Redundancy Support for Parents and Carers

Redundancy Support for Parents and Carers

Facing redundancy?

Just lost your job?

Need some support and advice?

We work with our partners in Skills Development Scotland (SDS) to support our young people into employment, through apprenticeships and permanent employment, as well as Further and Higher Education every day.

In the current economic climate, many of our families also face unstable employment opportunities, and very often this includes being made redundant.

We are here to help. Our partners at Skills Development Scotland (SDS) have dedicated resources to help you find employment for the first time, or to get back into employment after a period of redundancy or unemployment.

The first piece of advice we can offer is to sign up on the My World of Work website, run by SDS at My World of Work. You simply register and this site takes you through lots of different supportive stages and strategies.

Support is offered, free and in confidence, by PACE

This support is available via PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) a Scottish Government initiative which brings together a range of organisations who each offer services to assist those in a redundancy situation. All services are free and confidential.

The following PACE services are available

• Information on accessing benefits and Jobcentre Plus vacancy service

• Individual Career Guidance interview to assist in identifying redundancy transition options

• CV and Interview Skills support

• Labour market Information and job search assistance

• Welfare Rights advice

• Tax and money advice

• Information on Training and Learning opportunities and accessing funding

• Information on setting up your own business

• Literacy and numeracy support

Below is a link to YouTube which explains what PACE offers. If it does not play, go to the link at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQcDSrPEu5Y 

PACE can offer support online via the My World of Work website at https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/ 

Go to the website to see what PACE can offer at https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/how-pace-services-can-support-you#advice 

Redundancy help

You can also find out about benefits you may be entitled to at:

https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators 

UK benefits

You may have to submit a claim for Universal Credit at https://www.gov.uk/universal-credit 

Universal Credit

If you need help making a claim online contact the Universal Credit helpline on 0800 328 5644 or textphone 0800 328 1344.

Money and Pension Service

You may need some support in managing your finances at a time when your income is likely to be affected by redundancy or uncertainty. Support is available from the Money and Pension service at https://moneyandpensionsservice.org.uk/ 

You may need some time to reflect and think about your own Mental Health and wellbeing and the NHS Inform site is a good signpost of support.

https://www.nhsinform.scot/healthy-living/mental-wellbeing 

The Citizens Advice Bureaux also offer free, confidential advice and support and can be found locally at https://www.cas.org.uk/bureaux and their national website is at https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/scotland/ 

You can look for current vacancies and tailor your search to suit your own needs on the following websites

https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/jobhub 

https://www.gov.uk/contact-jobcentre-plus 

https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/getting-a-job 

https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/job-hunting 

Job Hub

Positive Steps

Anyone who would like to speak with a careers adviser for career guidance, to discuss retraining or for support with job seeking, CVs or interviews can contact SDS via the redundancy helpline 0800 917 8000

There are lots of support provided by SDS, from creating a CV to practise for interviews. Have a look on their website pages below:

Interviews https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/myinterviewtool/start 

CV builder https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/getting-job/building-cv 

Application form help https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/application-forms 

You may wish to upskill at this time and there are many free online courses you can apply for at https://www.myworldofwork.co.uk/learn-and-train/find-free-online-courses 

Skills Development Scotland is a one-stop shop to help you get back into employment or indeed should you think of a career change. They are funded by the Scottish Government and their services are free and confidential.