Gateshead Go Work Live: Education Development Trust
Education Development Trust and Changing Lives have joined together to offer a full employability wraparound service for all economic inactive residents of the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough. The programme offers one-to-one support to explore your career goals. We work in collaboration with the residents to support them to access benefits advice, apply for jobs, research training, volunteering and work experience opportunities.
We help residents with:
improving basic English and digital skills
accessing mental or physical health support
engaging with the benefit system
creating a CV
applying for and securing jobs
practising and increasing interview skills
support into work and sustaining work
The programme has a flexible fund that can be used to make purchases, such as interview clothes, public transport tickets or tools to help gain or keep employment.
Contact
Antoinette Parkes - Contract Manager
ggwl@edt.org
0191 933 7071
Education Development Trust Gateshead Go Work Live
Case studies
Building job search skills after graduation
Anthony from Wardley had recently graduated in computer science but had not been able to find work. He was demotivated and not sure what he could do. It was approaching Christmas and Anthony thought, 'A New Year a new start' so when he heard about Gateshead Go Work Live (GGWL) he got in touch. One of the GGWL key workers, Connor, picked up the call and met with Anthony.
Connor said: "Anthony clearly had ideas about what he wanted to do, ideally in the world of tech and data, but didn't know where to find the information on what was available. He had been getting some interviews but these had not worked out so we had to understand why and how to develop his job-search skills." Connor explained how GGWL could help, providing guidance on the jobs market and sessions to help with his job-search skills.
These covered areas such as:
- completing an application
- making your CV stand out
- help with job interviews
- writing a personal statement
It was clear that Anthony was getting his confidence back and their work together was showing signs of success as Anthony was regularly getting through to interviews. They looked at how he could make some small adjustments and eventually it paid off and Anthony found work!
Connor says about what GGWL can offer:
"What is key is maintaining regular contact to keep the motivation going, particularly as there are always setbacks. We can do this in a way that suits the individual in person or through voice or video call.
"What we want is to provide the support and skills people might need and give them the confidence to move on and look after themselves in their job search."
Anthony is in work and excited about the future. He has really appreciated the dedicated support he received from GGWL. He said: "I am excited to take on my new employment opportunity and I now know that I have the skills to carry it out! I've applied to the Graduate scheme now, so if I do manage to get into it, I'll be sure to schedule a meeting with you to discuss more!"