JobCentre Plus offers you the best chance of getting a job - they can help you access the right benefits while you look for a job and support you in your search. Look on the 'benefits and claims' page for more info.

Jobseekers Direct

T: 0845 6060 234
Time: Mon - Fri: 9am - 6pm (Sat: 9am - 1pm)

Jobseeker Direct is a quick and easy phone service which keeps you in touch with the latest job vacancies and helps you find the job that's right for you.  Once you find a job you're interested in, Jobseeker Direct will tell you how to apply.  It can then send you an application form, and where possible, ring the employer and arrange an interview.

Progress2Work

T: 01189 511 057
A: Turning Point, The Centre, 2-10 Bridge Street, Reading, RG1 2LU
Time: Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm

Progress2work-link UP is a Jobcentre Plus initiative aiming to help you to return to employment. Progress2Work advisors will work with you if you have experienced past problematic drug use and are actively willing to engage. The office is based in Reading but a worker is based from Slough 3 days a week. You can call the service, but you will need to be referred by another agency.

New Deal Helpline

T: 01753 615600 (Jobcentre Plus)
Time: Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm

New Deal aims to help you get a job if you are out of work. It will give you the chance to train, learn and do work experience so that you:

• can become more confident
• get new skills 
• can be worth more to people looking for staff 
• can find and stay in work

Everyone on New Deal gets a personal adviser who is their point of contact throughout the programme. The personal adviser takes the time to understand you - your experiences, interests and goals - so a plan can be prepared to get you into a suitable job.

Connexions

T: 0845 408 5006
A: 48 High Street, Slough, SL1 1EL
Time: Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm

Connexions Personal Advisers will advise anyone aged 16-19 years (or up to 25 years if you have learning disabilities) about jobs, education, and training. They are linked to huge range of agencies and services that you may never have known about, including things to do with education, careers, social services and health as well as voluntary and community organisations.

SHOC

T: 01753 536745
A: Serena Hall, Burlington Avenue, Slough, SL1 2JT
Time: Mon, Wed, Fri: 9.30am - 3.30pm
         Tues, Thurs:  9.30am - 1pm
          Sat:   11am - 2pm

SHOC can give you IT training and help you access other agencies (see ‘sleeping rough' section for further information).

Slough Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities (CTLPD)

T: 01753 690860
A: Town Hall, Bath Road, Slough, SL1 3UQ
Time: Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm

The Slough Community Team (CTPLD) will enable people with learning disabilities to maximise their rights and improve their quality of life. They can help you gain access to employment and training if you have been assessed as eligible by Community Care services.

Blue Sky Employment
T:  01895 839848

Blue Sky is a company which only employs ex-offenders. They offer a 6-month contract of grounds maintenance work in Slough.