Careers advice

Wirral Council works in partnership with many organisations to help residents start work, start a business or develop their career.

Connexions offers a free and confidential service to people aged 13 to 19 or up to 25 years old for people with special educational needs. Their personal advisers can provide information on education, employment and training opportunities. They can also support young people to tackle any barriers that may be preventing them from achieving their full potential.

Jobcentre Plus operates from five centres in Wirral and offers a number of programmes and services to help Jobseekers, lone parents, people with a health condition or disability and others who may need extra help in finding work. You can find the address and directions to your nearest Jobcentre Plus office on the Directgov website.

The Merseyside Funding Information Portal helps you to find out about funding and grants to help start and sustain your business.  It includes:

• a funding search for local and national funding schemes
• national and local business grant schemes
• business awards
• community support
• loans and venture capital

The Government’s Next Step website provides lots of information to help you find a job or develop you career, including:

• searching for a course
• tips on writing and improving your CV
• skills assessment
• interview skills
• returning to work
• help for students with disabilities
• finding and paying for childcare
• working in the UK - a guide for overseas workers
• dealing with redundancy
• help with reading, writing and numbers
• help and advice for ex-offenders