Education and Training

Education and Training

• Care Point

  General information and advice on regional activities.

• Department for Education and Skills

  The Department for Education and Skills homepage.

• Learn Direct

  Learndirect offers online courses in IT, business and management and more. Search their database of over 600000 courses.

• Learning Skill Councils (LSC)

  The LSC aims to make England better skilled and more competitive.

• Skills Council for Care and Development)

  Social care workforce strategy body, Skills for Care. It is concerned specifically with adult social care, while children’s services workforce strategy will be taken up by the new Children’s Workforce Development Council.

Employment and Recruitment

• Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

  DWP is responsible for the Government’s welfare reform agenda.

• Department of Trade and Industry – Employment Relations

  Information on employment regulations.

• Job Centre Plus

  Help and advice on job hunting, making a claim and extra support.

• Working in the UK

  Clear information about the various routes open to foreign nationals who want to come and work in the UK.