Work Club at CAB

I was recently invited to the Citizen's Advice Bureau in Church Street to meet staff and users of the Work Club set up to help those seeking work.

The story below explains the basic purpose of the work club and shows what a benefit this has been to people who have used it.

http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/Jobseekers-South-Derbyshire-helped-work-work/story-26213083-detail/story.html

There are a few details, however, that the article does not mention and I was lucky enough to share some time with the course tutor and also some users of the sessions.

Part of the success of the sessions has been that they are available in locations close to the urban core in Newhall Old Post Centre, Oaklands Village in Swadlincote, Woodville and the CAB offices here in Church Gresley.  This is good in a number of ways as it means they are accessible by foot in some cases, they are more relaxed than in the environment of the Job Centre and the advice from the enthusiastic and helpful tutors is more freely available.

The good news is that funding has been sourced to allow the sessions at Church Gresley and Woodville to continue but the bad news is that the Church Gresley sessions will only take place once a month rather than every fortnight unless more funding can be found.

The service provided includes creation of CV's and covering letters as well as assistance with searching for jobs and looks to be well received by those who use the service.

More details will be provided on dates when these are confirmed.