How can we help?

We offer a wide range of support meaning you can tailor your experience to fit your own needs in order to reach your aim of entering employment, education or training:

• Volunteering – Gain valuable job skills experience
• Job search support – Where to find a job and how to read a job description
• CV support – How to develop your own CV  
• Application Support – How to fill out your application form and how best to ‘sell yourself’
• Interview Support – Experience in 1:1 mock interview s
• Training – Access to a variety of free training courses
• Financial Capability – Ensuring you are receiving the correct support and assistance with budgeting
• Financial Support – Breaking down financial barriers preventing you from working, e.g. Childcare/ ID

No two clients are alike, our expert advisers will work with you to understand what you want to achieve and then support you to meet your goals.

Do you fit the criteria?

Our project is funded by the European Social Fund and the National Lottery Community Fund, this means that we can offer this employment support for free. However, you must fit the below criteria:

• Have the right to live and work in the UK
• Live in the Liverpool City Region
• Aged over 18
• Be Unemployed or Economically Inactive
• Have a desire to enter employment, training, or education

So, how to get involved?

Send an email on enable@raiseadvice.org.uk with a brief of overview of the support you require and the below details:

• Full name
• Phone Number
• Full Address

Case Study

Client C tells how we helped them back into work

The support provided by Raise’s ENABLE services has been invaluable to me. After completing my MA in Social Work and undertaking a placement at my local Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, I was very eager to secure employment within the NHS working therapeutically alongside children. The ENABLE services at Raise helped me with the entire application process.

The employment and skills advisor gave me guidance on completing the application to the NHS itself, as well as introducing me to the ‘STAR’ method- something I now understand many employers use in their recruitment process. The advisor very helpfully drew upon their own life experience to help me, and this instilled in me a sense of resilience. I had previously viewed unsuccessful applications in a negative light – however, I now see that unsuccessful applications are part of the process and help one build resilience going forward.

I benefited from a mock interview with the advisor with lots of relevant questions followed by verbal and written feedback to help me to know my strengths and areas for development ready for my real interview.

As I write this, I have now secured not just an interview with NHS England but a position with them. I am incredibly grateful for the guidance the staff at Raise gave to me, and how prepared they made me feel for my interview. The team went above and beyond, and I am incredibly grateful for being given the opportunity to develop my skills in the recruitment process.