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We’re working with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust to recruit Domiciliary Care Workers.
Our five day Employment Academy will help prepare you to make a job application and complete an interview.
Register your interest by 1 June 2023. The academy will begin on 5 June 2023 and interviews are expected to take place on 26 June 2023.
The employment academies provide tailored training to help people get jobs and help businesses with recruitment. An employment academy is a short, intensive training programme for a group of 15 people maximum. Academy participants must be Belfast residents.
An academy can include:
Additional criteria may apply for specific programmes. Academies have been delivered in these sectors:
Apply to an employment academy (link opens in a new window).
For information on Belfast Employment Academies, email economicdevelopment@belfastcity.gov.uk
Are you interested in a career in Tech?
Our Tech Employment Academy is a new and exciting pathway to a career in technology, including a guaranteed job interview with Allstate.
This academy will provide you with the fundamental skills in Product Management and Employability through classroom and on-the-job learning with Allstate to help you gain experience in the workplace.
On successful completion, you’ll be invited for a job interview with Allstate, giving you the opportunity for a career in the Tech sector.
People with tech skills are in high demand: the UK’s leading companies increasingly use technology to manage their activities, market their products and communicate with their customers to increase productivity.
We want to help support you on your job journey - whether you’re looking for job advice, redundancy support, or you want to embark on a new career. We have information available to help you.
The Business Services Employment Academy will equip you with the practical skills you need to get a job in Belfast’s growing professional and business sector. You’ll get support to develop skills and gain experience to move into open job roles with several employers across the city.
Job roles include business administration and operations, customer and client services, HR and finance.
Everyone who completes the academy will be guaranteed a job interview.
The academy is open to people who are currently unemployed or underemployed.
Apply to an employment academy (link opens in new window)
Our Upskilling Employment Academies are in childcare services and Health and Social Care. These academies are for people who work at entry level positions, are keen to get a better job but do not have the qualifications or experience to progress to a supervisory or management role within their industry.
To apply, you must have your employer's support to participate on the programme. Employers must confirm that opportunities for upskilling progression are available within their organisation.
Academy provision is delivered by online platforms. Upskilling qualifications are delivered weekly and monthly depending on the qualification you're undertaking. Programme duration ranges from nine to 12 months.
The Health and Social Care Upskilling Employment Academies are open to people living in the Belfast City Council area, who are employed and have the opportunity to gain a better job with their own employer.
To access a Level 3 qualification, you must confirm that you haven't already attained a qualification higher than Level 2 within the relevant field.
To access a Level 4 or 5 qualification, you must confirm that you haven't already attained a qualification higher than Level 3 within the relevant field.
Participants will be supported by an employability mentor for the duration of the programme (12 months for Level 3 and up to 15 months for Level 5).
Please check your eligibility.
Apply to an employment academy (link opens in new window)
You can also contact us by email developmente@belfastcity.gov.uk or call 028 9027 0482.
We are currently recruiting for our Classroom Assistant Employment Academy which starts in January 2023. The academy will give you the opportunity to enhance your experience, qualifications and career.
The benefits to you are:
There might be an opportunity to gain a Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools qualification while you work.
To apply, you must live in Belfast and be currently unemployed. Experience is not essential.
If you're interested in applying, email academy@people-1st.co.uk and a job mentor will contact you.
Our Construction Employment Academy is designed in partnership with construction employers and large-scale construction projects in Belfast, including the Translink Transport Hub.
This academy will provide training, the necessary certificates or CSR card, and hands-on experience in the construction sector as well as a guaranteed interview to move into work on construction projects.
Applicants selected for training will take part in the programme to give them the certificates and skills needed to begin work in the construction sector. The academy includes the CSR course, First Aid and manual handling training and onsite work experience.
The programme will also provide sector-specific support including:
Every participant that completes the employment academy will be guaranteed a job interview.
The academies are open to people living in the Belfast City Council area, currently unemployed or underemployed. This includes people who are on a current European Social Funded-programme.
To apply, register online (link opens in new window)
Our Fibre Employment Academy is designed in partnership with fibre optic employers and fibre splicing training organisations in Belfast. It provides training, certificates, and hands-on experience in fibre splicing and general fibre optics work and enables Belfast residents to apply for fibre splicing roles.
Applicants selected for the academy will complete the training to give them the licences, tests and other skills needed to begin a career in fibre splicing. This includes a CSR course, fibre splicing training and exam, underground and overhead safety works and other onsite experience.
The academy also provides sector-specific support including:
Everyone who completes the Fibre Employment Academy will be guaranteed a job interview.
Our Fibre Employment Academies are open to people living in the Belfast City Council area who are currently out of work or underemployed. This includes people who are on a current European Social Funded-programme.
