Connect to Work

Connect to Work is a work programme in England and Wales to help people living with disabilities, those with health conditions and people with complex barriers to employment, or those who are part of a specialised group, to find work.

Locally, the programme is being delivered across Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin by several employment specialist organisations.

You may be eligible if...

  • You have a registered disability
  • You've been unemployed for six months
  • You're in a specialised group*
  • You're working but need additional support to increase your hours/wage

Apply online

To register your interest, complete the form here

If accepted onto the programme, you'll work 1:1 with an employment specialist local to you. They'll undertake vocational profiling with you and co-create a support plan with you for your specific needs. This is a voluntary programme, and as such participation doesn't affect any eligibility for DWP benefits.

Once you've registered your interest, you'll then be contacted by the employment specialist local to you:

Contact us by emailing connecttowork@shropshire.gov.uk

*Specialised groups

  • An offender (someone who is serving a community service) or ex-offender (someone who has completed a custodial or community sentence)
  • A carer
  • An ex-carer
  • A homeless person
  • A former member of the armed forces or armed forces reserves, or a partner of current or former armed forces personnel
  • A person for whom a drug or alcohol dependency, including a history of dependency, presents a significant barrier to employment
  • Care-experienced young person or care leaver
  • A refugee
  • A restettled Afghan
  • A person on the Ukrainian scheme
  • A victim/survivor of domestic abuse
  • Young people identified as being involved, or at risk of being invloved, in serious violence
  • A victim of modern slavery

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