Help and support for individuals

We can help you back into work and to improve your career by gaining the skills that local businesses really need.

Skills support

We can help you with our training package which covers skills such as:

food safety
health and safety
emergency first aid
customer service
business administration
IT
hospitality
mentoring
team leading
basic maths, English and ICT

We also offer a wide range of short courses that can be completed in a day in venues across County Durham. If you are unemployed all short courses are free. We currently offer over 30 short courses including:

Emergency First Aid at Work
Automated External Defibrillation
Health & Safety at Work
Food Safety
Safe Manual Handling
Principles of COSHH
Communicating Assertively
Professional Telephone Techniques
Supervisory Workshop
Leadership Skills

'Get into...' programmes

If you are unemployed or looking for a career change our 'Get into...' programmes help you gain knowledge, skills and experience to progress your chosen career. We offer:

Business Administration
Care
Contact Centre
Construction
Hospitality
Manufacturing
Retail

If you are 18 to 25

If you're aged 18 to 25 and not in education, employment or training you may be interested in our Durham Works programme.

More information

Contact us to discuss your employment and/or training needs and we'll see how we can help. Workforce development services are delivered by our Durham Employment and Skills team.