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Supporting Community Heroes

Helping local people find new opportunities

Throughout Covid19 many local heroes supported their community by providing essential roles to Bradford Council, working as Covid Support Workers completing many key tasks such as:

  • Raising awareness of Covid19
  • Advice on how to stay safe
  • Managing pop up Covid19 testing sites
  • Managing Covid19 vaccination sites
  • Dispelling myths about vaccinations

This is a group of dedicated workers who are ready for the next steps in their careers.

They have developed and evidenced many key skills that are valuable in the work place:

  • Self Motivated
  • Self Managing
  • Driven
  • Excellent personal skills
  • Keen organizational skills

Bradford College are supporting approximately 200 people in reaching the next steps in their careers, building on the skills developed through these Covid Support roles to help them progress further in education or the workplace.

Bradford College support

  • Help applying for jobs
  • Transferable Skills
  • Developing interview skills
  • Building resilience
  • Talent matching

Workshops

Bradford college are running 2 workshops for skills development in November

Monday 1st November – Job search sessions / Review of Skills

Tuesday 2nd November – Application Form Filling Techniques

Wednesday 3rd November – Interview Techniques / Presentation Skills

Thursday 4th November – Confidence and Resilience Building –

Employers – Get Involved

This is a skilled workforce looking to find the next steps in their careers. If you have opportunities available in your business and want to help transform lives, then please get in touch.

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