London Borough of Bexley
London Borough of Bexley’s Employability Services, newly formed as Bexley for Business and Employment offer it’s customers employability services to our local residents. We run government approved projects such as Work & Health, RESTART, Aim4Work in order to support and assist our customers back into sustainable employment.
We offer a range of different services depending on individuals situations such as employability services (which cover interview skills, confidence building, job searching, better off calculations), mental health support, wellbeing and learning disability support.
Bexley Twofold
Bexley Twofold is the job search, training and supported employment service for Bexley residents with learning disabilities. Our aim is to help service users find and sustain paid employment.
We help people over the age of 18 and create an individual journey for each service user, tailoring support to suit their needs.
What we will do to help you find work:
- we will teach you how to job search
- we will give you advice from our supported job club
- we can help you find suitable work placements to gain some work experience
- we can help you find training courses or volunteering to increase your skills
- if you have an interview, we can come with you to help you
- if you need to learn how to travel to a new job, we can help you with travel training
How we can help you once you have found a job:
- we can come with you if you have a work induction
- we can support you in the workplace to help you learn your job until you feel happy that you can work on your own
- if your work changes, we can help you learn new things
- if you lose your job, we can help you to find another job
Types of jobs we have supported people to do:
- office work
- general maintenance
- grounds maintenance
- cleaning
- catering
- car washing
- passenger assistants