Connect to Work Sunderland offers free support to help you move quickly into a job that suits you. You will be matched with an Employment Specialist who will work with you on a one-to-one basis, getting to know your strengths, motivations and job goals. Together, you will explore what type of work suits you and build your confidence to move forward.
We offer support that is personalised to your situation: quickly helping you into the right job and ongoing support to help you succeed.
We support you through job search steps such as building a CV and job applications. Then we work to find an employer who can suit your needs, and make sure that they understand any challenges you may face in your role.
Once you begin work, we stay in touch with you for up to a year to help you settle in, adjust and feel confident in the workplace. This support might include accessing health and wellbeing or other services.
We support people who may face extra challenges when looking for or staying in work. This could include things like health problems, caring for someone, housing issues, having been in the justice system, leaving care, being a refugee, serving in the Armed Forces, or other personal circumstances that make work more difficult.
You can take part if you:
are over 18
live in the Sunderland City Council region
are unemployed or at risk of losing your job
have the right to live and work in the UK
are not in another DWP employment programme.
We are proud to be delivering Connect to Work in Sunderland. The programme is a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) initiative and is funded by the UK Government via the North East Combined Authority.
