Employment & Training Support and Guidance
- Support and Guidance
Employment & Training Support and Guidance
We provide generalist employment and training advice and guidance to support individuals from diverse communities to access work, skills development, and progression opportunities in Cardiff and across Wales. Our service is designed to be inclusive, accessible, and culturally informed, with a strong focus on supporting people who face additional barriers to employment.
We work collaboratively with a wide range of public, private, and community-sector partners to ensure individuals are supported into appropriate employment, education, or training pathways.
Our approach reflects good practice used by community-based and BAME-led employment support services, placing trust, accessibility, and empowerment at the centre of delivery.
- Guidance
What We Can Help With (Advice & Guidance)
Understanding local employment and training opportunities in Cardiff and Wales
CV support and basic application guidance
Job search techniques and online recruitment platforms
Signposting to accredited training, skills courses, and qualifications
Guidance on volunteering, work experience, and employability pathways
Understanding workplace expectations, rights, and progression routes
- Working With Us
Working With Partner Agencies
We work closely with:
- Local authorities and public employment services
- Further education colleges and training providers
- Community-based and BAME-led organisations
- Voluntary and third-sector employability programmes
- Ethical private-sector employers and recruiters
Where specialist, regulated, or intensive employment support is required, we provide warm referrals to appropriate partner agencies, ensuring continuity and safeguarding.
- We welcome
Our Role and Boundaries
We provide advice, guidance, and signposting and do not act as a recruitment agency or accredited training provider. Where appropriate, individuals are supported to access:
Employability
Specialist employability programmes
Training
Sector-specific training providers
Accreditation
Accredited education and skills pathways
Apprenticeships
Employer-led initiatives and apprenticeships
- Partner
Community-Based & BAME-Focused Practice
In line with best practice among community-based services supporting BAME communities, our employment and training support:
- Recognises language, cultural, and systemic barriers to employment
- Builds trust through community-led engagement
- Provides early intervention and prevention-focused guidance
- Avoids a one-size-fits-all approach
- Works alongside mainstream services rather than duplicating them
In line with best practice among community-based services supporting BAME communities, our employment and training support:
- Our Promise
Our Commitment
- Free, confidential, and impartial support
- Inclusive and culturally competent practice
- Strong partnership working across sectors
- Clear referral pathways to specialist services
- Focus on long-term employability and progression