Interventions: Specialist Providers ETE

Interventions

Specialist Provider: Education, Training and Employment

VRN priority: Prevention (Secondary and Tertiary) Diversion, Community

Reach: 11-25 year olds across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

This specialist service, delivered by our partners at Leicestershire Cares, contributes to the prevention and reduction of serious violence by providing expert advice and facilitating swift and concrete opportunities for education, training and employment for young people who are being supported by VRN interventions.

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Leicestershire Cares will work with young people to understand their needs and interests, and to build their confidence and capability to enable them to access opportunities. Young people are provided with employability support services including CV building, career talks, mock interviews, support with job applications and mentoring sessions (including from business members), and access to education or training courses, work placements and community-based work experience where appropriate.

Referrals for this service come via partners.

Find out more about the project and the recent employability events Leicestershire Cares has held for young people below.

Thie aim of this workshop was to emphasize the importance of budgeting and financial management. HRBS covered a range of topics, including money goals, benefits budgeting, utilizing technology for budgeting, and maintaining financial tracking.

The aim of this tour was to provide participants with the opportunity to gain insight into a professional place of work and provide them with the tools to improve their employability skills.