Choose Employability

Care Leavers led By: Sarra Gravestock – Director and Head of Children & Social Services, Biscoes
Homeless & Rough Sleepers led By: Cozette Gelineau – PA to the Managing Director,
PMC Construction

Supporting each client in creating their tailored pathway to employability. Clients include Care Leavers, Homeless & Rough Sleepers and the Probation Service.

We’re working with our business partnerships and local education providers to create new opportunities in training and employment through apprenticeships and more.

Objectives

To work with any client that wishes to create an opportunity for themselves in terms of employment and accommodation.
Create a set of pathways that any client can use with the support of our Partner training providers.
To utilise our partnerships within the business community and provide trusted new opportunities to train, up skill and work towards all types of employment options across multiple industries.
We are working closely with all the Personal Advisers through the Portsmouth City Council, Edge of Care Team to meet up with any care leaver who is keen to move into permanent long-term employment.
Develop an early opportunity system with the main homeless Charities to engage with any potential homeless person before it happens.

Current Initiatives

Care Leavers
Homeless & Rough Sleepers
Probation Service

Impact

7 care experienced young people have been placed into employment with our partnerships

Choose Employability is delivered in partnership with:

The latest news from Choose Employability:

Choose Employability programme places a Care Leaver at Mountjoy

Shaping’s Skills & Employability programme expands to support Portsmouth Probation Service clients

PMC Construction sets Care Leaver Jack on the pathway to an apprenticeship

Shaping Portsmouth welcomes 3 new Programme Leads

Could you be our new Care Leavers Programme Leader?

Portsmouth Care Leaver joins BBC Teach project

Testimonials

“It is so encouraging to give this opportunity to a young person in the community who needed that initial link up with a local Business. Shaping Portsmouth have been the catalyst to facilitating this, and I am confident that both Mountjoy Ltd and Jamie will work well together, and hopefully, Jamie considers the next steps to becoming an apprentice and then a tradesman. Hopefully, with the support of Mountjoy Ltd, he will see his aspirations unfold and have a bright future ahead of him”

Want to know more about this programme? Contact us.