People and Skills

Through the People and Skills UKSPF investment priority, places can use their funding to help reduce the barriers some people face to employment and support them to move towards employment and education. Places can also target funding into skills for local areas to support employment and local growth.

Derby City Council are seeking to focus on two primary elements for our People and Skills investment priority:

Employment support for economically inactive people.
Funding Skills provision - to provide people with the skills needed to progress in life and work.

Derby City Council - Employment and Skills Hub

As part of the Derby Promise we have launched a Derby Employment and Skills Hub to help you gain the confidence, support, and skills to move into employment.

The Hub is based at the Council House. Appointments can be made by email, employmentandskills@Derby.gov.uk or phone 01332 338267.

To be directed to The Hub, please ask at the Council House reception.

The Hub provides the following support:

121 careers advice and employment support

If you are unsure about what type of work would suit your skillset and experience, your next step into employment or if you would like some general employability support (with a CV, interview or application form), then come along and talk to one of our qualified National Careers Service advisors.

For more information, email employmentandskills@Derby.gov.uk or phone 01332 338267. You can also get help on the National Careers Service website.

Specialist employment support for young people

This is available to young people aged 18-25. The specialist support provides more intensive employability support including access to funding, a range of work experience and job opportunities and to specialist programmes and opportunities such as the Journey to Work Programme. This service is provided by experienced employability professionals who understand the best routes to support you into employment.

Journey to Work Programme

The Journey to Work programme is a collaborative programme developed by Derby City Council in partnership with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), to support our priority young people into employment. It is a 5 week programme with three key components; employability training, work experience and 121 intensive support from our supported employment officer.

The programme is designed to provide young people with the necessary skills, training, and real-world work experience to move into employment or further training, without any impact on benefits and with access to the DWP’s flexible support fund (as required).

We have a range of employers offering work experience as part of the programme and it proves to be a great success.

Four young people from our last cohort secured employment.

Now I have a career that I can look forward to every day.

(Leaving Care Young Person who secured an apprenticeship following completing the Journey to Work Programme with an employer)

For more information contact employmentandskills@derby.gov.uk.

Training in2 Employment Programmes

We work with employers to create bespoke training programmes that enable job seekers to gain the right skills and qualifications to secure a guaranteed an interview with an employer. The training programmes provide employability support so you can understand your transferrable sills and become interview ready. They also offer the opportunity to gain vocational licenses such as, a SIA License (required for security work), CSCS Card (required for construction) or Food Hygiene (often required for catering and hospitality jobs). Our Training in2 Employment Programmes are incredibly successful in supporting people into work.

For more information, visit our Training in2 Employment page.

Employers events and recruitment days

We work with a range of employers to offer opportunities for you to discuss and apply for their job opportunities. This can be through our Derby Jobs recruitment fairs, Derby Jobs Live events and our recruitment days, where you will be invited to learn about roles, be supported with your CV and application and be offered an interview.

For more information, email employmentandskills@derby.gov.uk.

Funding for employment

All the support we provide is at no cost to a jobseeker, be that our training, our events or access to vocational license and qualifications. We also provide funding to remove any barrier into employment, be that travel, clothing, alternative skills development or even a haircut or smart clothes for an interview.

Once you register at the Hub and are supported to secure work, we will work with you to ensure there is no cost barrier for you to move into employment. We also provide on-going support to ensure you sustain your employment.

Derby Jobs Weekly newsletter

Our newsletter pulls together all employment-related activity together into once place, including key job opportunities and emails this to you on a weekly basis.

Find out more and subscribe on our Derby Jobs Weekly page.

For further questions, please email employmentandskills@derby.gov.uk.