Contacts for careers advice
- C2 Careers
- Camden Housing And Employment Project (camden Council)
- Camden Society
- Camden Society Employment And Learning Centre
- Camden Working Iag (information Advice And Guidance) Partnership
- Camden Working One Stop Shop
- Camden Working Swiss Cottage
- Careers Management Capital Camden Connexions Centre Careers Advice Sessions For Adults
- Careers Management Capital Highgate Jobcentre Plus Careers Advice Sessions For Adults
- Careers Management Capital Kentish Town Jobcentre Plus Careers Advice Sessions For Adults
- Careers Management Capital West Euston One Stop Shop Careers Advice Sessions For Adults
- City Lit Information Advice And Guidance Service
- Communities Into Training And Employment
- Communities Into Training And Employment Queens Crescent Library Sessions
- Communities Into Training And Employment Swiss Cottage Central Library Sessions
- Dress For Success London
- Elthorne Learning Centre
- Highgate Newtown Community Centre Camden Working Project
- Kentish Town Library Learning Centre
- Latin American Association Advice Sessions
- Learndirect
- Mary Ward Centre
- Nacro
- New Paths Project (camden Council)
- Nextstep London Central
- Nhs Job Shop
- Parentpack Training Development And Support For Lone Parents
- Springboard London And South East
- Talent Information And Advice Service
- Tracks Triangle Centre Kings Cross
- West Euston Partnership One Stop Shop
- Workdirections Kings Cross
C2 Careers
Stewart House, 32 Russell Square
Not-for-profit career coaching service for any individual from graduation to retirement age. Individual one hour sessions on career coaching, interview coaching, MBTI coaching, CV review and application coaching plusgroup sessions on changing careers etc.
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Camden Housing And Employment Project (camden Council)
21 Hampstead Road
MOVING TO DIFFERENT OFFICES IN SEPTEMBER 2008. Offers support and advice to social housing tenants to enable them to find training and employment. Customised individual advice on training opportunities, education finance, in-work benefits and provides extra support, for example, form filling and access to job vacancy information at the Camden Working (At Work) Job Shop. Project funded till March 2009.
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Camden Society
London
Provides advice, information and support for people with learning disabilities, their families and those who work with them, and campaigns on their behalf. Runs three adult clubs; after school clubs; music workshops; sports club for people with physical and learning disabilities. The Employment and Training service runs the Employment and Learning Centre and the Access to Employment Agency, with 8 employment projects including 6 cafes, gardening project and mailing project; Housing Service (including supported housing and support for people living in their own homes); Goldhurst Project which supports people with specific needs to access day services in the community; Camden People First, a self-advocacy organisation for people with learning disabilities.
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Camden Society Employment And Learning Centre
London
Provides training for groups and individuals. Job seeking advice and support. Have special training programmes in social care and community work.
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Camden Working Iag (information Advice And Guidance) Partnership
Camden Council partnership to help residents find employment. Member organisations provide a range of advice and training services including job brokerage and advice for special groups such as refugees and people with disabilities. Employers' contacts Douglas Russell or Rosemary Maxwell Tel: 020-7974 5309/2590. The partners include At Work, City Lit, VT Enterprise Limited, Community Systems, Jobs in Mind and Camden Primary Care Trust. The three main jobshops are at the Crowndale Centre, Swiss Cottage Library and the NHS Jobshop.
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Camden Working One Stop Shop
218 Eversholt Street
Local branch of 'At Work' service. One stop shop offering help with job-hunting for Camden residents. Also offers post-employment service once people have found a job. Have a branch at Swiss Cottage Library.
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Camden Working Swiss Cottage
Swiss Cottage Library
Employment information, advice and support for unemployed residents in Camden.
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Careers Management Capital Camden Connexions Centre Careers Advice Sessions For Adults
78 Parkway
Free 20 minute advice session to eligible clients on careers, college courses, help with CVs and applications for jobs.
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Careers Management Capital Highgate Jobcentre Plus Careers Advice Sessions For Adults
78 Parkway
Free 20 minute advice session to eligible clients on careers, college courses, help with CVs and applications for jobs.
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Careers Management Capital Kentish Town Jobcentre Plus Careers Advice Sessions For Adults
78 Parkway
Free 20 minute advice session to eligible clients on careers, college courses, help with CVs and applications for jobs.
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Careers Management Capital West Euston One Stop Shop Careers Advice Sessions For Adults
78 Parkway
Free 20 minute advice session to eligible clients on careers, college courses, help with CVs and applications for jobs.
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City Lit Information Advice And Guidance Service
Keeley Street
Offers careers and education information, advice and guidance. Drop-in service for brief enquiries, appointments available with qualified advisors for in-depth advice. Receives funding from London Nextstep to see people 20+ who live, work or study in London (including Camden). Lead partner in Camden Working IAG (CWIAG) project offering help to unemployed Camden residents who would like to return to study or work.
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Communities Into Training And Employment
314-320 Gray's Inn Road
Information, advice and guidance on employment and training for unemployed residents of Camden and Islington. Workshops on CVs, job applications and life coaching.
