Employment Support for Homeseekers
Homeseekers who approach our housing options services can get help to find employment and training opportunities through our in-house employment support team, supported by the HELP initiative.
Why do we help?
We want you to benefit from an enhanced housing options service by being offered support, advice and access to education, training, skills development, child care and employment opportunities alongside housing options advice.
This approach aims to help you think through your medium-to-long term housing options, supporting you to develop a useful plan covering a broader range of personal and housing issues.
Being a borough of opportunity for all, and with this approach we aim to support H&F residents to have access to the widest possible range of housing options.
How do we help?
Through the West London Housing Employment Link Project, our employment support team, who are trained to discuss employment and skills training opportunities, helps homeseekers get personalised support to find employment and training opportunities.
How do you get help?
When you contact the council for housing advice your adviser will put you in touch with the employment support team who will talk to you about how they can help you to get back to work.
Who can get help?
You will be able to get help from the council’s employment team if:
- you are on the council’s Housing Register, a H&F Homes tenant or living in a housing association property in London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
- you have a right to work in the United Kingdom
and are either - claiming one of the following benefits - Income Support, Employment Support Allowance, Job Seekers Allowance, or Incapacity Benefit,
or are
- facing involuntary unemployment
- out of work due to ill health
If you are a lone parent view a lone parent
Unsure whether you may be able to use our service?
Then please contact us by telephone, email or post and we will be happy to talk to you to about your options. Our contact details are listed below.
What if we cannot help or you cannot make use of our service?
We will advise you about other services and agencies which may be able to assist, if we cannot help you.
If you would like to meet with one of the council’s employment support officers then contact:
Housing & Employment Team
77 Glenthorne Road
Hammersmith, London W6 0LJ
Tel: 020 8753 1062 or 020 8753 4049
Email: employment.support@lbhf.gov.uk
Twitter : www.twitter.com/empladder
Need more information?
» Lone parent housing and employment initiative
» PDF document containing external links for lone parents
» PDF document containing external links to useful job search websites
» General job search support
» Support groups and organisations
Download our employment ladder poster here.
Useful council links
Visit our Recession web page
Employment and careers advice
Page last updated: 18/07/2010
