Employment Support programme
Positive East’s Employment Support programme is here to help you when you are ready to look for a job.
- One-to-one advice and guidance from a qualified professional to help with career choices, education, training and identifying volunteering opportunities
- Access to a database of current vacancies
- Help to produce an effective CV and support when completing application forms Interview advice and practice
Employment support information:
- Apply Yourself is Positive East's course to help support your return to work. It is open to service users with the right to work or study in the UK, who are thinking about returning to work or starting work for the first time. Our next course is from Wednesday 15th February 2012 through to Wednesday 5th March, 10.30am to 4.30pm.
For information on the course topics/requirements, contact Sue Murphy at sue.murphy@positiveeast.org.uk or telephone 020 7791 2855, or click here to register for a future course.
- Aidsmap HIV Treatment update (Feb 2011) looked at how changes in benefits might affect people with HIV. They quoted a doctor and a patient rep who both said that if people could manage a return to work, it often paid huge dividends in terms of health and self-esteem. Sue Murphy, careers adviser at Positive East provides a step-by-step guide to rejoining the workforce. Click here To read 'Taking the plunge', .
For more information how Positive East can help, whether you're in the process of looking for a job or just beginning to think about returning to work, email Sue Murphy at sue.murphy@positiveeast.org.uk or telephone 020 7791 2855. Please note: Funds are not provided or available for courses of study.
Positive East wish to thank Barclays for their support and participation with our Employment Support programme.
