If you are looking for help with your situation you can contact Forcesline for confidential and independent support on 0800 260 6767 • Local support across Devon is available by contacting info@armedforceshub.org or visit the Armed Forces Community Support Hub website
Finding a job
Career Transition Partnership RightJob
The RightJob board allows you to search through thousands of jobs from employers specifically needing the skills and experience of ex-military personnel.
Visit: www.ctp.org.uk/rj-instructions
Royal British Legion CivvyStreet
CivvyStreet aims to provide support and mentoring for everyone who has recently left the forces and is looking for employment, and the chance to use the skills they gained while serving.
Visit: www.civvystreet.org/
Remploy
An employment service specifically designed to support people with disabilities to find sustainable employment.
Visit: www.remploy.co.uk/
The Poppy Factory
A national employment charity for veterans with health conditions or impairments. They can help you to present your skills, develop your CV and interview technique and think about your career goals. They also have job opportunities through a network of employers.
Visit: www.poppyfactory.org
Jobcentre Plus Universal Jobmatch
Universal Jobmatch is one of the largest job search sites in Europe and allows you to find jobs, upload your CV and keep track of your applications. You do not need to be registered to search for jobs, but setting up a Universal Jobmatch account will enable you to do much more.
Visit: www.gov.uk/jobsearch
Future Horizons Programme – early service leavers
The Future Horizons Programme is open to all early service leavers across all services and regardless of how long you have served. The programme is designed to help you find the support you need to tackle the job market and find employment. A CTP Future Horizons assessor is based at RC Plymouth.
Phone: 01752 553143
Visit: www.ctp.org.uk/futurehorizons
Employment Support Programme – 4-6 years’ service
The Employment Support Programme Workshop is for people who have served between 4 and 6 years and so are not entitled to the full resettlement programme. It’s designed to help you learn how you can best take all your transferrable skills gained during your military career to the commercial market and provide useful and relevant information which will help you to approach the job market in a targeted and efficient way. Workshops take place at RC Plymouth.
Visit: devon.cc/ctpemploymentsupport
Officers’ Association
The Officers’ Association can offer professional, impartial and practical help and advice to help ex-officers build their next career.
Visit: www.officersassociation.org.uk/employment/
RFEA – the forces employment charity
A forces employment charity providing a job-finding service. They can offer help with your CV and interview techniques, training advice and finding a job.
Visit: www.rfea.org.uk
Applications and interviews
National Careers Service
The National Careers Service can give personalised support to help you find a new career, identify your skills, build your CV and learn interview techniques.
Visit: https://nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/
Help for Heroes Career Recovery
Career Recovery can help you to apply for work, maximise your skills and develop new ones.
Visit: www.helpforheroes.org.uk/get-support/career-support/
Disabilities and work
Work and disabled people – Gov.uk
The Access to Work grant can pay for practical support to help you start work, stay in work or start your own business.
Visit: www.gov.uk/browse/disabilities/work
Remploy
An employment service specifically designed to support people with disabilities to find sustainable employment.
Visit: www.remploy.co.uk
Living Options Devon
Living Options Devon work with the Citizens Advice Bureau to offer advice and training to manage benefits, seek work, budget and get online. This service is available to anyone who is disabled or deaf and of working age (16 to 66).
Visit:https://www.livingoptions.org
Phone: 01392 459222
