D2N2 employment support

This page provides information on the different employment schemes available in Chesterfield and surrounding areas.

Support for individuals unemployed for three months.

Employment support for individuals unemployed for 12 months or more.

Helping people who are disabled, long-term unemployed unemployed or in early access group.

Supporting disadvantaged groups into sustainable employment, for example, over-50-year-olds.

Employment support for individuals with multiple and complex needs.

Helps more disabled people start or stay in employment.

D2N2 employment and skills provision Expand all

Engage Nottingham – supporting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicity (BAME) individuals in Nottingham access employment and skills provision
Nottingham Jobs Fund - providing financial incentives to employers to assist recruitment of Nottingham City residents
Community Hubs - joint initiative between the council’s Locality Management Team and Economic Development, providing wrap around support for residents
Area Leads – partners providing employment support and wrap around interventions within the community

i-work - employment support for aged 18+ with autism or learning disabilities
Supported Employment Hub - for anyone with learning disabilities, includes Brooke Farm provision
Inspire - adult learning budget and employment and skills training
Employability programme - for parents of children under 5 years old using Children’s Centres in Nottinghamshire
Care Leavers Achievement Team - working with care leavers to help them into work

Disability Employment Service - people with disabilities only
National Careers Service - Derbyshire County Council deliver this service in their area
Ambition - service for people with learning disabilities
Care Leavers Employment Team - helping care leavers into work

CF03 APM - ex-offenders only; either in prison, due to be released or on-licence in the community
Work Your Way (IPS) - engaged in secondary mental health services only, 18+ (Derbyshire)
Future's Positive – (IPS) - engaged in secondary mental health services only, 18+ (Nottinghamshire)
IAPT Employment Advisers - work in primary mental health services to help people into work
Autism Employment Services - specialist advisors for people with autism, delivered by a range of organisations including Autism EM

D2N2 Skills Access Hub - provides bespoke skills training and development opportunities to local businesses in the D2N2 region
Community and Family Learning - providing community based skills provision for families
ESOL Project - providing English language training for speakers of other languages
Apprenticeships - paid employment opportunities for all ages while gaining training and qualifications
Care 4 Notts and Joined Up Careers - helping people into health and social care roles. Care 4 Notts is also a jobs portal

National Careers Service- intensive careers support for adults and young people (aged 13 or over)
Careers and Enterprise Company- employer led support for schools raising aspirations and developing closer connections between employers, schools, colleges and providers
Future Impact - offers person-centred support for young people with special educational and complex needs in Nottingham
Start in D2N2 - online careers advice portal for parents, pupils, teachers and employers

Youth Hubs - Department for Work and Pensions-led initiative supported by Nottinghamshire County Council, providing wrap-around support for young people
Community Hubs - joint initiative between the council’s Locality Management Team and Economic Development, providing wrap-around support for residents
Social Prescribing - link workers providing holistic approach to health and wellbeing, including employment support

D2N2 Growth Hub - business support ranging from access to finance, CPD, export advice and Brexit resilience
New Enterprise Allowance - Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) support for those claiming certain unemployment benefits to become self-employed
Future Self-Employment - DWP support for individuals seeking progression into self-employment
B-Global - targeted business support for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicity (BAME)-led businesses
Apprenticeships - brokerage and financial support for employers recruiting apprentices
Area-based business clubs and networks - supporting entrepreneurs using a place-based approach

D2N2 Pathways to HSC - employment and training support for individuals aged 16+ across D2N2 within the health and social care sector
Ways2Work - working with people with barriers to getting into employment, education and training
Start in D2N2 - online careers platform for young people and businesses
Futures for You - helping people with barriers into employment
DBC iProgramme - support to improve skills for those in work or out of work
GRADS for D2N2 - support for businesses to identify skills and talent needs, and benefit from graduate talent in the region

COVID-19 recovery fund for young people - employment and training support for individuals 16-24 across D2N2
COVID-19 recovery fund for people over 25 years - employment and training support for people aged 25+ across D2N2
Community Renewal Fund – a range of projects supporting people into work (October start)
Careers Hubs – new ones being developed in south Derbyshire, south Nottinghamshire and north Nottinghamshire

Adult Education Budget - support for adults including employability training and job search
Apprenticeships - provision by a range of providers to support employers to take on new apprentices and/or upskill their current staff; this is for people of all ages and includes entry level and higher apprenticeships via universities
Traineeships - provision of job search and support to find traineeships in a range of occupations
Others - delivered by housing organisations, charities and other organisations such as the Prince’s Trust's Get Into programme, Trackworks. Varies by area
Headstart - young people’s employment project delivered by Family Action, including work placements with national employers

Last updated on 06/11/2024