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Communities Into Training And Employment Queens Crescent Library Sessions
1a Polygon Road
Information, advice and guidance on employment and training for unemployed residents of Camden and Islington. Workshops on CVs, job applications and life coaching.
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Communities Into Training And Employment Swiss Cottage Central Library Sessions
1a Polygon Road
Information, advice and guidance on employment and training for unemployed residents of Camden and Islington. Workshops on CVs, job applications and life coaching.
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Dress For Success London
London
Charity providing a range of services to women who have interviews or are returning to work. Clothing and self presentation advice. The Islington branch works in Camden. Need volunteers and women's working clothing in good condition.
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Elthorne Learning Centre
London
Provides community based, accessible services to socially excluded groups in the community in order to meet their socio-economic, cultural, health and training needs. Offer free and confidential information and advice on learning opportunities and career choices for adults. Accredited courses: ESOL classes (all levels), English for Office Skills, ESOL Citizenship, Community Health course, Information Technology (IT), Adult literacy and numeracy, Health and Social Care, Leisure and Tourism and NVQ in Childcare. The Centre also provides: IAG, employment and job-search facilities, job brokerage, a homework club for 5-13 year-olds and community internet service.
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Highgate Newtown Community Centre Camden Working Project
London
Impartial information, advice and guidance and job searching support. One to one coaching or monthly employment preparation workshops.
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Kentish Town Library Learning Centre
London
Online and advice services. Computer skills, business courses, Skills for life, IT professional, job hunting. Many of the courses are free or subsidised by the Government.
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Latin American Association Advice Sessions
10 Kingsgate Place
Advice on immigration, debt, housing, benefits, family and employment. Ring for times. Casework and home visits.
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Learndirect
Manchester
Telephone Helpline. Free, impartial information, advice and guidance (IAG) on learning opportunities up to postgraduate level, careers advice, sources of funding, childcare, and referral to other helpful organisations. Aimed at adults (over 16), but employers and organisations such as advice agencies and libraries can also use the service free of charge. Also information on Learndirect open learning programmes. Also offers its own courses in computers, maths, business studies etc. Advice in several languages: see language line webpage listed above.
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Mary Ward Centre
London
Education centre for adults, providing a range of classes including English for Speakers of Other Languages, IT/computing, arts and crafts, music, personal development, social and liberal studies, writing, business and marketing, and health studies. Also has a range of classes for older people. Creche and vegetarian cafe. See website or prospectus for details.
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Nacro
London
National crime reduction charity providing to ex-offenders and others services such as housing, education and employment, community and youth projects and resettlement services in prisons. Resettlement programme to assist clients find permanent accommodation and employment. The resettlement helpline provides a link into Nacro's services and a national database of 18,000 other services for ex-offenders. It can advise on housing, employment, benefits and debt support services. It has specialist knowledge about the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Housing for single homeless people aged 18-60 with particular emphasis on ex-offenders.
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New Paths Project (camden Council)
218 Eversholt Street
Supports Camden residents who are aged 25-49, unemployed or working less than 16 hours a week. Provides work experience placements in the areas of childcare, office administration,and healthcare support work as well as information, advice and guidance sessions and free CV writing and interview skills workshops.
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Nextstep London Central
30-32 Fleet Street
Advice, information and guidance on learning and employment opportunities. Help with CV writing, interview skills, assistance in finding courses. 30 local partners.
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Nhs Job Shop
London
Service recruiting for the local health Trusts and social care employers in Camden and Islington. Support for applicants. Seminars and workshops, training, outreach, surgeries staffed by local employment organisations.
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Parentpack Training Development And Support For Lone Parents
25 Bertram Street
Alternative contact: Habiba Ali, Tel: 020-7419 2915. Offers courses at the centre and in association with colleges and universities, in computer skills and a variety of other courses plus support services such as job matching and job search. Welfare rights session Mon 10.00-12.00. Run an employment referral service and offer small grants for lone parents to support them during training. Job preparation workshops. Creche is available for all Parentpack courses please phone to book space.
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Springboard London And South East
London
Free advice and information on careers within the hotel, catering, leisure, travel and tourism industry.
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Talent Information And Advice Service
Advice on teacher training and continuing professional development in the fields of basic skills, adult literacy, ESOL and numeracy for existing teachers. Based in Bloomsbury. (The details shown here were taken from the organisation's website).
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Tracks Triangle Centre Kings Cross
London
Employment resource centre providing advice on employment, training schemes, benefits and courses. CV workshops and interview techniques workshops by appointment.
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West Euston Partnership One Stop Shop
London
Employment and training advice centre. Provides Information, Advice and Guidance (IAG) on training, careers, jobhunting and education (including assistance with CVs and job applications). The services are for adults aged 20 years and over (who have no qualifications higher than Level 2 - i.e. 5 GCSEs grades A*-C or O levels grades A-C or CSE grade 1 - or level 3, for careers advice appointments); and young people 13-19 years who live or study in south Camden (for the Connexions service). Free public computer use available for job-hunting tasks open to all. Base office of West Euston Partnership and the Camden Housing and Employment Project.
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Workdirections Kings Cross
26 Wharfdale House
Welfare-to-work agency running Pathways to Work programme in Central London, for people with health conditions. 3-year programme from 2007.
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