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Access2employment
Access2employment is the council's main provider of support and advice to help West Lothian residents into work.
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Blackburn Local Employment Scheme
If you have just left school or are out of work, BLES offers 'A Get Ready For Work' programme and offers skills in many areas of work. BLES offers a structured programme of training taking into account your abilities, aptitude and interests and provides
work placements, which could lead to employment.
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Careers Scotland
Careers Scotland works together with other local organisations to link lifetime guidance to lifelong learning. The activities include provision of information, advice and guidance for learning, work, volunteering and personal development.
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Children 1st
The Chill Out Zone (or COZ for short) is our Healthy Living Centre based in Bathgate. The centre provides a holistic early prevention service for young people in West Lothian aged 12-20.
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Cyrenians
Cyrenians offer an integrated employability service providing pathways for progression from being unemployable to being settled in a working lifestyle and progressing in secure employment.
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Intowork
Intowork is a voluntary sector organisationthat exists to create employment opportunities for people with disabilities and, in certain geographical areas, other client groups who can be described as 'significantly distanced from the labour market.'
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Jobcentre Plus
Jobcentre Plus aims to help more people into paid work; help employers fill their vacancies, and give people of working age the help and support they are entitled to if they cannot work.
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New Deal
New Deal is a government programme that gives people on benefits the help and support they need to look for work, including training and preparing for work.
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PACE
PACE (Partnership Action for Continuing Employment) is a Scottish Governement initiative which puts in place a national framework for a consistent and
co-ordinated public sector response to dealing with companies in difficulty at all stages, including redundancy.
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Prison Throughcare & Aftercare
The Throughcare Team takes responsibility for working with prisoners to help them reintegrate into the community.
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SBC West Lothian
Social Enterprise capacity building with a focus on education & training; employability & jobs and community initiatives
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Shaw Trust
Shaw Trust is a national charity that provides training and work opportunities for people who are disadvantaged in the labour market due to disability, ill health or other social circumstances.
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Sure Start
The aim of Sure Start is to give very young children (from pre-birth to 3 years) the best possible start by working closely with parents and other local authority, health and voluntary agencies to provide a more cohesive service for parents.
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Throughcare and Aftercare - Young People
The Throughcare Aftercare Team offers support and advice to all looked after young people aged 15–20 years in planning for their future.
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VAWL - Voluntary Action West Lothian
VAWL Voluntary Action West Lothian is one of a network of Council's for Voluntary Service (CVS) based throughout Scotland and has been an independent charitable organisation since 1992. VAWL's role is to provide support to voluntary and community organisations in West Lothian.
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Volunteer Centre West Lothian
The Volunteer Centre West Lothian is part of a national network of 42 Volunteer Centres located throughout Scotland's 32 unitary authority areas with a common objective to promote, support and develop volunteering at a local level.
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West Lothian Youth Action Project
West Lothian Youth Action Project was set up to tackle youth issues in Livingston. It is an independent voluntary organisation with charitable status. The project is now also involved in a West Lothian Council initiative tackling antisocial behaviour among young people.
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West Lothian Youth Inclusion Project
The project enables young people at risk of exclusion to have an improved chance of becoming responsible citizens, living independently, gaining employment or accessing further training.
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Work Directions
WorkDirections UK is a leading welfare-to-work provider, delivering Government-funded employment programmes including the Pathways to Work programme. We deliver innovative, effective services to support long-term unemployed people, single parents, and those not working through ill-health or disability, to move off benefits and into suitable, sustainable jobs.
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