Overview
Through the Leicester Jobs Fund, we have brokered new entry level jobs including apprenticeships for unemployed people, aged 18+ and living within Leicester City postcodes, with additional criteria listed on the application forms.
Eligibility
Candidates must be aged 18+ years, be a Leicester city resident, have the right to live and work in the UK, and have entitlement to public funds, be unemployed AND be from at least one of the following:
* Economically inactive or unemployed: Person has not worked for around 6 months.
* An offender or ex-offender (completed custodial or community sentence).
* A carer.
* An ex-carer.
* A homeless person.
* A former member of His Majesty’s Armed Forces (or reserves) or a partner of current or former Armed Forces personnel.
* A person for whom a drug or alcohol dependency presents a significant barrier to employment.
* Care experienced young person or a care leaver.
* A refugee, a resettled Afghan.
* A person on the Ukrainian scheme.
* A victim/survivor of domestic abuse.
* Young people identified as being involved or at risk of being involved in serious violence.
* A victim of modern slavery.
* A person with a disability or health condition.
Additional requirements
It is vitally important that all applicants meet the client criteria AND complete their application responses to each of the four skill sets required within each vacancy.
Dates
Shortlisted applicants must be available to attend a face to face screening session on 7th or 8th August, followed by interviews for remaining candidates to take place on the 13th or 15th August 2025.
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