment
• On-going support
• Job search tailored to your needs
• Referrals to accredited training to enhance your job opportunities
• CV or Interview workshops
• Benefit advice and childcare calculation

Visit the Pecan website

The Princes Trust

If you're 16 to 30 years old and want to gain experience, skills, training and confidence to help you into work, the Princes Trust have several programmes that can support.

Visit The Princes Trust website

Radical Recruit

Radial Recruit offer support to unemployed London residents who are 18+ with a barrier (for example: mental health, ex-offender, care-leaver, etc.).

They can offer 1:1 employment support including job matching, CV support, interview skills and training. 

Visit the Radical Recruit website

Toucan Employment

Toucan Employment are committed to helping people with learning disabilities and autism into employment.

• They find jobs for their clients in small and large businesses and organisations.
• They provide one to one support for their clients to ensure they are matched with the role they are best suited to.
• They help businesses recruit and retain new employees

Visit the Toucan Employment website

Southside Rehabilitation

SRA is a charity providing employment training / intermediate employment for people with mental health problems. They do this by running a variety of social enterprises.

All the profits are reinvested in their trainees, enabling them to return to open employment and social inclusion. They help people to access adult education, work placements and support to find a job.

You can refer yourself or get someone such as your GP, Care Coordinator or Housing Worker to refer you. You can visit and look around, meet with the staff and see for yourself what they have to offer. Their two sites, Camberwell and West Norwood are very accessible by public transport.

Visit the Southside Rehabilitation website

Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS)

ACAS gives employees and employers free, impartial advice on workplace rights, rules and best practice. We also offer training and help to resolve disputes.

For example:

• Free Advice on employment rights, rules, and best practice.
• Templates, forms, and policy documents.
• To help resolve disputes.
• Courses, events, and training.

Visit the ACAS website

Citizen Advice Bureau

Free, independent and confidential advice on your rights at work.

Visit the Citizen Advice Bureau website