To apply, email danny@fibre.contractors or call 028 9050 1801. You can also use our online application form to express your interest:
Apply to an employment academy (link opens in new window)
Our Health and Social Care Employment Academies are designed in partnership with sectoral bodies and key employers from the Belfast region. The academies have already helped over 348 Belfast residents to get employment. Academy training is delivered online and face-to-face.
Our childcare, playwork and Health and Social Care Employment Academies aim to:
Our employment academies are demand-led and designed to meet employers' needs, while enabling participants to apply for vacant posts. All participants who complete the training are guaranteed a job interview.
The Health and Social Care Employment Academies are open to people living in the Belfast City Council area, currently unemployed or working fewer than 16 hours per week. This includes people who are on a current European Social Funded-programme.
Participants are invited to an informal interview to make sure they have the necessary qualities and values needed to work in the sector.
Successful participants attend a pre-academy session to make sure they have access to appropriate technology to enable them to attend. Participants will be informed of what they can expect throughout the academy.
Participants attend a five-day academy followed by aftercare support.
When successful participants begin employment, they will be supported by an employability mentor for six months. They follow a qualification pathway relevant to their job where applicable.
Please check your eligibility and apply.
Apply to an employment academy (link opens in new window)
You can also contact us by email developmente@belfastcity.gov.uk or call 028 9027 0482
Would you like to work in one of Belfast’s leading hotels as a Housekeeping Assistant?
If you complete our Hotel Housekeeping Employment Academy, you’ll get guaranteed interviews for live job opportunities and could secure work in a leading Belfast hotel; the Fitzwilliam Hotel, The Merchant Hotel, Hastings Hotels, or the Maldron Group, where you will be responsible for preparing, cleaning and maintaining guest bedrooms and public areas to the highest standards for guests.
You’ll gain training and experience, skills and qualifications – and employers will work with you so you can progress with further housekeeping training in employment.
World Host customer service, health and safety at work, and manual handling.
Meet with a range of hotel employers across the city to find an employment opportunity that works for you.
CV writing and interview training.
You must be:
How to apply
Complete our online form.
Apply to an employment academy (link opens in new window)
Would you like a job in one of Belfast’s leisure centres?
If you’re selected to take part, you’ll:
To be eligible, you must meet this essential criteria:
Complete our online form.
Apply to an employment academy (link opens in new window)
Would you like to work in Belfast’s takeaway industry with Northern Ireland Takeaway Association (NITA) employers?
If you complete our Takeaway Employment Academy, you’ll get guaranteed interviews for live job opportunities and could secure work in unlicenced premises, including barista bars, hot and fast-food takeaways, cafés, and delis.
You’ll gain training and experience, skills and qualifications – and employers will work with you so you can progress towards a management position, or becoming a pizza or fryer chef.
World Host Customer Service, Food Safety, Health and Safety at work, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) and First Aid.
Meet with a range of employers across the city, to find an employment opportunity that works for you.
CV writing and interview training.
You must be:
Complete our online form.
Apply to an employment academy (link opens in new window)
Are you interested in a career in Tech?
Our Tech Employment Academy is a new and exciting pathway to a career in technology, including a guaranteed job interview with Allstate.
This academy will provide you with the fundamental skills in Product Management and Employability through classroom and on-the-job learning with Allstate to help you gain experience in the workplace.
On successful completion, you’ll be invited for a job interview with Allstate, giving you the opportunity for a career in the Tech sector.
People with tech skills are in high demand: the UK’s leading companies increasingly use technology to manage their activities, market their products and communicate with their customers to increase productivity.
To apply, you must:
Register online:
Apply to an employment academy (link opens in new window)
You can also contact us by email developmente@belfastcity.gov.uk
Find out more about our first Belfast Tech Employment Academy delivered in partnership with Citi and Allstate – providing a new and exciting pathway to a career in technology, including a guaranteed job interview. Our tech academy provides you with fundamental skills in product management and employability through classroom and on-the-job learning to help you gain experience in the workplace.
Our Transport Employment Academy is a training programme in partnership with the Road Haulage Association and transport employers in Belfast. This is the fourth year of the academy. Over 80 per cent of previous participants found employment as drivers.
We are accepting applications to our:
People selected for training will take part in the programme to give them the licences, tests and other skills needed to begin a career in transport, including theory tests and practical tests for HGV and LGV.
The programme will also provide sector-specific support including:
People who complete the employment academy will be guaranteed a job interview or the support needed to become self-employed.
Transport Employment Academies are open to people living in the Belfast City Council area, currently out of work or underemployed. This includes people on a current European Social Funded-programme. Applicants for these academies must hold a full UK car driving licence for at least two years and have no more than three current penalty points.
Complete our online form.
Apply to an employment academy (link opens in new window)
You can also contact us by email developmente@belfastcity.gov.uk
Belfast Labour Market Partnership may fund some of these academies.
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