Employment Support
We offer a range of employment services which include Training Workshops, Work Based Training and Supported Employment.
Our Work and the Community
Enterprise East Group CIC are leading the way in tackling social isolation and employment barriers in our community. Central to our work is a fundamental belief that everyone possesses unique talents and potential. Through our projects, we help individuals on the margins of society to develop that potential, to become more integrated in their community, and create new, accessible routes to employment.
Our core beneficiaries are those on the margins of society and furthest from the job market. These include people with learning, physical and sensory disabilities, poor mental health, ex-offenders, those overcoming addiction, care leavers, those experiencing homelessness, and low-income families. We were founded in 2017 and have since worked with thousands of beneficiaries to build skills, confidence, employability, and social inclusion. Our founder, Sam, set up a non-profit organisation, to use her own personal experience to help people. Over the past six years, we have developed and evolved spectacularly, growing from a one-person organisation into a diverse and dedicated team of over fifty staff and volunteers. We have accomplished this success despite experiencing unique economic and societal crises. We have not just survived, but flourished, and built strong networks and partnerships with like-minded organisations throughout the region.
Training Workshops
Work based Training
Supported Employment
We offer a bespoke supported employment service, and our aim is to secure and retain paid employment for our clients. We recognise that the employer plays an integral role in the success of our client’s employment retention and whilst we match skill sets with job roles, we also believe that matching individuals’ personalities with that of an organisations culture can significantly improve the outcomes and longevity of the working relationship.
Participants will engage in a set training programme that includes the following key elements:
- Attend an 8-12 week Inclusion and Thrive training programme
- Gain Health and Safety, Manual Handling, Food Safety and Asdan accredited training
- Design and deliver a local community event, to showcase learning to local employers/community
- Participant and Employer interaction – organisation site visit/local employer/guest speaker workshop visit
- Hands-on, bespoke training placement based in one of our social businesses such as The Tea Leaf tearooms where participants will be supported and encouraged to thrive in the live setting
- Employability workshop – CV, Interview skills, presentation awareness
- Participant Employment
Equality and Diversity Champions
Although every organisation within the UK is governed by equal opportunities legislation, we encourage and inspire employers to understand the real value and benefits of a diverse workforce. We therefore work with organisations to address and understand the underlying objectives of their business and how a diverse workforce can make good business sense.
Good morning Sam thanks for giving Carl the opportunity to work with you, he certainly came out of himself after a shaky start. He is sitting counting his wages and thinking of what to buy. Many Thanks
