Project Directory
No matter where you live in Glasgow, Glasgow Futures employability services are available to help you find work and take steps toward your goals. These services are completely free. They can support you with things like getting into work, training, education, or volunteering. They’re friendly, flexible, and focused on you – helping you figure out what’s important, what’s getting in the way, and how to move forward. Glasgow Futures employability services can also help you get support for things like health, childcare, housing, careers advice and more.
You can choose to take part now or wait until the time is right for you. To find out what’s available in your area, have a look at the Glasgow Futures project directory to find out more.
The 1st Steps to Childcare course is to upskill and train parents to a level where they are work ready and have the appropriate skill set, knowledge and a workbased qualification which will allow them the opportunity to apply for either a Support Practitioner/Support Worker/Nursery Assistant, or a Child Development Officer (CDO) position within an Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) setting. Candidates are recruited via ELC and partnership settings, with referrals made by Head Teachers and Management Team. Referrals are all linked in with Glasgow Life Family Finances Key Workers (FFKW). Training starts with a 6-month introductory course at college, with a day a week volunteering placement in an ELC/Partnership nursery, followed by a year- long course with a Training Provider (Experiential Play) to gain SVQ Level 2 Social Services (Children and Young People). If the candidate wishes to progress further, they can then study for a further year to gain SVQ Level 3 Social Services (Children and Young People).
Glasgow Supported Employment Service (GSES) supports people with learning disabilities and / or autistic spectrum conditions to get and keep a job. We do this in several ways, all of which use the supported employment model.
- an all-age supported employment service that is delivered by a team of job coaches on a 1:1 basis.
- Project Search is a full-time work experience programme based within a large employer. In Glasgow these are the University of Strathclyde and the Royal Infirmary. During the year, participants undertake three, ten-week work rotations in different areas of the business, learning new skills. Fulltime specialist staff support all participants.
- Improving the Journey to a Modern Apprenticeship where participants will undertake work experience supported by a job coach to improve their skills and knowledge. Participants will be supported to apply for modern apprenticeships and receive in work support if successful.
- Hotel School Scotland in partnership with Education Services; Hub International and the Hilton Group, pupils in their final year of school will undertake work experience within various roles in the hospitality sector supported by a job coach. Applications to the programme are made through schools. Staff in the service are happy to talk to both potential participants and referrers about any aspect of the service
English Pathways to Employment is a skills programme for participants who speak English as an additional language. Courses provide a pathway for participants seeking employment in care, childcare or community interpreting. Courses are designed around the needs of participants and can include: Introduction to care/ childcare/ community interpreting, SQA Employability skills level 3, Work experience, Digital skills for work, Progression onto an employment opportunity. Participants require right to work in the UK and a minimum SCQF level 3 English.
A service offering targeted and wraparound interventions tailored to the needs of parents or kinship carers of a child/children under the age of 16yrs, who is struggling financially, regardless of employment status. Each participant is assigned a dedicated Key Worker who uses a mentoring approach, offering 1-1 support to gain control of household finances, assistance to start work or move on to better paid employment, and access to free training and education. The FFKWs are based in Glasgow's libraries and can meet in the local community at a time and place suited to the participant. Appointments can be in-person, or virtual, depending on the needs and preferences of the participant.
